^^^^But how much of your castor would have graded *western select?

I dont know BP.I sell my castor ungraded.
I sell some locally to medicine men and the rest direct.

That's awesome you catch so many Black ones. I usually get two per hundred rats.

I don't think any of my catch will be rubbing elbows with Bocos...

Probably wont be much difference on the avg size wise the way the market is now for raw beaver.
How come so much DMG?Scars?
Good size on your beaver BP.

I’m surprised how easy it is to get a SELECT grade at FHA. I have way more than normal.

if you trap where beaver are overpopulated you wont get many select grade beaver.

The order of sale, closing times, etc. have been posted to buyer accounts. They have also added a 5th selling day. The 23rd, which is for The Zoo.

There are 599 lots of wolves. Bidding opens at 7 AM North Bay time and runs until noon on the 23rd. That Is 5 hours. For you folks on the east coast that don’t understand time zones - that is 4 AM until 9 AM pacific time. The things us fur buyers in the west have to deal with to buy fur!!!! LOL

I have 10 rats, 9 coons and 1 yote listed. We will see how this goes, the rats are new, the coons an d yotes have been offered before.

Bryce

I didn't start trapping until the end of January so our river beaver are well into breeding season by then. Bites and rubs. We have lots of blackberries which they love to eat so they burrow up through it and leave fur on the thorns. If I were to start in November I would have a lot less damage. Still picking fruit in November.

OH, and yes...plenty of scars. But did I mention the castor...? This year averaged right at 5 beaver to a lb.

Thats pretty good for the castor.
I weighed out a few yesterday to sell.One was 4.2 oz that is dry weight.
At the going rate of $7.75 per oz that one beaver castor netted $32.55.

Don’t feel bad, my grade looks similar to yours. Great beavers are hard to come by here.

I can go a little farther to our Oregon coast and get a way better pelt....but the castors are puny. So I go closer and get the big bruisers on my local river (with big castors) and call it good. I just hope there are hatter buyers for this auction. Some years all the dmg go early and the selects remain unsold. Lately it's the other way around...Section III haven't been moving.

Better off going for the castor beavers with the price of castor for sure.At one time castor was the bonus,now its the pelt,lol.
I hope everyone with fur on the sale does well.

I’m hoping for a couple grand for my efforts last winter. Put it towards an Argo.

I thought about buying an argo a couple years ago but when i sat down and actually thought it over good I came to the conclusion the price outweighs the actual use I would get out of it.
Guys who hunt a lot in the muskeg before freezeup like them a lot to haul moose.Also guys that trap beaver in the interiors of their lines before freeze up have a real use for an argo.
I can go everywhere I need to in the fall on the 4 wheeler and after freezeup the snow machine is much better for where and how I trap.
Also one dealbreaker for me was all the work i would need to do to widen all the bush trails.

If, where and when do they post pics of the show lots? Or are they for buyers eyes only? Just curious

Is castor up more recently ?

Registered bidders only. Sorry.

The bidding Catalog is open as of 7 AM this morning. Very little action so far.