Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/01/21 06:10 PM
05/01/21 06:10 PM
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Posts: 2,493 Garden,Michigan
Buck (Zandra)
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He had a coyote lure,I think it was sold as a wolf and coyote lure,that was awesome.If somebody has the formula they need to market it again
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/01/21 06:40 PM
05/01/21 06:40 PM
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Joined: Jan 2021
Posts: 171 new york
banchee
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i met him at out nystrappers convention back in the early mid seventies i was 12 or 13 he was in a wheel chair ,i knew he was a legend , i bought a bunch of his lures he was and is still very famous, i also got a book or two of his the trappers companion and a book on fox trapping banchee
TOMMY HAYES
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/01/21 11:16 PM
05/01/21 11:16 PM
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,877 Adirondacks, NY
Fisher Man
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O.L. Butcher lived in Shushan,N.Y.,owned a plane, and would fly up to his camp on the Blue Ridge in the central Adirondacks. I never met him, but remember seeing him at the NYSTA conventions at Piseco. I sold furs at his place in Piseco. After he passed away his wife Alice remarried a man named Raymond Duntley and they lived in North Hudson, N.Y. I visited them several times and was able to visit the camp and go inside. Sadly the camp has been sold.Raymond showed us a lot of the country he and Butcher had trapped, and the beaver country of the Boreas Ponds. Butcher had a boa mounted on the outside back corner of the camp where he kept his experimental lures. I remember many photos strewn about inside the camp. John Rockwood and I were able to get permission to go through the barn at Shushan. There was still a lot of old beaver castor for his lures and many of his business letters, even found one that I sent to make a purchase. Sam Hart lived in nearby Cambridge, N.Y. who ran Blake and Lamb traps.
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/02/21 12:03 PM
05/02/21 12:03 PM
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 5,895 michigan,USA
seniortrap
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His old fur buying ads. Cats, any color, $1.50.
Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers
"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: seniortrap]
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05/02/21 01:38 PM
05/02/21 01:38 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 539 Watertown, WI
rszwieg
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His old fur buying ads. Cats, any color, $1.50. Oh my... I've seen adds in the 70s & 80s from other buyers.
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/02/21 01:52 PM
05/02/21 01:52 PM
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seniortrap
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That was when feral cats that roamed too far from home were subject to being put up for profit!
Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers
"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/02/21 04:06 PM
05/02/21 04:06 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 4,817 central arkansas
the Blak Spot
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Wasnt he a big man, like 6'4" or something?
the just shall live by faith
member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/02/21 11:10 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,388 Iowa
PaulB
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The first bottle of animal lure I ever bought was from Mr Butcher,,,, It was oil of sweetflag muskrat lure,,,that was in the early 1950’s,,,not sure if I ever caught a muskrat with it, but it sure smelled good,,,
Any original o l butcher lure bottle with $1.00 price printed on the label is very collectible,,,
Last edited by PaulB; 05/02/21 11:12 PM.
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Re: O L Butcher
[Re: andrews1958]
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05/02/21 11:26 PM
05/02/21 11:26 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,516 La Crosse, WI
Macthediver
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I got maybe dozen one ounce bottles Butchers fox lure think couple 4 oz. Maybe couple coyote lure.. Was my go to fox lure along with Lenons back in late 70s early 80s.. When I heard Butcher had died I bought what I could find. Our fox population crashed so I put it away. I will see tomorrow maybe take a picture of them bottles post it..
Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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