Idaho Trappers Association Fur Sale Schedule Jan 14-17th
Elmore County Fairgrounds Glenns Ferry
Thursday-----------
2:00 PM Set up tables
5:00 PM start checking in fur (if you show up before 5 we are putting you to work!)
9:00ish PM stop checking in fur
Friday-------------
7:00 AM start checking in fur
Lunch on your own (food trucks outside)
1:00 Justin Webb Wolf Trapping
2:00 Mike Murdock Marten Trapping
3:00 Mike Ward Wolf Trapping
4:00 Don Noorda and Lance Stitzel Coyote Trapping Nevada Style
5:00 Pelt Preparation Angel Lovan
6:00 Scott Ramsay Wolf Trapping
9:00ish PM stop checking in fur
Saturday
7:00 AM start checking in fur
10:00 AM stop checking in fur
10:30 Justin Webb Foundation for Wildlife Management Presentation
Lunch on your own (food trucks outside)
1:00 Cory Mosby Furbearer Biologist Fish and Game
2:00 General Membership meeting. Don’t miss this!
4:00 Live Auction of donated items. Auctioneer George Kortum
5:00 Pete Espil Kids water trapping
6:00 Clayton Wetzstein coyote trapping
Sunday------------
10:00 Kylee Simonis w/guest. Coyote trapping Oregon style
11:00 To Be Announced Fur Grading Demo
Fur Buyer Bids in before ten
Posting results as soon as possible
Cleanup/ load tables. We need help!!

I talked to a Fur buyer yesterday and he said the sale has a huge amount of fur. Don't expect to see results posted for several days. The boys are really going to be busy.

Here you go Rusty TTT !

TTT because here's your chance to see, hear and learn about wolf trapping .

TTT

Back to the top... good luck to all that can attend....

So you're volunteering?

There's a schedule change - will have a wolf demo Saturday morning.

I'm headed up Thursday and looking forward to it.

I hope everything is going well for you folks take some pictures and post them if you get a chance !

Any news yet ?

I expect they are still checking in fur. Maybe dine for the day but they were probably very busy. Bids aren’t due until 10 AM Sunday so it will be awhile.

I'll post up some pics tomorrow

Over three thousand coyotes. See if we can hit 4,000 mark tomorrow

I hope the coyote buyers brought extra help. Takes a lot of time to go through that many pelts. LOL

Who is there for buyers?

Pretty much all the buyers

That is a LOT of coyotes!!! How on earth do they keep the lots straight and know which pelts belong to which sellers? Looks like one big pile to me.

Look close and you will see wire dividers in between lots. Each coyote is also marked with the lot it belongs to. Buyers know how many coyotes are in each lot so know how many to look for.

Thank you. When I enlarge the picture, I can see the wire dividers. How do you mark the pelts so you know which is which? I know Colorado staples a paper lot number on the nose. Oregon uses different colored tags and a tagging gun.

Have run fur sales myself, I’m just curious how different groups handle different situations.

I belong to the Intermountain Furharvesters and We use a tagging gun and I am pretty sure the ITA does the same. We used to use a permanent marker on a paw but a buyer didn't like that so we went to a gun.

Colorado uses an ear tag that displays lot number, specie, and number of pelts in that lot. Each tag also has a bar code with all of the information so at check out each piece is scanned and accounted for. There is also a tag on each hanger that displays the same corresponding information.