Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: huntinhick on February 14, 2008, 02:24:04 PM
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so how many sell the hides of the varmits they get? do you take them to a fur auction or sell them else where?
Carl
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i used to not do anything with mine, and got bitched at alot by some certin people. so i started lookin around and found some taxidermist that'll take some things and a few people here and there said they would want them. but i havnt even really killed any varmits this year. probably not next year, but once im outa high school i plan to do some serious trappin and sell my furs at them auctions
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I used to sell them until I realized I was getting screwed on the price. The last time I was told a figure I showed up and he wanted to give me almost nothing. I said forget it, he asked what I was going to do with it, I said throw it in a ditch, he said in that case I will take it, I said you can have it for the original amount, he said no, I never went back. Now I shoot em and leave em.
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Get a freezer full and go to Pateros. George Brady is honest and will give you what they're worth. I sold a bunch to him last year and he was very fair.
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Or you could learn to put up your fur and ship them to auction. I used to make about a third of my income from my trapline and was sending all my good fur to the auction houses, the lower grades I tanned and sold or made mittens, bags and trim pieces for Buckskinners.
I stretch and dry mine and then ship them to a tannery and have them garment tanned. I'm putting together a good stock so so when I retire next year I can start sewing some fur items to sell.
AWS
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If you're in the south puget sound area, Call Hart lake Furriers. They will treat you okay and will also trade for some real fine sewn stuff that Mandy makes.
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I sold a bunch of coyotes last winter to a taxidermist friend of mine but he is out of the trade and doing other things now. I got $60 per hide. I sold him 24-25 good song dogs and a half dozen raccoons.
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Polar tell me those were skinned and prepped!!!!!???? So, what did you get for them in Pateros, and did you have to do anything with them. The guy I was selling to bought them unskinned.
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Dubllunger, they were skinned but that is all. He had a buyer that was hot for fresh hides and was willing to pay a little more for them. I lucked out with the timing. I had just shot a sick cow for my neighbor and used it for bait. I was shooting a couple dogs a day off of that thing. I shot 4 in one day alone. He bought a couple of bobcat hides from my buddy for almost $400 each. I wish that he was still buying, I could use some fun money right now.
