Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
#6403936
12/20/18 11:03 AM
12/20/18 11:03 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446 Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446
Houghton Lake, MI
|
Piled it up for loading. 10 red fox, 9 coyote, 19 muskrat,14 coon(I think), 25 Beaver (7 not in picture, frozen in grease. GFW said only a couple bucks difference for all the work) and one sealed Bobcat. Will post a tally of what I sell and what I took for them later today. I know everyone wants to know what fur is worth but nobody knows until sale time. Wish me luck....
Wish I had more time to trap....
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6403940
12/20/18 11:05 AM
12/20/18 11:05 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691 Saltlake city utah
Steelflight
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691
Saltlake city utah
|
Good luck bud. May it be worth your gas.
You may think before you act. The question is did you listen to your own council?
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404032
12/20/18 01:41 PM
12/20/18 01:41 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691 Saltlake city utah
Steelflight
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691
Saltlake city utah
|
I am not an authority. I try to just sit and observe. But that price for a bobcat seems like they robed you. Every thing looked alright for what you can expect.
You may think before you act. The question is did you listen to your own council?
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404034
12/20/18 01:44 PM
12/20/18 01:44 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 913 North Carolina
DaYooper14
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 913
North Carolina
|
got a close up pic of that finished cat? Nice $12 coon and $5 rat!
Last edited by DaYooper14; 12/20/18 01:47 PM.
-- It seems all of Greece knows what is the right thing to do, but it is only the Spartans that do anything about it. --
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404063
12/20/18 02:04 PM
12/20/18 02:04 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446 Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446
Houghton Lake, MI
|
Don't have any pictures of the cat. His explanation was the belly was narrow and that is where the money is. He told me to take it home if I thought I could get more but I didn't. The buyers name was Brice. He said if the belly would have been wider he would have about doubled the price. Guess my wife only gets a $90 Christmas present instead of 150. Lol.... I didn't sell because I needed money, good thing too.
Wish I had more time to trap....
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404152
12/20/18 04:04 PM
12/20/18 04:04 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 371 North, MS
TrapperCarl78
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 371
North, MS
|
Thanks for sharing. It could be worse in my opinion. GFW does not pay much more for put up beaver. I heard they prefer them frozen because they are very efficient in putting them up at headquarters. I still put them up and just suffer two dollar increase when I sale to GFW. Good looking lot of fur you have there sir.
TC
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404190
12/20/18 05:01 PM
12/20/18 05:01 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,090 Cheyenne Wyoming
Castormound
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,090
Cheyenne Wyoming
|
Nice mixed bag of furs. Those $2 coyotes hurt!!!!! Had 1 go for .25 a few years ago at NAFA.
Antelope, the original fast food!!
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404198
12/20/18 05:22 PM
12/20/18 05:22 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 522 MO-IL
greggsinthehouse
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 522
MO-IL
|
Waiting to hear Beav's opinion. $50 yotes helped you big time
She should stay home and do more cooking like Babe Winkelmans wife did, and let her husband have some peace and quiet.
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404212
12/20/18 05:40 PM
12/20/18 05:40 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,801 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,801
james bay frontierOnt.
|
That's what I thought too wolfer.Someone is making some money.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404215
12/20/18 05:45 PM
12/20/18 05:45 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 733 caro,michigan
chucky22250
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 733
caro,michigan
|
its had to say based on the picture but for most everything you had I think you would have did better at the state fur sale last Saturday at clare...
cassriverbaitandlure.net cassriverbaitandlure@yahoo.com
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404319
12/20/18 07:19 PM
12/20/18 07:19 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 329 wisconsin
forester79
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 329
wisconsin
|
Gfw won't pay much for beaver. I think just trying to cater to the hatter market. Sold them 10 put up for 10$ a piece that we're large or bigger. Also sold 19 med or smaller that we're frozen. My sort must have been off cause I got 9.00 for 2 in that bunch.
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: Steelflight]
#6404412
12/20/18 08:42 PM
12/20/18 08:42 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,981 Wyoming
Starvalleytrappe
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,981
Wyoming
|
I am not an authority. I try to just sit and observe. But that price for a bobcat seems like they robed you. Every thing looked alright for what you can expect. Utah cats are different then Michigan cats. Until you’ve seen them it’s hard to understand
Wyoming fur trader
chrismhcc@yahoo.com
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404529
12/20/18 10:18 PM
12/20/18 10:18 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446 Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446
Houghton Lake, MI
|
The reds all come from my mom's back yard. I used to trap a golf course for them also and may again just because it is fun. The ones from my mom's is like a challenge to see if I can get more than last year. I have taken about 50 from there in the past 4 years. Sets in the same spots every year. I should have held onto the Beaver and sent to nafa. The $2.00 coyote was not even as big as the fox. Don't know why I even skinned it. As far as the Bobcat, at least I got one in my 10 day window. Not everyone that had a tag can say that. I think the coolest thing about trapping is getting an animal that roams the woods to step on a very small pan. I have to thank David Duncan for introducing me to trapping some 40+ years ago. I always enjoyed the outdoors but trapping keeps.me.more in tune with my surroundings. Funny how I can spot coyote scat on a 2 track while going 35 or so running my line.
Wish I had more time to trap....
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404541
12/20/18 10:26 PM
12/20/18 10:26 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446 Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446
Houghton Lake, MI
|
My stuff was not ready last week. I took 3 fox, the cat, 4 coon and 6 Beaver off boards at 9 this morning and if I would have bad time a few of those would have stayed a couple days more.
Wish I had more time to trap....
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404543
12/20/18 10:29 PM
12/20/18 10:29 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,801 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,801
james bay frontierOnt.
|
You had some good looking fur there Strike.Nice mixed bag. Just go trap some more when the price is down,lol
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
|
|
|
Re: Selling fur today to GFW in Harrison, MI
[Re: strike2x]
#6404571
12/20/18 10:50 PM
12/20/18 10:50 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,390 se South Dakota
NonPCfed
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,390
se South Dakota
|
I think the coolest thing about trapping is getting an animal that roams the woods to step on a very small pan. Yep! I'm not a golfer but sort of the same thing, a good golfer can start with this little 2 inch ball 300-400 yards away from a 4 inch hole and in 3-5 swings get it in there. We certainly don't have those color of beavs around here. Nice looking stuff. P.S. Can you guys in MI sell your skulls? If you can, clean them up and you can make some more cash from them.
"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
|
|
|
|
|