Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: madcotrappwr]
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11/14/18 11:17 PM
11/14/18 11:17 PM
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Posts: 898 N. W. MISSOURI
TRAPPER-ED
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nothing has changed buyers do not want your early blue coons , here in Missouri your season starts tomorrow to early in my book to trap anything .
50 + years of trapping & some fur buying and i still know nothing.
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
#6373893
11/14/18 11:28 PM
11/14/18 11:28 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 6,683 PA
gryhkl
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
#6373941
11/15/18 12:43 AM
11/15/18 12:43 AM
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Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 7,081 MO
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I found it interesting. I've been to a gfw stop at Moberly, Mo a couple years ago, just to watch. It's a fast process. Need to know what you got and present it well. Same as selling anything else you place a value in. Better goods bring better prices. I'd say that video presented a fair representation of the current market. I'm gonna focus on prime fur myself. Be after Thanksgiving before I start. Considering December 1st. Just no market for the small blue skinned critters. Just gonna trap harder when I start.
I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money! Grinners For Life-Lifetime Member, MO Chapter, Den #1 ~You Grin, You're In~
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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11/15/18 01:25 PM
11/15/18 01:25 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 8,459 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
walleyed
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Could you (PLEASE) post this on some other Internet medium so those of us that don't use facebook can view it ? Thanks. walleyed
Last edited by walleyed; 11/15/18 01:33 PM.
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
#6374813
11/16/18 06:49 AM
11/16/18 06:49 AM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin
Eagleye
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Traps R Us, That's always been my experience, The best part about this business model is - if you believe you have a better command on market trends or you're a better fur grader- don't sell and leave with your fur. I hear grumbling but rarely have I seen someone pick-up their marbles and leave.
Last edited by Eagleye; 11/16/18 07:39 AM.
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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11/16/18 10:55 AM
11/16/18 10:55 AM
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Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 371 North, MS
TrapperCarl78
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Always 1 @ $1 lol.....neat video though I watched the whole thing and don't have Facebook
TC
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
#6375062
11/16/18 11:34 AM
11/16/18 11:34 AM
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,325 se South Dakota
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Just watched the first transaction, maybe more tonight. The standard 3 piles made it to 4 for the first guy, eh? I'm not skinning coon for a $2.40 average. I'll take my chances at auction with Veterans Day+ se SD coon...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
#6375867
11/17/18 01:24 PM
11/17/18 01:24 PM
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,325 se South Dakota
NonPCfed
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I've watched more of the video. It is sort of addicting. I've watched up through the first (only?) transaction of finished coon and it appears to me that the seller was getting between $3-5 more for his finishing work then just selling green. I'm assuming his single (this guy sold 30 coon) $20 hide would have been in the $15 green pile, his 3 $15 finished in the $10 green pile, 12 $9 coon in the $5 green, and his 7 $5 finished in the $2 green group. The 7 $2-1 would have been in the dollar or "no value" pile.
Comparing in my head his lot of finished bandits to my typical lots, I hardly ever have slate or blue coon so that would help bump my average if I sold to GFW and I think my overall handling is better- less grease on the inspection window and less "damage" holes. This guy's average for his finished coon was $7.33 and he got his money that day and didn't pay any commission or membership fees. Still, even in my worse years with NAFA since the 2nd auction of 2013, my annual averages were 17-21% higher than this lot but maybe those years selling to GFW would have been money ahead. I wish I caught more so I could spread my lots around and test multiple venues. Maybe some day...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: FACEBOOK LIVE IN THE FUR TRUCK
[Re: eastwood44mag]
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11/17/18 02:26 PM
11/17/18 02:26 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 11,135 Armpit, ak
Dirt
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Can't help but wonder... why run fur routes in November when the fur isn't prime? Great observation!
Who is John Galt?
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