Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: booboo]
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09/03/10 09:31 PM
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coonsmasher220
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90 for service call and 50 for animal except skunks which is 70...then price vary on exclusion work and materials
Ben Boehl Another Critter Gone LLC Cincinnati, OH OSTA, NTA, FTA, OWCOA, NRA
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: booboo]
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09/05/10 07:08 AM
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Mystic Wildlife
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Trapper Don, very interesting. When you head out to check a trap, do you bill for the travel time? Because it doesn't take more that 5 min on site to check an empty trap or remove a critter. Would you charge for the time spent on euthanasia and disposal? This is were I view the per-animal fee as useful.
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: booboo]
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09/05/10 12:09 PM
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swampdonkey
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YES Don is Real good and known well around these parts for his beaver work...I don't know him personally, but I do know of his respected reputation.
Joe Robidoux
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: Trapper Don]
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09/05/10 01:13 PM
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Ron Scheller
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I see talk here about having to work 7 days a week. This is just nuts. While I can see it would be easily possible to work a set schedule if you specialize in one species, that type of schedule does not "fit" in urban wildlife control. We are in a service business, and in many cases it requires immediate response. I often feel like I'm running the ER in a hospital.... when a coon falls through a ceiling tile at 2 AM on Saturday morning, you don't tell the caller you will see them on Monday morning. Same as a snake in the house on Sunday afternoon... they are not going to wait for a solution. I know there are guys who "pass" on weekend calls or shut the phone off, but this type of service is not one that fits set hours. We must often operate on the animals schedule, which is 24/7. States like mine (IL) have daily trap check laws, and if I'm solving an animal problem for a client I will not pick my traps up for the weekend. I will follow through on the job regardless of what day of the week it happens to be. Sure, if I have a bunch of mole jobs going I can wait a couple days to check (trap-check law doesn't apply to moles), but when I'm getting squirrels or raccoons out for a home builder, commercial customer, or just an ordinary homeowner I am going to perform the trapping program and any repairs/exclusion regardless of what day of the week it is. The "per animal" thing is definitely a carry-over thought from fur trapping.... and I dropped that type of pricing 15 years ago. We are providing a professional service, not hobby trapping. Would a roofer charge "by the shingle" to remove and replace a roof? No... they figure the time (maybe using per square as a basic guideline) and add labor, misc materials, travel, etc. Same way I figure jobs.... by the job. The issue of pricing has so many variables.... and there is certainly a big difference between rural jobs (predator control or muskrat/beaver removal) and urban work.
Ron Scheller
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: booboo]
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09/06/10 10:53 PM
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daveh
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i charge a flat rate fee for max of 5 days trapping my fees are as following 125.00 for squirrels mice,rats 175.00 skunks 295.00/350.00 coons 300.00/350.00 beavers 350.00/400.00 coyotes,fox bats 175.00 all these prices do not include exclusion services ,damage repais,or service call which i charge 65.00
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: booboo]
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09/07/10 01:14 AM
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Vinke
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i am moving to mass with LT a putting don out of business.... ![smile smile](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif) WILL WORK FOR FOOD!
A Chicken in Black.......
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/07/10 02:25 AM
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RF Wildlife
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Being a tradesman myself seems to me a lot of you sell yourself short. I am just starting to get into this myself, but look around there are literally hundreds of company's doing tradesman work, carpentry etc that's thousands of guys working for them. I just counted there are 237 nwco certified people in Ct. My numbers may be off a bit used a government web site for my info http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/pdf_files/nwco/nwcodir.pdf but you get my point. Maybe I am totally off thinking this I am on the outside looking in. The only variable that I can think of that is missing is the number of problems salved by nwcos in the state. I have been trying to find numbers of calls and jobs done animal amounts reported to the state but cannot seem to locate them.
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/07/10 05:52 AM
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Dave Shumway
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i charge a flat rate fee for max of 5 days trapping my fees are as following 125.00 for squirrels mice,rats 175.00 skunks 295.00/350.00 coons 300.00/350.00 beavers 350.00/400.00 coyotes,fox bats 175.00 all these prices do not include exclusion services ,damage repais,or service call which i charge 65.00 daveh, you only charge 125.00 for 5 days of daily trap checks? (I'm assuming you have a daily trap check law). Seems very low to me.
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/07/10 01:28 PM
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Dave Shumway
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Trapper Don and swampdonkey, are homeowners themselves allowed to trap problem animals in MA? A homeowner can do just about anything in MA when it comes to problem animals.(except for relocation, which is illegal for everyone) This includes the use of leg holds and body grippers which are banned for use by trappers. The only exception on conibears for trappers is they can be used for beaver/muskrat on a 10-day permit issued by the local board-of-health. There are other provisions and exceptions but as you can imagine, it would take up considerable space and time to put it all on here. Plus everyone would fall asleep before they got to the end of it.
