As usual, well done, Bonnie!

Wow, Bonnie, those are beautiful colour combos !

I can envision clearly how those bright orange/yellow patches for the tassels at the tie ends will look against the deeper rich tones of the individual furs making up the hat itself.

I never knew marten could vary so much in coat colours, until I began my learning curve about them.

Thank you !

Got one today I think you will like, Sharon.

Wow, look at that bright throat colour ! As orange as can be . Like the browns mixed with the yellow ochre in the back. Looks like he has a snippet of ivory on his inside front leg too.

Very nice, AK Viking ! I have a folder dedicated to marten pics , Im putting this one in there along with the others .

Im collecting what I can , and will make the arduous decision in choosing at the end of the season.

Thank you !

Thanks.

Here is a not very good pic of throat patches.At least you can see they vary considerably.

Just wanted to show a couple MT marten, sure love trapping these

My goodness what fantastic shots !

Boco,what a nice bunch you have there ....youve been collecting them for sure ! They are all beauties.

MTtrap, wow those local marten are lovely ! Their whole underneath is continued bright, especially the middle. What a fluffed full tail the bottom one has ! They look to be a nice darker brown on top, too.

I am so very much enjoying this learning curve . I find it fascinating the world of marten and their variety in different parts of the country, even in different areas of AK too.

Well this new year is off to a grand start , and as explained to me, this month will tell in the summit of marten taken .

My biggest dilemma certainly has been in choosing ....I am waiting till the end of this season. I wish I could collect all the ones that have caught my eye ! I am collecting all the photos from here and from pm, into a folder on my screen top...to study along the way. I will be limited to a few , so it isn't easy to choose, I can tell.

Thank you all, so much, for sharing your catch !

Well, the season is wrapping up, and Ive got great prospects in the works with my fur choices. Ill keep it updated here, as things progress . The biggest challenge has been trying to choose, there are so many amazing colours and very cool combinations.

I sure do appreciate so much everyone who shared their catches in photos here. I will always be fascinated about these smaller creatures so full of energy and variety . Such an enjoyable journey of learning , never ending.

And thank you, all who so kindly offered to help me out in this quest in a unique hat from such lovely fur. I only wish I could have samples from everyone ! I have, however, found an amazing variety , all from Alaska , and in keeping them all together, will be easiest in sending to be tanned, and on to the furrier.

I just got the March issue of FFG, with a fascinating photo in the back, in the "End of the Line " section. I just have to share it here. The brightest orange Ive ever seen ! It seems like the real deal, in the colours of the man and backdrop. Just imagine seeing that brightness sailing in the trees !
No dark anywhere, on legs or tail.

Wonder what he will do with that one ? Id sure want to keep the whole skin intact !

Dang that would be one to have mounted or just keep the skin hanging on the wall.

I have one like that, and it is indeed a lifesize mount. A friend of mine caught it about 20 miles from my line, as the crow flies.

Please feel free to share that here if you'd like !

Couple twins here from the same lake. Just different colour on the head and shoulders. Not much for a throat patch though.

What dark beauties, Ryan ! I do really like those dark sable browns, with a dark dorsal and shoulders . I have two very dark ones chosen similar to yours that will be perfect against the lighter tones for contrast.

What is so fun, is you never know what you're going to get with the varied throat colours . Lights and deep dark ones can have very bright orange patches , or very white , or ivory. Some a lot, others hardly at all.

One thing Ive noticed, is the orange/yellow throats look brightest against a deep dark brown body , such as the ones you are showing. But in comparing the orange tones to lighter bodied marten, I notice that the intensity of the orange can be just as bright in itself, it just doesn't pop in contrast as it does on the darker ones, hence giving the impression of being more washed out or lighter in orange tone.

AK Viking's latest share is simply outstanding in its orange brightness with his marbled ochre/ sienna brown body....what a beauty. What you going to do with that one, AKV ???

Thank you for the share of your marten , Ryan . Really like the dark ones .

I had one just like that about 30 years ago, except mine also had white feet and a mostly white nose too. I kept it and had it life-sized.

It went to the auction, along with the rest. Was a poor year for marten on my line, this year.

Oh ok ! It sure was beautiful, AKV . One like that I would have wanted the skin all together, head, legs and all.

Sorry to hear about the auction results , AKV . For all the hard work that goes into them, you all deserve handsome compensation.

WB, what rare amazing beauty you have there! Those ivory feet....beautiful full tail. Thank you for sharing that one

How fascinating....how they ever turn out that way ?

Im sure our biologists here, and some others who are also just as knowledgeable, would have valued input on this.

I was also able to choose a brighter orange one to go on my hat's design, in the very back, so that the three dark brown/black full tails draping down from the crown will just pop in contrast against that bright orange.

Unfortunately, the way the season here, (opens Dec.1), and the last receiving date for the auction, (mid-january), gives us limited time to harvest, prep and dry, seal pelts and ship.

You dry your seal pelts ??

Well, you know,....tagged. we have to have marten sealed by adfg, down here.