John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
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11/13/19 08:05 AM
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Lugnut
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I just read that John Epler has retired from buying fur this past spring. This is a great loss for trappers in my area and elsewhere.
Although I haven't been up to see John in a few years, he was my primary buyer and trapping supplier for many years after my daughter got me back into trapping about 17-18 years ago. We took our Cable Restraint Certification classes at John's place and it we always looked forward to a trip to his shop. We have lots of good memories from those trips.
John has made the decision to stop writing the Fur Market Report for Trapper's World as well.
It is not good to lose another long-time buyer.
Eh...wot?
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
[Re: Lugnut]
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11/13/19 08:14 AM
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Wright Brothers
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Thanks to John my fox furs went from ok to top lot. Great info source on the old Pa forums. Good guy to talk with at conventions too.
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
[Re: Lugnut]
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11/13/19 08:16 AM
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been him and the Mrs life for a long time.enjoy a break folks-you deserve it.
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
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11/13/19 08:44 AM
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Thanks to John my fox furs went from ok to top lot. Yeah, I forgot to mention all the tips John gave us to improve the quality of our put-up fur.
Eh...wot?
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
[Re: Lugnut]
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11/13/19 02:03 PM
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jk
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W H A T !!!!! wow will miss him. He was not at Neil Olsens this year either.......jk
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
[Re: Lugnut]
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11/13/19 05:29 PM
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jk
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Best of luck and enjoy yourselves........jk
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
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11/13/19 08:27 PM
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Jtrapper
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Can't believe you turned over that fur market report over to such a light weight, lol. Thanks for your contribution's through the years.
Last edited by Jtrapper; 11/13/19 08:27 PM.
Not my circus, not my clowns.
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
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11/13/19 09:57 PM
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Nittany Lion
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I enjoyed John's reports over the years. Good to hear you will still be in business with the trapping supplies, that should mean he will still be attending conventions.
Last edited by Nittany Lion; 11/14/19 04:50 PM.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: John Epler/Epler Fur Company Retired
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11/13/19 10:27 PM
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52Carl
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Hey John, thanks for popping in! Maybe now, will all the spare time on your hands, you can drop in more often. You are a wealth of knowledge. You payed me good money one year (the only year that they were worth trapping) for nutria and taught me how to put them up correctly. I went on to catch 100 of them the next year and put up the prettiest nutria pelts ever. I hope NAFA in still choking on them. Not a total loss, as I was on a mission to rid my favorite section of muskrat habitat which they had taken over. You also turned me on to a guy who ties flies from nutria. Best money I ever got for nutria, even if it was for only 2 pelts. BTW, the guy sent me two of his highly prized flies. They are as ugly as a nutria, but he says that there is no better hair available to catch trout up his way.
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