Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/01/20 05:19 PM
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Bud Stewart of Fenton,Michigan.The same man who today is remembered for his hand carved fishing lures.Funny thing,I've seen many stories over the years about Bud and his lures,but never mention his fur buying.He bought thousands of 'rats over the years,his nickname was the "rat man".He was a tough old bird,but fair.Going into his shop at the heighth of trapping season was an experience you remember the rest of your life.Lots of things going on all fur and trapping related,you were in heaven.Too bad we took those times for granted,never thought there'd be a day it'd all be gone.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/01/20 07:39 PM
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Did anyone know/remember Irving Hollander?
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/01/20 08:49 PM
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A while back I was amused with the story in Fur fish game about a southeastern fur buyer they called old Charlie. No one seemed to remember that his last name was Winters.
John I remember Charlie Winters John. My dad took me and my brother to see him, and to sell some muskrats to him back in the late sixties. My dad used to sell rats to him back in the day and Charlie had some interesting stories to tell. If I recall correctly his shop was somewhere in the Reinholds area. I had forgotten about about Charlie, including his last name, until read the article in FFG. i wondered if it could be the same guy so I tracked down the author, Craig Egolf and ask him. Craig wasn't very helpful and it seemed like he had never met Charlie although he wrote about him like he had. I remember Charlie telling me how young trappers, my dad included, would sometimes rub stovepipe soot on their skunks in an effort to trick him into paying more. Back then the less white on a skunk the more valuable it was. I think it's opposite that today. I don't think very many fooled old Charlie.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: GREG KOHL]
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10/01/20 09:03 PM
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There was another guy over towards Kutztown which I can not recall his name. It was good times miss those time. The only thing I don't miss was all the trap thieves there were back then. Their were two guys buying near Kutztown. I sold to both of them. The only one I remember is a guy named Baumbach (sp). We called him Mountain Boomy. He had an old truck with a cap on it and would park at the beer distributor in Kutztown (now called Duffer's but different owner back then). Boomy was a character. Sometimes he'd offer an Oreo cookie and shot of whiskey before dealing on your furs. He always had a truckload by the end of the night.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
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10/01/20 09:56 PM
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I sold a lot of fur to Bill Henry in Freeport Ohio back in the late 60’s and early 70’s. He had two or three barns full of coons and rats. The basement of the house was full also. Always paid me cash.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/01/20 10:34 PM
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My first fur buyer was a taxidermist in Elmira, Oregon by the name of Schmid. Sold a lot of nutrias in the round. $3, $2 or $1 depending on the size.
He also said if I caught any nicer looking house cats to bring those in too as he had a market in England for them.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/02/20 07:39 AM
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I ran into a old buyer i sold to as a teenager a few years ago while getting my oil changed, didn't know him and he didn't know me but as we talked i asked his name and he said Raymond Fowler and i started laughing, told him id sold to him back when and where and he said oh you were one of those kids that would bring fur every two weeks when id stop at the old sewing plant and i said yep.
I had no idea back then he was buying for Duke, later to be known as Duke Trap Company! After the boom he became a baptist preacher, lol. I learned last year he had passed away.
Yes fond memorie's of meeting up with the fur buyers who came through town. Ronald Marchant was the main one and i saw him several years ago as well coming out of a store. I imagine he bought more fur than anyone else in the state for alot of years. Could trade a big coon hide for a dozen 1.5 coils he would carry in his truck, how i got most of my traps back then.
No one will ever know what impact those guys had on trapping by providing us kids an outlet for our fur as well as teaching us about fur handling and such. The trapping world will never be the same again without them.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
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10/02/20 08:05 AM
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The Irving Hollander(Sp?) I mentioned earlier was a big time buyer from New York, he would buy fur from the local buyers. When he was in the area buying from the local buyers he would go to a farm house near where I lived. That farmer would call trappers such as myself and have them come to his place at a certain time when Irving would be there. It was always quite an experience to sell to Irving as he had a good sense of humor. I remember one time I was there I had a red fox that I almost ripped in two when I turned it. When I presented it to Irving he said I can only give you $10 for the fox as is, if you would have sewn it I would pay $50. A friend that was standing nearby told me I should ask Irving's wife (she was along) to sew it, so I did. She said she would be glad to sew it for me. When she finished Irving gave me $50 for the fox.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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