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Author Topic: Norman89 2020/2021  (Read 9624 times)

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #45 on: January 12, 2021, 06:52:10 PM »
Finally connected last night with another beaver, smaller one maybe 25 lbs, anyone ever seen a beaver with a bent tail? This thing is wired it hooks over to one side

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #46 on: January 12, 2021, 07:45:24 PM »
Upon further inspection I do believe this Beaver was run over by a car I caught him within 200 yards of a major road and after skinning he had a broken front shoulder open wounds on his back in multiple places and the bent tail also looks like open wounds on the top of his hindquarters here's a picture of the hide so far and I'm really thinking this hide is not worth saving I think there's too much damage that I'll be able to do anything with it

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #47 on: January 12, 2021, 07:46:48 PM »
Further down I flesh the more holes I find

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #48 on: January 12, 2021, 08:38:24 PM »
All beaver pelts have value. Its just that in this market most beaver will go as hatters. Hatters are technically bought per pound. Last year hatters went roughly $9 per pound. Im guessing this year hatter will be $6 per pound. Most holes, rubs, slights don't effect the price on a hatter.
Your beaver isnt worth much, but it's worth something.

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #49 on: January 12, 2021, 09:00:36 PM »
Those look like bites. Not unusual for beaver. Like Loup Loup said don't throw it away. It has a little value.
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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #50 on: January 12, 2021, 09:35:57 PM »
Should I try to show them shut?

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2021, 10:15:55 PM »
No, wont change anything. If anything you could close holes with a couple nails. But again, with a hatter, holes dont matter. They are buying the skin for the fur to make felt out of. The leather will not be used.

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Re: Norman89 2020/2021
« Reply #52 on: January 15, 2021, 03:57:18 PM »
Couple cat/skunksets I got out late last night. Trying a trick from the wild north on youtube and instead of wiring my bait directly to the back door of the cage I wired it onto a small stick. I cross it through the cage wire and shove one end in the ground, keeping the bait suspended in air about 10" past the trigger. I also used a small chunk of fur that I dobbed some castor onto. Nice to grab a cage and a bait stick and a small hatchet and be able to do a hole set

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