I Trap for many reasons, as do most of You'll.
The Challenge and The outdoors is #1

Until prices curve Up ^^^ again we have to all be a little more creative on trying to get an increase VS the fur buyer.

I hope You nail one Knappet.

Just curious how they attached the tag to your otter in the round?

The Taxi skinned them His way, put a paper wired tag with sex and form measurements on it. I had my individual otter tags through the eye n mouth with a zip tie. I then took them in on registration day had the White tag added...drove back past the Taxidermist place gave him the otters...got paid.$120.00 went home.

Years ago if you wanted one mounted they would allow a hole kept open for the tag , usually with a fat zip tie. Not anymore.

Good job.I hate fleshing otters almost as much as I hate skinning coyotes.

They made a 2 inch cut in the middle of the back on both sides of the spine and just slide the tag through.

Yeah, in the past I have had them wrap the tag around the frozen carcass didn't know if they'd continue to do that before I found a buyer. I'll find out tomorrow when I go tag my otter might be cutting a hole in the webbing of the foot.

Years ago I saw a warden at a check in take a screwdriver and mallet punch a hole from eye out the mouth

Simply cut/skin from upper lip to the eye and put zip tie in opening, fasten it the apply tag to tail of tie.

That is how I tag with my field tag. We have to turn in skull when registration is done.

The one listed above was frozen.

For a taxidermy mount?

It was sarcasm ^^^ LOL!

Oh ok
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In Virginia they made a slice in my Bobcats ear over my objections to put the tag in.

Sad deal