Cabelas Squirrel Tails
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01/20/20 04:18 PM
01/20/20 04:18 PM
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I was in Cabelas today and thought I would swing by to see how much they were asking for squirrel tails in the fly tying department. Imagine my shock when they were $6.99! These were the regular grey squirrel salted tails too. Nothing fancy.
Some one is making some money.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/20/20 04:29 PM
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roadkill or sumtin,can't imagine buyin a tail if i needed one.could get a bridger 1.65 with the money.
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: TrappermanBlake]
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01/20/20 04:38 PM
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Most people pay you not even 50 cents so that’s a pretty bad deal I believe but I see where you are going at. I think I got about $.10 per tail from Mepps. You're better off taking fishing tackle from them, IMO.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/20/20 04:41 PM
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I routinely give away 30 - 60 tails a year (some coon too) to people I know who tie flies or our local Trout Unlimited. They were just in a small clear bag with a Cabelas paper tag at the top so not much in packaging costs.
Did check out the traps too. A little spendy for the Bridgers I saw there so they are still on the shelf.
Brian
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/20/20 04:52 PM
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That's the thing...if Cabela's got all 7 dollars from the register, their profit was 21 cents if my math is correct. Gotta pay the stocker, cashier, managers, custodian, warehouse, trucker, etc.
Now if you could get that retail price at a flea market, you'd be killing it as it only cost you some shells, salt, but the f gas...the closer you are to the end user the more you make in any industry.
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/20/20 07:49 PM
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Well, if anyone wants some, I’ll get them to ya for the cost of postage. Dogs been running well lately and we’ve been killing a few. I generally just toss them. I’ll salt the ends but no real desire to split them and salt the inside. If you can live with that, I’ll give them to you for shipping.
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/20/20 08:40 PM
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But you have to remember there are 10,000 other item that are being sold in the same building, same cashier. Buy something for 10 cents and sell it for $6.99 now that is a real mark up. But on the other hand it is the only item that comes from the U.S.
*Plan to Vote ahead.*
Last edited by Getting There; 01/20/20 08:40 PM.
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Re: Cabelas Squirrel Tails
[Re: gryhkl]
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01/20/20 11:32 PM
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"I have taken tails from road killed critters lots of times for tying flies-porkie quills and hair too. There are few fox squirrel and black squirrels where I hunt most of the time my pocket knife and a quick stop along the road is about all it takes-I do bone them out and cover with borax and salt."
Yeah, I've been looking for that road-kill polar bear for 50 years. Maybe tomorrow...
Last edited by akroper; 01/20/20 11:34 PM.
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