jbyrd, why would anyone have reason to take discriminatory action against someone from Kentucky, because they're from Kentucky? Don't make accusations against someone, unless you have more than your hurt feelings as an offering of proof. That's what I'm trying to say.

Pay attention.

It took several days before anyone from the WVTA ever answered or commented to this thread.I don't think that would have happened if not for me PERSONALLY e-mail the association like I told guys we needed to do. Plus It seemed that his was the only fur that was "labeled".

No my feelings aren't hurt . Why would they be? Was he the ONLY guy from Ky to sell there . If so then he was singled out!! If not he was still singled out . They explained why his was labeled and tried to explain why he got shafted. SO let us recap. HIS fur was only one on their printed ticket labeled Kentucky. HIS fur was practically given away WE all agree. His point was to warn OTHER KY

trappers to stay away based on what happened to the ONLY FUR LABELED KENTUCKY...
At the time he posted this the only reason he could think that it was basically stolen was because of it being from KY.

12345 if I have read this wrong please feel free to correct me......

I PROMISE it won't hurt my feeling s LOL LOL

Hopefully, I can shed a little bit of light on part of this situation. I am one of the 3 WVTA graders, and I am the one who consigned all the green fur, including Lot 308, on Sunday morning. One of the first things I said was that I wished this trapper's green fur had been put up. The trapper replied he had no place to dry his fur this year. Told the trapper I wished he gotten in touch with Randy Cantrell, as he could have probably helped. (Randy and others from KY have sold their finished fur through our auctions in the past years). It is my writing on the consignment sheet, I wrote 'Kentucky' because I was reminding myself to be sure to type KY: on the buyer's sheet. (I also do the sale printout and calculations that go with each seller's check). The reason I wrote 'Kentucky' was because the bobcats had Kentucky CITES seals. (Our DNR is present to seal every cat, and it was also noted for their benefit as well). With our finished fur, cats sealed in a state other than WV is always placed in separate lots. As JT mentioned, we had finished cats from PA in the sale this year. In year's past, we've had plenty of KY cats sold through the finished fur. Our finished fur is sold in graded lots. We graded this year from 8am to about 8pm both Friday and Saturday. Each consignor may withdraw his fur if he feels he has received a grade he is not happy with. Once the fur is hung into the lot, it goes to the highest bidder. We had 17 buyers at the March sale. (For those who don't understand our auction, that means your XXXL 1 & 2 coon are put into a lot with everyone else's XXXL 1 & 2 coon and the buyer purchases the entire lot). With green fur (which is consigned on Sunday morning prior to the auction), the fur is not graded, and simply listed as a count of each item. We also note on the sheet if the item is on the carcass as well. Unfortunately, there were only a couple of buyers present who were interested in the green fur, and there was a huge amount of it this year. (We always encourage everyone to put up their fur to receive the best possible prices). I admit, I was surprised at the low price this lot went for, because I thought the cats alone would sell the lot (no, I don't remember how big the cats were, as I consigned 448 pieces of fur that morning). Two of our graders also have their fur buyer's license, but we are prohibited from purchasing fur through the WVTA auction. Regarding the beaver castor -- our grades are Semi-Dry, Dry, Wet, and Castor with Oil Sacs. We don't normally get enough castor at our sale to begin grading them into #1, #2, etc. The WVTA currently does not have a 'no sale' option with the green fur. In fact, very few people who consign green fur attend the auction. I didn't reply to this post earlier because I just heard about it this morning. And no, I don't believe the fact that the cats were sealed in Kentucky had anything to do with the price. In past years, the finished Kentucky cats have always sold as well as cats sealed in other states. I am sorry that this buyer received so little for his green fur, but I'm more sorry that he is urging everyone not to consign fur through our auctions because of the price he received for green fur. Historically speaking, the WVTA auctions have shown higher prices per volume that many states (finished fur). And regarding the averages posted on our website -- yes, I did that as well. I calculate only the finished fur and the prices they brought to provide the average/high/low prices. Green fur is not calculated because we have no way of knowing an average when all that seller's fur is sold as one lot.

http://www.windyridgetrapper.com/sell-your-fur-pelts/fur-pricing/

I think you are missing the point. The word Kentucky written across the lotting ticket and then actually printed on the PRINTED sheet !! Made him and LOTS of other people think it was discrimination against Ky trappers. His original post was to warn Ky people to stay away. Can you blame him.

I tried to explain earlier that KY was written on the sheet because the bobcats were sealed in Kentucky. We always make note of the state in which bobcats were sealed. The consignor who had Pennsylvania bobcats had PA written across his sheet as well. Prior to the auction, I explain to the auctioneer about all the abbreviations and he makes written notes on his auction sheet so everyone knows what's being sold.

Haha! Good one Hal, thank you for the cheese. The baby pic? Wow! Did you come up with that or did Miz help you out? That was also a dandy. You sure have a way with trying to come up with some entertaining post. No doubt it gives many folks enjoyment. If you could have put some of that witty humor in your bland dvd's maybe they would have been more popular. I frequent another website and folks can't even sell them at a super cheap price. Some of your posts are pretty funny though. How is your website doing? Is it still a slow as a turtle crossing the four lane?

I am doing skull mounts at my home. I also tan hides inside my home. When I say in my home I mean in the kitchen and bathroom.

PA was printed on the sheet.

Whines the man trying to do taxidermy in his bathroom.



I hope at least to rise above the level of a s***house taxidermist.

Struck a nerve didn't I?



Crybaby.