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: Dave Shumway]
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09/07/10 08:15 PM
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daveh
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not-to low for me as most of the time i wrap up the complaint with in a day or so im on any job less then 5 or 10 min for trap checks and removals a do on an average of between 10 -15 call's a day all with in a 25 30 mile radius of my office and my normal hr are 7am -4pm mf and off sat and sun except for emergency calls which the rates are more
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: Vinke]
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09/08/10 07:19 AM
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Trapper Don
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Not bad but thats my home address and my home phone number and the other is just contact info. Now find were I work, me on the road, my real office, and how to get my work. If your going to give me a run for my money. My contracts don't come up for bid for another 5 years, so tread water till then. But you did good pilgrim. Looking forward to seeing you here. give me a call and the first pint is on me. Oh yeah here is my other web site to help you. See you soon. lol www.mistyriverballooning.comTake care Don
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: Trapper Don]
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09/08/10 09:37 AM
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Vinke
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All in good fun Don....... All in good fun.....
(telling me it can't be done is a major motivator for me)
A Chicken in Black.......
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/08/10 03:23 PM
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swampdonkey
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This is what I get for skunk in Ma. Inspection & Set-up fee $ 130.00 ..$65.00/$75.00 per head depending on location & situation..This is if i do the job on a per head ..This per head price still sticks on jobs if skunk is caught as non target..or they can keep it & not many folks want a skunk
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/08/10 05:08 PM
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Mike K.
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In SW Missouri I charge a $95 setup fee and $65 per skunk, groundhog or armadillo within a 30 mile radius. Just about every inspection turns into a sale, especially with skunks. I've been told that my prices are too low but for now I'm sticking to them. With skunks I set at least two and sometimes three traps and usually catch something in all of them. So three skunks @ $65 is well worth the daily trip - especially if you're running moles as well. Moles plans are $195/$50 and $295/$50 with full service descriptions on the website. When I get a call from a prospect they are pretty much ready to sign.
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: Trapper Don]
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09/08/10 07:19 PM
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daveh
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no offenses here but when i put between 4-5000 in my pocket almost every week for removal and exclusion work i have to be doing something right and probably starting later this fall i am going to start doing pest control ie interior exterior sprays for bed bugs roaches etc my license should be here this week or next as a pesticide applicator
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/09/10 12:11 AM
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Probtrapper
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I kind of resisted replying to this post as this subject has been hashed over a ton of times here but.....it always amazes me when someone comes on and states there is only one right way to run a adc business and if your're not doing it my way your're doing it wrong. Unless you've have worked in every part of the country there is no way you can say one pricing structure fits all. I'am going to try to address some of the statements made here and hope that it might shed some light on how we run our business. I'am not about to say it's the ONLY way to run your business but it has worked for us pretty well for 17yrs. next month. 1: I live and work in a very small market (roughly 200,000 people in the two connties I am lic. to work in) area that is mostly rural,ranches/farms. If you were to specialize in one or two animals you would not be in business in 6 months. To stay solvent you have to do everything from moles to mountain lions and everything in between. 2: We absolutly have to work 7 days a week. Try telling a almound farmer that calls you to catch beaver that are falling 4 trees a night at a thousand dollars apice "I know it's Thursday and tomarrow, being Friday, I'll be pulling my traps and I'll be back Monday to reset 'cause I don't work on weekends" and see how he reacts to that. 3: We DO charge a per animal fee for everything except exclusion work and bat work, for these kind of jobs of course we charge a per job fee. My ranchers and farmers aren't cheep but they are frugal meaning they just don't throw their money at something their not getting any benifit out of. Such as if I were to take them a contract to sign them up for a year of adc work, the polite ones would say something like "I'll get back to you on that" but most would ask me why I'am wasting their valuable time with this and to put it where the sun don't shine! And I would agree with them because most of the year they won't need my services. They have no problem paying my service call/set up fee and our per animal fee as they see it as only paying for what they get. Again Iam not saying this is the only way to run an adc business but for us, in our area, it has worked out well.
Bob
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/09/10 01:36 AM
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Vinke
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versus a simple setup with a loose muffler and looking like I just rolled out of bed and smellin like a good bottle of lure, I've was a Kirby salesman in a suit once.... ![whistle whistle](/forum/images/graemlins/default/whistle.gif) (actually it was Vorwick....and they were not vacuums/carpet cleaners,BUT dry cleaning and extraction units,,,,) Now I were Flip Flops...... (Cloths do not Raise your intelligence or increase your people skills,,,,,,,)
A Chicken in Black.......
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
[Re: Vinke]
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09/09/10 11:07 AM
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HD_Wildlife
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Vinke - Flip flops or not I understand what your saying and agree it does come down to people skills, just know after being in multiple industries and situations that some folks do judge the book by its cover even though I'd prefer they didn't. Some of the best people I'll ever know don't give a "hoot" what anyone thinks of the way they dress or that they use castor for cologne! lol! hard to say much on this forum or any other for that matter without the "tone" of the post getting perceived correctly My feet are way too ugly for flip flops! ![smile smile](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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Re: Nuissance trapping fees
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09/09/10 03:51 PM
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Probtrapper
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Paul, I don't know about the envy thing but it sounds like your dad and I had a few things in common like loving what we do and probably not ever making a pile of money.
Bob
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