Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: QuietButDeadly]
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10/10/20 10:45 PM
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JOCO1995
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JOCO1995
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Lincoln Barbour bought a pile of fur over the years in NC.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/10/20 10:46 PM
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JOCO1995
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JOCO1995
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A fine man, I really hated to not see him at convention. Have you ever tried his lure?
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/11/20 08:15 AM
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Albert Burns
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Anyone remember Gilbert and Leo Thorton ? They had Northwest Fur Exchange out of Albion , PA. I started selling fur to them in the early 70's, and ended up with a job there for most of my high school years. Quite a thing to see, as a young kid during the days of high priced fur. We were mostly targeting coon, and the old timers back then were not nearly as helpful as now. When we asked about how we might catch some of those high dollar Red Fox, they would tell us to not even try, those Fox were way too smart for us boys to catch. LOL There were a couple other local fur buyers in that area, Chuck Sargent, and George Knapp.
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: Buck (Zandra)]
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10/11/20 08:39 AM
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Mark June
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Mark June
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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. Good old Bud. Worked for him when I was a lad for two years. We had no idea all those fishing lures he had laying everywhere would be collector's items some day. If I had, I woulda traded my muskrat skinning labor for lures instead of a buck and change an hour. Thanks for the memories Buck. Blessings, Mark
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: Albert Burns]
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10/11/20 08:50 AM
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Lugnut
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We were mostly targeting coon, and the old timers back then were not nearly as helpful as now. When we asked about how we might catch some of those high dollar Red Fox, they would tell us to not even try, those Fox were way too smart for us boys to catch. LOL i remember. Back then, if you were not lucky enough to have a family member or good friend show you the ropes, you learned by trial and error. There were very few resources available to a beginning trapper. According to the old-timers, you had to be some sort of a trapping God to consistently catch red fox and a newbie shouldn't even try. He'd just educate the fox and make it harder on the real trappers. LOL In the early 70's I bought the book "Pennsylvania Trapping and Predator Control Methods by Paul Tailor and about wore it out. I still have it. Made my stretcher boards in the high school wood shop based on the info and dimensions in that book. lots of kids and teachers wanted to know "what are the miniature surf boards for?"
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: john epler]
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10/11/20 08:59 AM
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Tom Fisher
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The first buyer I sold to was "Skunky" white in Gilbertsville, NY that was in the early 60's , sold to Clifford Ryan when White sold out to Charlie Glezen(sp), then we started a fur auction in Oneonta met lots of buyers, Ira Newman, Ray Schedivy, Pete Smith, Jimmy the Greek, we had several from Europe. Saritsky (sp) from NYC one guy came had a white suit on can't remember his name owned a whole block in the city Sam Levine and him got arguing over the beaver ,never got so much for a string of 'em! High times for sure! Ken Connely bought fur in Schoharie lots more but can't remember all of 'em
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: mike mason]
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10/11/20 12:34 PM
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bobsheedy
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Forgot about Ray and Pete. Who was the guy from Tupper Lake that usually bought beaver. He had a glass eye. Ed Schell?
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Re: Remembering old Charlie and other fur buyers from
[Re: Hawks]
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11/02/20 06:34 PM
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Lugnut
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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. John, you making me feel old. I do remember Sylvester Dietrich with his 1 front tooth, Mountain Bummy Brumbauch who lived in Niantic and was a character with his wild roots and herbal medicine.
I didn't know he lived in Niantic, that's only about fifteen minutes from where I live now. My wife finally remembered the name of the old beer distributor in Kutztown (before it was Duffer's). A month after I ask her she says, "Was it Sokol's Beer Distributors?" That's where we'd meet Brumbach certain evenings during the week to sell in the round.
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