Post by: littletoes on December 29, 2007, 06:41:14 PM
Post by: Black Ghost on December 29, 2007, 08:55:54 PM
Post by: Krusty on December 30, 2007, 10:05:37 PM
Here's a few.
George Brady
Cascade Biological Supply
Box 535
Pateros, WA. 98846
(509) 923-2326
George Sovie
Cascade Trapper's Supply
7316 20th Ave East
Tacoma, WA. 98404
(253) 537-3277
Dick Stewart
The Bear's Den Taxidermy
4828 Palermo Rosa Lane SW
Olympia, WA 98512
(360) 943-9664
Each spring, the Washington State Trapper's Assoc. puts on a fur sale, one on the west side and one on the east.
Contact me (the King Co Rep) for any info relating to the WSTA.
Krusty :hello:
Post by: doveman10 on December 31, 2007, 12:21:18 AM
Thanks
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on December 31, 2007, 09:08:32 AM
Post by: littletoes on December 31, 2007, 09:41:23 AM
Extra Large, very white 'yotes were bringing just over $100, most others weren't bringing in $30.
AND SEVERAL YOTE PELTS DIDN'T SELL!!!
It seems that most are not taking as good a care of their pelts as in days past. Perhaps most don't know how anymore? So fur buyers aren't buying.
Buying harbors on winters in China and Russia. A long hard winter over there, and coats sell, fur buying goes up.
Bobcats were bringing as much as $900, but how often do we see one of those???
When I read the Fur Reports, they always have a bit of a "Positive" feel to them....makes me think they are trying to build us up, for whatever the reason?
Krusty-You belong to the Trappers Assoc.?
Post by: Krusty on December 31, 2007, 01:44:56 PM
The answer to your question, depends on where the coyotes come from, and when in the year they are taken.
On the west side, a coyote has basically zero worth on the fur market, though may have some value to the mountain man, or taxidermy markets.
Prime eastern Washington coyotes can bring the $20 mentioned, but as stated that's not the norm (I think I heard my buyer say he paid $14 average), and he turns down a lot of pelts.
If he's buying some for $20, that means he's buying others for $8, to make that average. ;)
Littletoes,
I am a county rep for the Assoc. ;)
I don't think they'd appoint me that position, if I weren't a member?
The May-September sales might have been the Fur Harvester's Auction (FHA), but the North American Fur Auction (NAFA) is also on a twice a year schedule around that time.
We (Washingtonians) will never see those top dollar prices paid for coyotes and cats, they tend to come from states like Montana and Wyoming, or Canadian prairie provinces.
With predator hunting becoming more popular, more pelts are turned away due to shooting damage, early hides, and poor handling, combined.
This is a double edged sword, in the respect that now the supply is greater, and the overall quality of the pelts has dropped.
"A fur buyer pays for the worst of your furs", or turns you down on them.
For this reason it's best to divide your fur into two lots, selling the best for more (often on a national level), without the worst detracting from that price, or causing a refusal (and the loss of shipping costs).
Krusty (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.prodigy.net%2Frogerlori1%2Femoticons%2Fwave1.gif&hash=a79b2b094946ae3edb92c1d87183753de8213bad)
Post by: littletoes on December 31, 2007, 07:06:58 PM
Something to keep in mind, for sure.
Post by: LongTatLaw on January 06, 2008, 08:45:54 PM
If ya take an exceptional animal I want 1. but gotta have very very long hair.
dave
Post by: dbllunger on January 07, 2008, 05:25:57 PM
Post by: littletoes on January 07, 2008, 07:17:43 PM