Barnes sure sounds good. Maybe he'll expand his route next year.

I'll be taking mine to the state auction again this Feb. There is usually 6 to 8 buyers there bidding on fur.

That would be interesting to see a state auction. We have nothing if that sort.

We don't have anything either. Wish we did.

As stated before, some of us do not have the facilities to finish fur, that's why we sell green.
LDW, nice looking coyotes. We're just not far enough west to get better grades.

If you had already had them skun that was the hard part of the job. Coyotes, coon and rats are easy to put up. Get yourself a fleshing knife and a beam and some quality boards and put the fur up. You will give yourself more options to sell.

I paid a guy to put up mine this year. I am working on a building to do it in but just haven't got it ready yet. I paid 4 apiece for cat and coyotes to get them put up. I then traded the glands and skulls to get the price down. The gland and skulls and one set if skunk pods gave me a big break in price. Got 5 dollar for the pods, 12.50 a 16oz glands and 2 dollar a skull.

You should call and talk to him. He has a bigger rout then what is on the web site

Trevor is a busy man, very busy. But he will take the time to answer questions. One thing about expanding the route would be customer base. Maybe if you guys would look to see how many would come to a stop it would help him make decisions.

Anyone know if he ever gets into Iowa our not?

Trevor reminds me of a old time buyer when I was a kid.He grades the fur out and explains the why. I've sold to GFW and was happy with price but felt he had an average in mind and did not really grade the pelt. Trevor also buys beaver tails,antlers and castor.

Trevor's explanation, mike, would be valuable. Nice

One might think or feel that with far less wild fur being harvested that selling green would not be such a big penalty, but when one thinks about it with very low UE nationwide and with the very low fur numbers most buyers are running very tight ships and not nearly as many guys are going to quit a job to get even $3 bucks for putting up coon if there are only a handful to do instead of thousands.
With the prices being offered as many point out the buyers are telling the harvesters to bring up handled pelts. Also buyers can turn that fur over rapidly and thus don't need to have as much cash tied up longer term.

Bryce

Some people believe that prices should get better and better as the season goes on but what happens when the buyer is getting orders filled up and the market can't handle much more? Prices will go down. Buyers take the most risk

FACEBOOK ? Never
I wont even read a text. If it more than 5 words long
If I aint good enough to talk to. DONT BOTHER ME

Why did you sell? Your truck only hulls fur one way ?

We use to have them but there was regulation In our state laws where we had to quit.
bblwi might have more information on this.

Is sold a couple weeks ago to Richard Clark out of Coleman Wi. I am pretty sure he said he was affiliated with Trevor Barnes.
(4) coyotes at $40.00 ea. (4) 3XL coon at $15.00 ea. (2) mink at $3.00 ea and (47) rats at $3.52 ea average. All put up. I was good with the price and he was helpful with suggestions on the put-up. I've got a 1/2 doz years or so doing this so its nice for any hints etc.
Just another option I guess.

wipy i'm just curious what has your fur graded in the past not talking price that can be anywhere but color and guardhair/underfur quality should remain fairly stable in your area over time as it has in mine

Got any closeup pics of said coyotes?

I can see how that receipt would confuse guys as they stand in line...a good buyer will make things extremely clear.

I think those figure out to be green averages of $25.90 coyotes, $7.22 coon, and $1.61 rats? I would think the coon and rat averages could be double that if put up, which means that green price is robbery. Just my opinion.

Those $5-$10 coyotes would need to have been pretty rough. The old NAFA DG3 grade would fall into that range a lot of times, and those were put up coyotes that were bald between the shoulders.