Back to the ? on coon prices. Hmmmm. Depends on where you catch them, size, primeness, the usual. My prediction, for what it’s worth:
Local buyers for first 2 weeks of November. Scraped and dried, 4X and bigger: $8 average
Local buyer for Nov 15 to Dec 30. Scraped and dried, 4X and bigger: $11 average

NAFA and other international auctions. Early coon $6 average. Mid November to end of December 4X and larger top of $22. Bottom $6
Average $12 —-IF you are lucky enough to get them sold.

We sent 20 coon to NAFA in January 2018. All the early, 3,4, 5 color, 4X coon sold for a $11 average. The half dozen 3X select types with absolutely primo color are still sitting there. The international auctions still want square inches and buyers aren’t afraid to dye to get the colors buyers want.

Welcome back Brian, I think the coon question was
rhetorical Teach, those goats would make better
leather than furs I would think.

FFG and GFW both predicting a up tick in the larger sizes!

being this thread is all over the place i'll put in my 2 cents no rain this summer everything is dried up and the coon are going for bird feeders and chickens between 3 of my neighbors they've taken 45 coon this summer with no berries and acorns coming it'll continue

Welcome back Brian. How are the beagle pups you had?

tell ya in the spring,not sure what spring though.

The only reason I quite subscribing to FFG was their fur market reports. Always WAY overly optimistic...to the point of flat out lying about it.

Seems this time of year GFW always sends out some big uptick in some market (last year it was beaver) only to pull back as soon as people start to sell. Hmmmmm

I sold a few dozen coon last year for just under a $12 ave. I'm OK with that...but they definitely were not opening week coon, either.

If this crappy coon market does anything it forces guys to trap them later when they are, at least, saleable I think.

Near where I live, there is a goat farm. They sell remedies, creams for all sorts of ailments, milk, etc. Make it sound like goat products are a cure-all or preventative for just about everything.

I quit FFG for that reason and thought the magazine got boring with some of the articles.

I would be happy with a 10-12 dollar average they just pay the gas is all not worth picking up for 3-4 dollars and the little ones being useless, there is always the freezer!

Yeah

We have some like that here as well. I want meat, milk, and fur.

Matt

Not sure which litter your referring

But I think we had 3 more litters after I left. All did extremely well. All sold off 1st ad

My corn

Kids are more interested in goats and ducks. We have 8 goat, 30 chickens mixed variety, royal palm turkeys, and about 60 ducks now.

So we have stopped breeding dogs

It's all yours

Above are two of the ladies





The boys (two will hit the freezer this fall)

In My Neighborhood, there are three or four GOAT-TICERIES that raise their goats specifically for the Muslim Immigrants who Prize

Organic, Free Range Goats for religious holiday meals, etc.

These Muslims insist on slaughtering their own goats so they are sold live on the hoof usually in December.

They must be doing a good business because their goat herds get bigger every year.

w

Dunno about all that.

But they do keep two acres pretty well manicured.

And I'll be even happier if I get a blanket and some chops out of the deal.