Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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01/08/21 12:22 PM
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Makes person wonder if that bale of yellow leather mrats were leftover ones that GFW bought from NAFA or somebody that had them stored in their home freezer for a couple if years. I don't think those skins were from the 2020 trapping season. The only time I've had skins turn yellow like that was years ago when I didn't sell for some reason and left dried mrat skins out in a warm storage areas for months on end. It truly would be interesting to know how old those skins are...?
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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01/08/21 12:46 PM
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Well He called them GOOD rats In the flick. So It's probably not a big deal.
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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01/08/21 02:00 PM
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The other thing you have to consider when It comes to groney Is that he does most of the dressing on his dime. And then sells to the manufacture. And what that does Is groney has his prdouct In the hands of the manufacture before the auction house Is even open for business.
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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01/08/21 02:13 PM
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If I remember right in the NAFA grading manual you had to have so many holes in a muskrat just to grade slight damage. When making muskrat plates sewing holes is small part of the sewing project. Pinning them shut seems sensible to me. Sewing up a hole for a dollar or two possible gain seems a bit silly.
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: Dirt]
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01/08/21 02:29 PM
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$2 is the difference between a top lot rat and the burn pile rat today. TIP-You can close a hole on a wire stretched rat using a straight quilting pin.
Last edited by Boco; 01/08/21 02:30 PM.
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: Northof50]
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01/08/21 03:39 PM
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Stands to reason for their cost of shipping to send out bales of certain weights/ vs/ volume.
The rat's they use to make hat's need to be certain size and weight. I can't remember exactly what size, but they need to weigh 325lbs per thousand.
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: nimzy]
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01/08/21 06:46 PM
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2/3x winter heavies. The rats that get sorted out for that premium? I don't think they need to be Winter Rat's in my experience. It's more about where you catch them. My best rat's come from the river and their diet mostly crayfish. Although they're scare they're fat Rat's.
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: GFW - GROENEWOLD]
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01/08/21 10:30 PM
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: nimzy]
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01/09/21 05:33 PM
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Nice nimzy! I'm not sure mine have quite as much fat as they do. A lot of 4 to 4 1/2 lb. Rats though, 17-18" rat's. Do I remember you having the same fat Rat's last year?
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Re: MUSKRAT WIRE STRETCHER VS. WOOD STRETCHER
[Re: nimzy]
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01/11/21 09:25 PM
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Weekend rats Need a skinner?
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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