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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: paytonma on December 18, 2012, 03:31:58 PM

Title: Any money made?
Post by: paytonma on December 18, 2012, 03:31:58 PM: i was thinking about trapping next year to occupy myself and was wondering if anyone still makes money doing it here, and if so how much do the furs run for?
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: pnwmtnmn on December 18, 2012, 03:39:07 PM: We can make extra spending money but in all actuality if we break even we are lucky.
Prices of furs vary being based on time of season it was taken, handling of the fur, supply and demand. One year my partner and I had $700 dollars worth of muskrat fur and held them for an extra week, We were lucky to get $300.
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: Humptulips on December 18, 2012, 06:02:16 PM: With the expense of cage traps I'd say you would be doing good to break even. You might make a few bucks after the traps were paid for, not the first year.
You'd be crazy to take it up as a money making endeavor but what other type hunting can hold out the hope of paying expenses.
Comes at a time when other hunting is closing down too so it's a chance to get out.
Then again you risk the chance of getting bit by the trapping bug. It's a lifelong illness, no cure but it can be treated during the winter months. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: TeacherMan on December 18, 2012, 09:18:41 PM: For the first time in my life I'm making money at it and I've been doing it for just over 20 years 😜

With that said as soon as I make some extra cash I turn around and spend it on more traps and more lure! It's very addicting. What else would you be doing Dec. - March?
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: Hannibal on December 20, 2012, 04:44:14 AM: You could probably make money at rats (IN your area) if you could dedicate yourself and did not have to work,,,,,,,,
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: pnwmtnmn on December 20, 2012, 04:36:02 PM: He is also at Loomis, with the GOOD bobcat and the GOOD coyote and the okanogan river for water fur(if it doesn't freeze. Course he will also have whitestone lake for rats and mink. near Loomis.
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: TeacherMan on December 21, 2012, 08:46:22 AM: Crazy good cat area!
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: paytonma on December 21, 2012, 02:43:16 PM: our property is up on the toates coulee and there are alot of coyote and bobcat right behind our property on the logging roads and also up the creek a little ways there are a ton of beaver. im just looking to make extra money so once i graduate i can have money to fall back on :chuckle:
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: pnwmtnmn on December 21, 2012, 04:00:48 PM: Towards the 7mile swamp I see. I used to live 1 mile from the Whitestone lake boat launch, I know the area. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: paytonma on December 21, 2012, 04:05:09 PM: its my favorite area out of all of washington so grateful we own a wonderful piece of property. now i spend my time scouting the sheep hoping to draw a tag one day :chuckle:
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: pnwmtnmn on December 21, 2012, 04:24:48 PM: At chopaka is there still the occasional moose?
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: bugs n bones on December 21, 2012, 04:32:31 PM: If you really enjoy doing it thats all that matters, especially when you have a partner to trap with and make fun memories with..... :tup:
Title: Re: Any money made?
Post by: paytonma on December 21, 2012, 07:00:44 PM: around chopaka ive seen a couple in the past 2 years but man once you get up near long swamp and the mile meadows ive seen up to 20 moose a day :drool: the moose are really starting boom up in the burned area