Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: foxkidd44]
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05/12/20 03:52 PM
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Soon as Nov rolls around I will trap some coon and rats and some chucks. But I will be getting paid to do it. If I sell any fur that will be +. Once Dec rolls around I'll trap some coyotes but I'm not going to work that hard at It.
I'm going to spend a lot more time in my deer blinds.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: foxkidd44]
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05/12/20 04:06 PM
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If the world can’t absorb the pathetic amount of fur harvest least season there’s bigger problems then supply
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: trapperne]
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05/12/20 04:58 PM
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If the world can’t absorb the pathetic amount of fur harvest least season there’s bigger problems then supply You are correct! There are much bigger problems than supply.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: foxkidd44]
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05/12/20 06:04 PM
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Who's going to get the call when a homeowner/ farmer/ business has a nuisance issue? The guy that used to trap or the guy they saw at the local gas station with a dozen coon/ beaver/ coyote in the back of their truck yesterday? Then negotiations begin.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
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05/12/20 07:09 PM
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pretty sad if you cant find land to trap now land owners like free its like your paying them to let you trap when you figure your loss on trapping expenses and your time doing it its a win win for land owners for you to catch a coon you think you are smarter than lol Down here they pay YOU to trap, lol. If fact just got a check today. I make good enough money to fund out of state and even country turkey trips. And I’m cheap compared to the professionals. Think most charge $3500 for two weeks of trapping regardless of catch. But, they are running 150+ traps on a piece of property also. I’m only running 3-4 dozen.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
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05/12/20 07:17 PM
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That applies to trapping for profit.
If you are trapping for conservation, the market has no direct bearing, other than as an option for covering some of your costs. So, you do try to sell your fur or critter by-products to recover some of your conservation costs...? Do you fnish your fur out if the market's low and its just for conservation or just drop the carcasses off to get a little cash, if they take animals on the round?
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: BuckMink]
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05/12/20 09:06 PM
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I heard the beaver story..but how many of you eat the coon? Is it a like it or you hate it taste? Gamy and tough? fry it or does it all get pressure cooked? I’ve had coon off a grill. Wasn’t that bad to be honest. Was greasy and to be honest if it had been picked off the carcass and mixed with some BBQ sauce I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. I’ll ask the guys I sell to and see how they cook it. They take coon and possums...and pay.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
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That applies to trapping for profit.
If you are trapping for conservation, the market has no direct bearing, other than as an option for covering some of your costs. So, you do try to sell your fur or critter by-products to recover some of your conservation costs...? Do you fnish your fur out if the market's low and its just for conservation or just drop the carcasses off to get a little cash, if they take animals on the round? I put up everything I catch. It either gets sold or sent out for tanning to be made into craft pieces. I enjoy putting up fur.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: foxkidd44]
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05/12/20 09:08 PM
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My MIL barbecued a coon once and it was good. Just the mental picture of what I was eating. If a guy was hungry it wouldn't be a deal.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: BuckMink]
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05/12/20 09:45 PM
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ok your the second person that said the greasy part, think its a deal breaker unless im super hungry..chicken is one thing..like Gary saying not as appealing thinking about it now... Second raccoon I ever skinned had worms coming out of its butt hole. No way I am going to eat one of those things.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: foxkidd44]
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Eating coon is great. Not only do you get the meat but also a side of noodles when the worms slither out of its wrists as you chew.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
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05/12/20 10:20 PM
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I plan on trapping with my boys. I wish I was able to efficiently put up my fur. Skinning I'm ok fleshing I stink and am not sure if I'm taking enough off or to much.
Anyone interested in putting up fur if I skin it in southern Indiana within an hour and a half of charlestown? There is a way someone can make a little money on trapping this year. PM me if so.
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
[Re: BuckMink]
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05/13/20 10:56 AM
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I heard the beaver story..but how many of you eat the coon? Is it a like it or you hate it taste? Gamy and tough? fry it or does it all get pressure cooked? the coon that I pressure can comes out tasting like roast beef..............its important to make sure to remove as much fat as you can and remove the glands.......
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
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05/13/20 10:59 AM
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ok your the second person that said the greasy part, think its a deal breaker unless im super hungry..chicken is one thing..like Gary saying not as appealing thinking about it now... Second raccoon I ever skinned had worms coming out of its butt hole. No way I am going to eat one of those things. you'd be surprised at how many hogs still have triconosis worms.............and chickens are some of the filthiest critters to ever walk the earth. not saying i'm particularly fond of eating worms....but they are destroyed when pressure canned.
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: no fur market, i'm still trapping
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05/13/20 11:16 AM
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Par boil the coon meat to remove as much fat as possible. Dump the water don't pull the meat out of kettle while the water Is still In It. It's like boiling and dying traps. Then cook any way you want to. It's the other white meat In the south. I made some serious money when I was In the coon meat market. Know the coon pimp from Mo has my outlet.
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