enjoy your day.

www.taxidermy.net has lots of buyers. I used to be on there a lot. I'm Keith C. there.

Here's one current ad.



Keith

Wonder what the charge was to get it out. Between a quarter a d a half mill I bet.
Thanks, Wolie!!!

Think your wrong on your dates it was 2017.
There was also still bear/ human conflicts when they were in season just didnt make the news as much.

Unions no longer exist to benefit the members. They exist to benefit the union employees and management. Each raise for the members is also a raise for management. I know a govt. employee union here in Alaska whose employees make 6 figures.

There is a market for skulls and baculum, but it is a limited market, especially on common species like raccoon.

Baculum need to be from mature animals. No juveniles.

Skulls need to be #1 quality. No broken teeth. No fractures. Must be cut off back far enough that the occipital condyles are not damaged. Those are the 2 bumpy bones near the spinal hole.

Cleaned items will be worth more than uncleaned. But if clean them, do a good job. Sloppy cleaning is almost worse than uncleaned.
If you are going to sell uncleaned, freeze them as soon as possible after skinning. Rotten skulls and bones are nasty and difficult to sell.

It will be tough to get the bees to leave the wild comb. Maybe put a super on top and keep an eye on it. If you see the queen laying in it you could slap a queen excluder under it. After the queen has been out of the wild comb for three weeks you could think about taking the wild combs off. Set the part of the hive with the queen on the old stand and set the part with the wild combs to the side and they will leave for the old stand. Of course, this is next summer.
You may be in for trouble prying the lid off that hive. It's not a sure bet the bees will have attached the combs to the walls really well. If not you might have to do a cut out or and this might sound crazy, turn it upside down and provide another entrance by drilling the hive body.

Dorsal skin for taxidermy market. www.taxidermy.net

A big boy!

About a year after highschool I ran into my best friend from when I was 5 to 10 years old lost touch after I moved across town. Hung out with him off and on over a few months. Went to his uncle's house with him once. Several acres with blue plastic barrels cut out liks a dog house but each one had a rooster teathered with rope to its leg. In some out buildings were padded rooster shape fabric dummies in a short broom handle About a 8" to a foot. His uncle said the 4 shot in the shotgun was for Arial predators. I never made it to any of the events. Quit hanging out again after a short time. Different lifestyle I think he ended up in jail or prison. I know he stole a dirt bike and got caught after crashing it running from the owner when they recognized the bike. I have always been glad we moved. Every kid I grew up with in that neighborhood ended up in trouble it seems.

It was the first time Inknew (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) fighting was a big thing. My friend talked like he made a lot of money at them. He may have ot it could have been all talk. I never went so have no clue.

MB 1216 at the bank den entrance.

Good looking fox

Moosey...they had a thread up here...about canning deer meat . Doesn't take up room in your freezer.

And Is quick and easy meal....FYI