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How much you make? #7273044
05/26/21 06:42 PM
05/26/21 06:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 5,214
Crivitz WI
Sprung & Rusty Offline OP
trapper
Sprung & Rusty  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 5,214
Crivitz WI
Hobby trappers. What did you take in for money for fur this year if you don't mind sharing.


No Jab.
Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273051
05/26/21 06:54 PM
05/26/21 06:54 PM
Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 1,743
Wisconsin
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Mad Scientist Offline
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Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 1,743
Wisconsin
Check back in about a month I should be done counting by then.Thinking about buying one of those bill counters like they have at the bank.

Re: How much you make? [Re: Mad Scientist] #7273082
05/26/21 07:35 PM
05/26/21 07:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 6,635
Wabash, IN USA
Flipper 56 Offline
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Flipper 56  Offline
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Posts: 6,635
Wabash, IN USA
Originally Posted by Mad Scientist
Check back in about a month I should be done counting by then.Thinking about buying one of those bill counters like they have at the bank.

grin


"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273085
05/26/21 07:40 PM
05/26/21 07:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,922
2A Sanctuaries-W. OK & N. NM
Blaine County Offline
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Blaine County  Offline
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,922
2A Sanctuaries-W. OK & N. NM
Does a negative number count? When you consider the gear and gas, I lose money every year--and that doesn't include time away from work. I am good on traps for the foreseeable future so that is a positive.

I am however in deep and stopped thinking about it how much I lose.

Re: How much you make? [Re: Blaine County] #7273094
05/26/21 07:53 PM
05/26/21 07:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 5,214
Crivitz WI
Sprung & Rusty Offline OP
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Sprung & Rusty  Offline OP
trapper

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Crivitz WI
Originally Posted by Blaine County
Does a negative number count? When you consider the gear and gas, I lose money every year--and that doesn't include time away from work. I am good on traps for the foreseeable future so that is a positive.

I am however in deep and stopped thinking about it how much I lose.

No, just checks from the buyer is all.


No Jab.
Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273098
05/26/21 08:00 PM
05/26/21 08:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 5,536
fayette,al.
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grisseldog Offline
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Posts: 5,536
fayette,al.
If I said
No one would believe me

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273099
05/26/21 08:02 PM
05/26/21 08:02 PM
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,723
SW Georgia
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Wanna Be Offline
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Wanna Be  Offline
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Posts: 10,723
SW Georgia
Buyer...$0
Managers...$2800 but only got to trap two properties

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273101
05/26/21 08:03 PM
05/26/21 08:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 10,787
Asheville, NC
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charles Offline
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Posts: 10,787
Asheville, NC
About ten years ago I donated every trapping item I owned to a National Park Service biologist. Got an itemized appraisal on NPS stationary for a tax donation. Only good year I ever had on paper. Had lots of fun and good exercise, however.

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273133
05/26/21 08:52 PM
05/26/21 08:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,871
NNY
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080808 Offline
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Posts: 2,871
NNY
Whatever it is it’s always more than deer hunting. lol

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273135
05/26/21 08:54 PM
05/26/21 08:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2021
Posts: 493
Minnesota
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MNEric  Offline
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Joined: Jan 2021
Posts: 493
Minnesota
900 for coyote and fox
1100 for beaver in the round
375 for castor

Not including ADC work

Last edited by MNEric; 05/26/21 09:02 PM.
Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273142
05/26/21 09:10 PM
05/26/21 09:10 PM
Joined: Jun 2018
Posts: 4,739
Beatrice, NE
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Beatrice, NE
I tanned all my stuff this year and sold it for about $900. I don't know what my bey would be after taking away chemicals, gas, supplies, etc though.

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273144
05/26/21 09:16 PM
05/26/21 09:16 PM
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,520
Champaign County, Ohio.
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KeithC Offline
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Posts: 15,520
Champaign County, Ohio.
I made $0.00 on fur last season. I donated all of my minuscule amount of catches to Wilmington College's Biology Department. I have more than enough necessary and paying work to feel the need to prep fur for sale for close to free.

Keith

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273148
05/26/21 09:18 PM
05/26/21 09:18 PM
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 318
MN
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Posts: 318
MN
MAKE ?????

Re: How much you make? [Re: loosegoose] #7273149
05/26/21 09:18 PM
05/26/21 09:18 PM
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Posts: 11,293
East-Central Wisconsin
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East-Central Wisconsin
Just shy of $1700 with a few coon, 2 mink and the rest rats.

Bryce

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273171
05/26/21 09:37 PM
05/26/21 09:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 6,518
MB
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MB
Sold 2 Bobcats for $850 each and a Lynx for $900, all frozen whole. So far that’s it.


Cold as ice!
Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273209
05/26/21 10:02 PM
05/26/21 10:02 PM
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Posts: 5,471
West Central MN
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20scout  Offline
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West Central MN
I go into this business with the idea of not making any money and so far have been quite successful....


Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
Re: How much you make? [Re: 080808] #7273224
05/26/21 10:18 PM
05/26/21 10:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,635
Pottawatamie co. IA
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"The Coon Combine"
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Posts: 3,635
Pottawatamie co. IA
Originally Posted by 080808
Whatever it is it’s always more than deer hunting. lol


This must be new math or something. If you loose money trapping you have nothing but time and money spent. When you deer hunt and are successful you have meat to eat. Trapping for fun is not a message we need to get out. It will someday be used to end trapping. Wish people would get that. LLL


Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273226
05/26/21 10:19 PM
05/26/21 10:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 322
SD
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SD
just great memories, worth more than any ck smirk

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273227
05/26/21 10:19 PM
05/26/21 10:19 PM
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Posts: 265
PA
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PA
Ha, this is a sore subject with my better half. All the stuff I had to buy for this new trapping hobby was an investment and would pay for itself I told her. This year I had all my furs tanned and had three hats made. As I am reminded frequently, I’m still in the hole.

Re: How much you make? [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #7273239
05/26/21 10:28 PM
05/26/21 10:28 PM
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Posts: 1,088
Cheyenne Wyoming
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Cheyenne Wyoming
Quite a bit really. Expenses balance out as for about 4 months I don't spend money on anything else.


Antelope, the original fast food!!
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