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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003586
09/29/20 06:52 AM
09/29/20 06:52 AM
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
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Wisconsin
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Talked to my fur buyer the other day. His advice was wait until November to start but call before setting to see what prices will look like.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003590
09/29/20 06:57 AM
09/29/20 06:57 AM
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williamsburg ks
danny clifton
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williamsburg ks
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Coons will be the ticket this season. Don't worry about the million or so in storage. The demand is so high those will sell any day. I suggest if you have a job to quit and focus all your time and money on catching as many as you can. Buy and put together a walk-in freezer so you wont need to take time out for fur put up till the season ends.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: danny clifton]
#7003609
09/29/20 07:17 AM
09/29/20 07:17 AM
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East Central Wi.
coyote addict
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East Central Wi.
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Coons will be the ticket this season. Don't worry about the million or so in storage. The demand is so high those will sell any day. I suggest if you have a job to quit and focus all your time and money on catching as many as you can. Buy and put together a walk-in freezer so you wont need to take time out for fur put up till the season ends. Danny, you forgot to mention to sell the house and all possessions to buy more coon traps 
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003615
09/29/20 07:27 AM
09/29/20 07:27 AM
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sseMinnesota
blackhammer
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sseMinnesota
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There is no market. Guess I can see trapping a few . Focusing on them or trying to trap big numbers is just plain foolish IMO. Reading between the lines it seems to me a three dollar average for 3x and up rest out seems realistic. If your gas was free I doubt you could still make a profit trapping coon sad to say.
Last edited by blackhammer; 09/29/20 07:29 AM.
Ah,for the life of a millionaire,say some,but just let me stay a trapper. Bill Nelson
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003637
09/29/20 07:59 AM
09/29/20 07:59 AM
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Posts: 3,635
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
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Pottawatamie co. IA
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There was no real market this last winter and then the China bug came. Like Wade said if you are into killing to lose money , I guess you could set records. I know I will not be anyone's competition this year. I will not be in a pair of hip boots this season. Have as much fun as you can afford. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: LLtrapper]
#7003645
09/29/20 08:09 AM
09/29/20 08:09 AM
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sseMinnesota
blackhammer
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sseMinnesota
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There was no real market this last winter and then the China bug came. Like Wade said if you are into killing to lose money , I guess you could set records. I know I will not be anyone's competition this year. I will not be in a pair of hip boots this season. Have as much fun as you can afford. LLL . Numbers mean very little with no market or competition. Hopefully in a year or two it will get better and a guy can at least make a wage trapping coon. Then you can get the combine out again
Ah,for the life of a millionaire,say some,but just let me stay a trapper. Bill Nelson
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: blackhammer]
#7003653
09/29/20 08:23 AM
09/29/20 08:23 AM
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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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There was no real market this last winter and then the China bug came. Like Wade said if you are into killing to lose money , I guess you could set records. I know I will not be anyone's competition this year. I will not be in a pair of hip boots this season. Have as much fun as you can afford. LLL . Numbers mean very little with no market or competition. Hopefully in a year or two it will get better and a guy can at least make a wage trapping coon. Then you can get the combine out again Like you Paul I have nothing to prove. If I could get it to pay I would do it. The mink and rats that I used to pay gas with are worthless as well though. The Combine will be fishing and deer hunting this fall. It will pay the same and I prefer venison and walleyes to coon on the table. Another thing to consider is the 160,000 coon still at FHA. GFW is running two routes this year through the coon belt. Once right before Christmas and then a cleanup route I believe to be after the first of the year. If you are planning on trapping many coon you better have the freezers to store them or the time to finish them. You will give carcass coon away this year IF they will take them at all. The fat lady has finally sung in my opinion. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003665
09/29/20 08:36 AM
09/29/20 08:36 AM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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South Ga - Almost Florida
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I used to say that when fur is cheap you have to catch more to make the same money......I'm too old to do that now...
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003681
09/29/20 08:45 AM
09/29/20 08:45 AM
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Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
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Firth, Nebraska
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I would be shocked if they took any carcass coon this year. By the time they paid a skinner wouldnt be much left for scraping and drying costs yet.
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: danny clifton]
#7003687
09/29/20 08:53 AM
09/29/20 08:53 AM
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Posts: 1,311
Indiana
kyron4
OP
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Indiana
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Coons will be the ticket this season. Don't worry about the million or so in storage. The demand is so high those will sell any day. I suggest if you have a job to quit and focus all your time and money on catching as many as you can. Buy and put together a walk-in freezer so you wont need to take time out for fur put up till the season ends. Okay, just put my two week notice in at work and cashed out 401k to buy freezers and bait. I'm so glad you posted this to steer me in the right direction. Pure gold. No time to post on the forums I got traps to get ready. I can't wait to cash in big time in the spring. Thank you so much danny !!!!!!
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003699
09/29/20 09:09 AM
09/29/20 09:09 AM
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Wabash, IN USA
Flipper 56
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Wabash, IN USA
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Coons will be the ticket this season. Don't worry about the million or so in storage. The demand is so high those will sell any day. I suggest if you have a job to quit and focus all your time and money on catching as many as you can. Buy and put together a walk-in freezer so you wont need to take time out for fur put up till the season ends. Okay, just put my two week notice in at work and cashed out 401k to buy freezers and bait. I'm so glad you posted this to steer me in the right direction. Pure gold. No time to post on the forums I got traps to get ready. I can't wait to cash in big time in the spring. Thank you so much danny !!!!!! Mike, we can turn my old barn into a giant walk in freezer and rig up a conveyor to drop them in the top and we can just fill it up and never have to open the door. Then when the price goes through the roof because everyone else quit trapping them, we will ship a whole barn full to the highest bidder. You will be able to retire for sure after we split the profits!!
"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003701
09/29/20 09:12 AM
09/29/20 09:12 AM
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se South Dakota
NonPCfed
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se South Dakota
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Originally Posted by kyron4
Originally Posted by danny clifton
Coons will be the ticket this season. Don't worry about the million or so in storage. The demand is so high those will sell any day. I suggest if you have a job to quit and focus all your time and money on catching as many as you can. Buy and put together a walk-in freezer so you wont need to take time out for fur put up till the season ends.
Okay, just put my two week notice in at work and cashed out 401k to buy freezers and bait. I'm so glad you posted this to steer me in the right direction. Pure gold. No time to post on the forums I got traps to get ready. I can't wait to cash in big time in the spring. Thank you so much danny !!!!!!
Mike, we can turn my old barn into a giant walk in freezer and rig up a conveyor to drop them in the top and we can just fill it up and never have to open the door. Then when the price goes through the roof because everyone else quit trapping them, we will ship a whole barn full to the highest bidder. You will be able to retire for sure after we split the profits!! Party on!!!
"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: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: kyron4]
#7003717
09/29/20 09:25 AM
09/29/20 09:25 AM
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Posts: 18,558
Green County Wisconsin
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Green County Wisconsin
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coon were so thick here in the spring thinking about hanging a shingle on the board at the grocery store , "do you have a coon problem? did you loose all your chickens to them? will trap your coon 10 dollars a head." and see if I get any calls.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: 2020-21 raccoon outlook ?
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
#7003736
09/29/20 09:42 AM
09/29/20 09:42 AM
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Posts: 10,863
SW Georgia
Wanna Be
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SW Georgia
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coon were so thick here in the spring thinking about hanging a shingle on the board at the grocery store , "do you have a coon problem? did you loose all your chickens to them? will trap your coon 10 dollars a head." and see if I get any calls.
$15 per coon then sell carcass in town for $20...$35 coons.
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