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Heavy otter #6421343
01/07/19 07:00 PM
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Just weighed a male otter that went 28 1/4# on a certified scale. Seemed really big. Anybody else weigh big ones on an ACCURATE SCALE? They all weigh 50# when you pack them aways. No guesses or " I know it weighed at least". Just honest weights on accurate scales.

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421345
01/07/19 07:05 PM
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That's a big 'un for Idaho. Off the subject a tad bit, but I weighed a couple hundred skinned carcasses (and quite a few in the round) from southeast Alaska. They are hogs. Biggest one I weighed was 48.4 pounds with the skin removed. No doubt, that otter was well over 50 lbs live weight. On the other hand, interior Alaska otter weights were just about the same as Idaho.


Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421350
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Thanks Jack!

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421355
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28lbs was my biggest also.

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421398
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28lbs was my biggest also

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421417
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Last year had a 18.8 kg...... went into the toplot last year, but it was all about size 18.8 times 2.2==41.35 pounds

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421426
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I don't know anything about otter weights but I do know a bit about size of otter pelts, stretched and dried. And I will agree with Gulo, there are some huge otter pelts that come out of SE Alaska. Just about as long as I am tall, if not longer!! Really big!!


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421480
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Got this one today 28lbs certified scale

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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421540
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Thats a Chunky Otter!!!


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: 330-Trapper] #6421703
01/07/19 11:08 PM
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I guess those size spreads show what genetics in regions has for diversity and also who has the best groceries to chow down on.

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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421919
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28 LBS was also my largest ever. That seems to be the max here in the east. I know those Washington state and Oregon coastal otter makes these look like kits!

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Nice one!

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6421982
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I just asked Greg at Fur Harvesters in WI about otter size, and yes those coastal ones are the biggest by far. He said some will not even fit in the otter shipping box that they have. He also said US southeast coast also has big ones but many are full of buck shot holes!


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6422109
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I usually have to stretch mine on the ironing board


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6422213
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I used to look at the otter bins at H.E. Goldberg's in Seattle. They had one bin just for the Alaskans and besides most of those being stretched fur out the size was just amazing. Most of them were in the 8X48 range with many going into the 50's.

I have had 2-3 otter go 30-31 lbs (cotton scale). Lots of 28-29 pounders. The biggest ones here live next to fish hatcheries or in tidewater.


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: white17] #6422224
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Originally Posted by white17
I usually have to stretch mine on the ironing board



That's really stretching it


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: PineDoggin] #6422372
01/08/19 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by PineDoggin
Got this one today 28lbs certified scale


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Can't help but notice how the coloration on the face and head so closely resembles that of a Sea Otter in that photo.

Around my neck of the woods on Central MN my biggest so far has been 26# and I have caught a lot of them over the years. This year I had one that went just under 25#. Most of the adults I have caught run in the low 20's or just under on average.


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6422450
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I find it interesting that so many said 28lbs. It reminds me of a conversation with my old Boss Bob Gilman. We trapped beaver full-time for many years in Oregon for timber companies and consequently caught a fair number of otter. Anyway, I had caught a very large otter that day, which prompted a conversation about the biggest we had ever caught. He said that 28lbs. was it, and that was for dozens of critters. I laughed, because 28lbs was my record too. I don't remember how much the otter weighed that day, but I know it was not more than 28lbs.


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Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6422527
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Once sold a blond NC otter in the round for $150 if I remember correctly. Salt marsh on coast where they eat alot of crabs. Prices were much better back then.

Re: Heavy otter [Re: grumpa] #6422959
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My two this year were 23 lbs. and 22 lbs. Biggest two to date for me.

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