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What's the going rate for finishing furs? #6159464
02/16/18 10:04 AM
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Just wondering what everyone pays or charges to have someone else skin and flesh furs and wash and board.

Coyotes, beaver, coon and rats mostly.

Thank you

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6159466
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I pay $1.25 for coon to be fleshed in my building.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160380
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Ten bucks here for coyote, one buck for a rat


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160625
02/17/18 01:39 PM
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First consideration is quality and timeliness of put up. $Rate comes second.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160672
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When I was doing custom fur handling I was getting $5.00 for fox and $5.00 for coons. $1.00 for rats. This was for everything, skin, flesh, board. I was getting $10.00 to flesh and board beaver. The fox, coon, and beaver were put up on wood.


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160698
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Back in the early 80's I was paying $2 for 'coon skin-flesh-stretch.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160739
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6 dollar for coyotes flesh an stretch I skin them just ran out of time

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160784
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10 bucks for coyote or beaver, or a cat or an otter. Fox and coon or rats and mink are so easy that if you cant put them up , you should get out of the business.


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: trapper les] #6160833
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Originally Posted By: trapper les
10 bucks for coyote or beaver, or a cat or an otter. Fox and coon or rats and mink are so easy that if you cant put them up , you should get out of the business.


Quite true, but when I got 20 - 30 'coon a year it was no problem to put them up. It was a different story when I got that many per day. For me it was better to spend my time trapping not skinning & scraping.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: trapper les] #6160888
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Originally Posted By: trapper les
10 bucks for coyote or beaver, or a cat or an otter. Fox and coon or rats and mink are so easy that if you cant put them up , you should get out of the business.


I must have missed the video of the "easy " coon put up . The one that makes them as easy as a fox, rat or mink.......

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6160901
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Well...I wont put up coon for anybody but me.


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6161007
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I will skin scrape and board a beaver for $15cdn.


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6161188
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carcass to completely finished- Coon $3.50, Coyote, bobcat, fox, otter, badger= $5.

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Man turkey time, wish you were in my zip code.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6161289
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Originally Posted By: TurkeyTime
carcass to completely finished- Coon $3.50, Coyote, bobcat, fox, otter, badger= $5.
At those prices, I would never let another critter hit the floor of my fur shed. On the other hand, I could farm out my fur handling business to TurkeyTime, do nothing but receive carcass critters and make the same amount. When I was finishing fur, my prices were almost exacty 2X these prices for the critters in question. smile


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6161329
02/18/18 09:37 AM
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Keck, you charge $7 for a coon? Yikes. I pay $1.25 for fleshing, I skin them and board them, all this happens in my building.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Rat Masterson] #6161335
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Originally Posted By: Rat Masterson
Keck, you charge $7 for a coon? Yikes. I pay $1.25 for fleshing, I skin them and board them, all this happens in my building.
No, I was getting $5 finished, but I'd still make a buck fifty apiece if I had Mr. Turkey finishing for me! grin


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Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6161344
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the beaver,coon,and otter that I did this year for friends I got half,to flesh and stretch,beaver included castor put-up.the coon I didn't make much.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6161351
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Keck good for you, whatever the market will bear. I guess I don't know what my guy would charge for skinning and boarding, never asked. I know it would be less than $4, and this guy is a pro having done 10s of 1000s of coon and beaver.

Re: What's the going rate for finishing furs? [Re: Mort] #6161360
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Guys are way to cheap. I don't need the practice.

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