Minz, I think it depends on your market or end user. I sell to a country buyer. Some send to auction to have it sold. Others bring it directly or send it to local/state association auctions. Depending on your buyer, they may be using it rather quickly for lure or it may be stored and sold over seas months from now. Your market likely dictates how dry your castor needs to be or how much an auction house is going to dry and deduct a weight percentage if your castor is not dry enough.

My buyer tells me to freeze my castor as soon as I take it out of the beaver. It can be frozen for quite a long time. Around 10 days before I sell it to him, I take it out of the freezer and hang it up or lay it out on a screen. Flip it a time or two over that 10 day stretch. Then I box it up in a cardboard box and bring it to him. He claims that this method gets me the most money (dry enough for his needs but not too dry that I'm losing a large weight percentage). Now if I was sending this castor to an auction house, it may be too wet and thus start to mold or be dripping wet when it got there.

The drones are being made in Ukraine, but most of the engineering behind them is ours. That's why Russia is struggling trying to ramp up to less than 1/10th that number.

Keith

ohhhh I gotchu

Ranch fur prices like just occurred at SAGA will have a significant impact on most wild fur for next season. This according to SAGA Furs, this was the biggest increase percentage wise, in fur prices they have ever seen in their 75+ years in the business as a fur auction house. Good news for wild fur producers! Now we get to see if the consumer can adjust to massive retail price increases. Everyone in the business with inventory just saw it's value go way up. Now, how to replace it and make money???

Yep, that's our enticement Vinke....Lure them in for more entertainment, Lol.

I did just what you said when I first moved to Alaska. A 6x8 is easy to heat, big enough for just yourself. Definitely just skin the marten, will keep you from hauling stretchers out. I snowshoed a 25 mile trap line, took two days. Learned a lot as to what was really necessary and what was not. You will learn things that will affect your camping for the rest of your life. Camping is a means to an end for me, not the end. So many people glamp nowadays, it is the end, not the means to them.

Thanks for postin this.

Actually that is a really good time to pull them out of the lure trees all around the lake!

Wanting to buy pre 1964 coins, .999 bars and rounds. PM me for a price. Thank You Bruce

I have the following skulls for sale.
2 beaver, 1 porky , 1 muskrat, and 5 Skunk
All frozen and in good condition.
I will ship on a Monday after funds received.
USPS flat rate medium box.
$45.00 shipped PM me

Thanks Chad,

1988 Sturgis SD (FTA)

I ship setters to a couple dealers in Alaska. I can get 10 in a LFRB as long as its the game board box. By far waaaaay cheaper than any other method I have found. USPS discontinued the large game board FRB. I grabbed up as many as I could since they still let you use them, they just discontinued making them. Not sure what we're going to do when I run out.