Re: Groenwold questions
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Put up shouldn't even come into play when selling to groney. He takes a green skinned coon splits It up the middle and pins It down on the fleshing table then zip ties It in place on a wire form to dry.
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Re: Groenwold questions
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Where would we be without Groenwold and other fur buyers who have their own markets and connections stepping up and expanding their fur buying at this time after the fall of NAFA? According to most people on here they would be sitting on the couch, eating junk food , and watching Fox News.
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Re: Groenwold questions
[Re: danny clifton]
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And I wonder why that Is. Here's why. On wood you can make a 40 coon a 40 inch coon but on wire it becomes a 36" coon. That will down grade you a size In grade and that will cost you money.
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Re: Groenwold questions
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And I wonder why that Is. Here's why. On wood you can make a 40 coon a 40 inch coon but on wire it becomes a 36" coon. That will down grade you a size In grade and that will cost you money. So do you think Groney is selling a 36" and a 40" coon for the same amount? I don't, why would he? I am sure he would want the larger size. Wire gives a more uniform shape. If you take 100 people putting up coon on wood there are 50 different shaped stretchers.
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Re: Groenwold questions
[Re: danny clifton]
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Well MJM If groney Is tanning these hides like some are saying and then selling them as dressed goods those 36" coon will dress out bigger then that 36".
Every wire coon stretcher I have ever seen were to wide In the nose and head and shoulder area and way to wide at the half way point. And what does that do to a coon hide or for that matter any other hide It makes that hide shorter. Sure you may have the same square Inches but I have yet to see a square Inch grade on coon. IT's the length In Inches that determines the size grade. So wood gives the trapper a better grade which should give him more money In the real world.
I have looked at lots of wood forms and for the most part they are pretty standard In size.
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Re: Groenwold questions
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every wire coon stretcher i have left i bent the shoulder area in some by bending them in at the top. i mostly use wood now. i think they look better. i have sizes marked on them.
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Re: Groenwold questions
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just for the information of those who want to put up fur and sell to groenewold. they prefer the coon put up on wire stretchers over wood Sold lots of coon to them that had been stretched on wood with no issue. I agree with dirt. LLL
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Re: Groenwold questions
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I put everything up on wood and I asked Groenwald if the put up was to his liking or if he wanted something done differently. He told me to keep.doing what I was doing, looked good to him.
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Re: Groenwold questions
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A few years ago I had a small bunch of mink, probably 50 or so , I said what the heck send them to Groeny and the auction , I had split the piles 50/50 with those going to auction, tried to keep the sizes and condition/primeness, I even graded them on a on a sheet I kept, Groeny guys called gave me a price, I haggled a bit on the better ones and said mail the check. in the end minus the commission, the $8 dollars to ship them Spee Dee to Groeny, Groeny beat the auction average by $0.25 but I did get a top lot letter LOL
My opinion good fur will sell wherever you sell it, my dad was a fur buyer when I was a kid and I am sure the money was made on the low grade fur, more margin on lower end fur than on the good stuff, plus it did not cost as much to buy LOL
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Re: Groenwold questions
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I have 6 deer hides that I'm going to haul down to the stop tonight. I'm not taking any fur but I'll do some listening. how much are deer hides
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Re: Groenwold questions
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I think I heard $3.00 but not sure.
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