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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129713
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sorry didnt read the part about castor.

Re: Rat wagon [Re: skratmandoo] #7129756
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Originally Posted by skratmandoo
I sold sixty two green spring beaver to Barnes this afternoon, fifteen bucks for two xl, ten for xl, five for large, three med lg, two for med, one buck for smalls. Seventy five bucks a lb, for castor, seventy five cents a tail. Averaged a touch over sixteen bucks.

Not bad


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: skratmandoo] #7129847
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Originally Posted by skratmandoo
I sold sixty two green spring beaver to Barnes this afternoon, fifteen bucks for two xl, ten for xl, five for large, three med lg, two for med, one buck for smalls. Seventy five bucks a lb, for castor, seventy five cents a tail. Averaged a touch over sixteen bucks.



Were those green skinned? And were they from last spring?


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129854
01/10/21 12:50 PM
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I was at the Groney stop yesterday and he told me $75 for castor which I thought wasn't bad. ( I didn't sell any)

The next guy that sold he told him that he over-dried his castor and paid him $60. crazy

Green beaver were $6-7 for better $2 for small

Friend had a 100 rats and averaged $4.25


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: huntrap247] #7129881
01/10/21 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by huntrap247
I was at the Groney stop yesterday and he told me $75 for castor which I thought wasn't bad. ( I didn't sell any)

The next guy that sold he told him that he over-dried his castor and paid him $60. crazy

Green beaver were $6-7 for better $2 for small

Friend had a 100 rats and averaged $4.25
Over dried under dried Got a feeling there are better options for selling castor. A lot of nickel diming at the wagon

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Re: Rat wagon [Re: blackhammer] #7129896
01/10/21 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by blackhammer
A lot of nickel diming at the wagon


Always has been, and most disappointing to me is seller after seller just hangs their head and accepts it.

Nowadays it's only going to get worse.


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129911
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Well It's a fact no matter where you sell If you over dry castor your going to get a lower price. They buy by the pound. He was just being straight with you.

Hanging your head?
The only other option Is going to auction and If you don't PUT UP YOUR FUR It's all on you. There Is NO arguing with the any local buyer. You are caught by the short hairs.


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129914
01/10/21 01:55 PM
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I always bartered with the local fur dealers.


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: Bruce T] #7129919
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Originally Posted by Bruce T
I always bartered with the local fur dealers.


X2


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129924
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Barnes paid me 25 cents each for three star nosed moles.

Jim

Re: Rat wagon [Re: james dymond] #7129940
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Originally Posted by james dymond
Barnes paid me 25 cents each for three star nosed moles.

Jim


Was that put-up moles, or just green skinned???

Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129949
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whole and frozen moles
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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129970
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Originally Posted by The Beav
Yes I was very happy.
The thing I hate the most is No One and I mean No one puts up their fur.

It seems that the price difference isn't worth putting it up anymore.

Re: Rat wagon [Re: huntrap247] #7129975
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Originally Posted by huntrap247
I was at the Groney stop yesterday and he told me $75 for castor which I thought wasn't bad. ( I didn't sell any)

The next guy that sold he told him that he over-dried his castor and paid him $60. crazy

Green beaver were $6-7 for better $2 for small

Friend had a 100 rats and averaged $4.25

Respectable return on the rats especially for this year.

Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7129976
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Originally Posted by The Beav
Well It's a fact no matter where you sell If you over dry castor your going to get a lower price. They buy by the pound. He was just being straight with you.

Hanging your head?
The only other option Is going to auction and If you don't PUT UP YOUR FUR It's all on you. There Is NO arguing with the any local buyer. You are caught by the short hairs.
. Of course it weighed less. But it sounded like he payed him less per pound as his base. 60 dollars a pound because it was too dry?


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: Pike River] #7129978
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The beaver I sold were from last spring, and yes, green skinned, I needed to free up freezer space. and when I said a sixteen ave, that was combining skins, twenty eight tails, and six and three quarter lbs castor. In the process of catching those beaver I also caught a dozen otters that got turned into the DNR.

Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7130071
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If you do any 2021 spring beaver trapping talk to groney about dorsal skinning and selling them green that way. You might do better.


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: The Beav] #7130567
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Def worth considering, I hope to trap rats till march whenever season ends, if I dont get too burntout, I will trap under ice beaver till the water opens, then work the spring beaver hard. Those march under ice beavers will be skinned open {normal} and hopefully stretched. Time becomes an issue, I do concrete construction. If I work like a dog all spring summer, fall, I can afford to trap in the winter

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Originally Posted by huntrap247
Originally Posted by Bruce T
I always bartered with the local fur dealers.


X2


X3


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Re: Rat wagon [Re: Pike River] #7130636
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Originally Posted by Pike River
Originally Posted by The Beav
Yes I was very happy.
The thing I hate the most is No One and I mean No one puts up their fur.

It seems that the price difference isn't worth putting it up anymore.

True


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