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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: Raizmup]
#6953817
08/04/20 12:14 PM
08/04/20 12:14 PM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
pcr2
"Twerker"
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"Twerker"
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
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Just got off the phone with GFW. They are planning to run routes and buy fur. Who knows what prices will be but I was quite concerned about LLtrappers post so I had to verify it. Glad I did. Statements like that can greatly affect someone's season. Always check things out for yourself. guess haters gonna hate
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: Joe1]
#6953826
08/04/20 12:29 PM
08/04/20 12:29 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,370
W NY
Turtledale
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,370
W NY
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foxkid what are the furs that are worth some thing whos the buyers what are they giving are you guys tanning and making things with furs going to post pictures of your finished products are you planning on using every thing you catch are you going to tell how much you have in the products you make thanks i hate to think your killing some thing for your enjoyment Wow what a bunch of questions...... Just because I don't tell you my buyer or show you pictures of what I've done doesn't mean I'm " killing something for my enjoyment" and wasting a natural resource. Try posting that on the ADC forum and watch the responses. Predator controll is sometimes more than the fur.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: Joe1]
#6953851
08/04/20 01:32 PM
08/04/20 01:32 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,688
Illinois
foxkidd44
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,688
Illinois
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foxkid what are the furs that are worth some thing whos the buyers what are they giving are you guys tanning and making things with furs going to post pictures of your finished products are you planning on using every thing you catch are you going to tell how much you have in the products you make thanks i hate to think your killing some thing for your enjoyment fur that might have any value here in my neck of the woods will prob be coyotes and beaver,,,,,,,not enough muskrats to really even mess with. I will catch and keep some of the better colored well furred raccoon, I don't plan to sell any of my tanned items because i'll more than likely utilize them in the form of blankets or mittens, etc....the beaver and coon and incidental muskrat , should i catch one, will most cert not be wasted ,,,because we utilize the meat .......our #1 job as trappers should be to serve as stewards of the outdoors and to maintain healthy populations to keep balance.........if we don't......mother nature most cert will..................and she can be most unkind.
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last.
Abraham Lincoln
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: foxkidd44]
#6953855
08/04/20 01:37 PM
08/04/20 01:37 PM
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Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 2,092
NB, Canada
MySide 🦝
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 2,092
NB, Canada
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This will be my first real season. You bet I'm gonna be out there, ALL SEASON LONG.
All for the Greater Glory of God
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: Raizmup]
#6953862
08/04/20 01:51 PM
08/04/20 01:51 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,635
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,635
Pottawatamie co. IA
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Just got off the phone with GFW. They are planning to run routes and buy fur. Who knows what prices will be but I was quite concerned about LLtrappers post so I had to verify it. Glad I did. Statements like that can greatly affect someone's season. Always check things out for yourself. Very top of the web page in the middle under covid 19. I do not know why they would have that up there. It could ruin someone's season. If you are looking to sell anything other than top clean finished goods your season is over before it begins. Over half the stuff you have will be of no value and the other half will be below production costs if the producer is honest. Been doing this a long time. Hate the truth but I cannot change it. By all means trap and enjoy. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: kytrapper]
#6954037
08/04/20 05:16 PM
08/04/20 05:16 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 3,577
Kentucky
ky_coyote_hunter
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 3,577
Kentucky
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I’m retiring soon and I plan to trap all I want this year. Been a long time since I wasn’t limited by vacation time. Congrats on your retirement....I'm throwing in the towel in 2 yrs myself, and like you, look forward to unfettered time on the line.
Member - FTA
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: LLtrapper]
#6954235
08/04/20 07:50 PM
08/04/20 07:50 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 411
Illinois
lobo
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 411
Illinois
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After talking to GFW, Greg S. and several others I will not be trapping any coon or other water animals except some rats. All you guys that are trapping better get with your buyer first unless you want to add shipping in with your losses. No one I have talked to will be running routes or buying green or carcass fur.
I talked to a guy who sold some rats to Chinese customers and they have been sitting in a warehouse now for six weeks. There is very few furs being dressed in the US if any. Travel ban in Canada will make it hard to have a sale in Canada.
I think deer hunting and ice fishing will be my calling this fall/ winter.
Trapping to me is like a wife who has been messing around on me the last 5 years but finally split and left me with a handful of bills. I do not wish to kill things for the fun of it. It is not fun to me. LLL Things will get better. As the old saying goes "It's always darkest before the dawn"
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Re: ill still be trapping this fall/winter
[Re: foxkidd44]
#6954250
08/04/20 07:58 PM
08/04/20 07:58 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 3,298
Ontario, Canada
slydogx
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 3,298
Ontario, Canada
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I'll be out there for rats, coon and beaver. Also hoping to cuff my first coyote this year.
Just happy to be here.
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