Part of the problem is that Groeny is already bartering in trinkets and beads. I sold my low grade beaver at FHA for more than he offered nose count. FHA held my selects.

If you knew how the auction works you would know what I am talking about.
If they drop on the better goods by the time they run down the lots there is no room for the lesser skins.
So the buyers cant get the better goods for a lower price so they either take lesser goods closer to value or go to the privat treaty room and buy within the original price parameter.They are buisnessmen you cant blame them for trying.
The auctioneers at FHA know all their tricks but are a bit too smart for them.
Lesser goods are sold freely into the market when the market is weak,there is no advantage to anyone ,trapper or auction house,to inventory those type of skins.

My dad had a bobcat sell for 1000.00 in PT last fall, I had one sell for 400.00. If that was at a reduced price I’d sure like to know what they was really worth. I have 2 bobcats at nafa that was prevalued at 900, and we all know what happened, just my 2 cents.

I had top quality marten that fha held for 2 years amd sold pt for Xmas for 36 dollar average . In march,april smaller but same grade and color leftovers sold at auctiom for 57 dollar average. Experts?

So how has Groneys Bobcat buying worked out I have not heard anyone talking that deal up?

Received my check today, they sold 1 fisher and 1 beaver, now I can go buy 3 gallon of gas. But the fisher was a grade ll,, and the beav was damaged.

You keep crawling around in the bat fecies,I'll be out in Gods country at the rivers and lakes trapping prime fur for 2oo$ a day.(thats only 7 beaver counting castor at the last sales price).Other fur pays the expenses which are negligible since I am out in the bush all fall and winter anyway.

Your time is worth very little I can see. I assume that the fur does not get skinned and put up by itself and even if you are fast those seven still take you a couple hours to skin, scrape, board, take off the board, bag up and get ready to ship or do you have fairies that do it while you sleep? lol. LLL

7 beaver clean skinned and in the freezer in an hour and a half no problem. Skinned in the evening at camp after the wood chores,just another job at camp,while chewing the fat and having a few cold ones with a partner-Put them up in winter outside in spare time while doing other stuff.
I guess your idea of work and mine is two different things.bagging grading and sizing beaver is a pleasure not work-like counting money.

Yabut Boco, think of all the game shows and reality TV you could be watching if you weren't out there trappin, skinin, and boardin and stuff.

Yea,now I'm depressed I cant sit around all day and do nothing for 0 dollars.
On second thought,I'll take the outdoor life at camp.

I guess you socialists look at things differently than we capitalists. You have to count all that time or you are working for FHA.

Do you count any breakdowns or purchase price on your snow machines or I suppose you just count the gas. LLL

I been riding snowmachines since 1965 and 3 and 4 wheelers almost as long.Used a snowmachine to get to school.They are vehicles here-we need them to get around for our lifestyle.Of course the portion used to earn income is calculated as capital cost.
It is very little cost related to trapping.hardly no gas and very little milage to run lines.I buy a new bike and snowmachine every few years just to have a write off,or i would be paying too much taxes here in sociable land.I got so much trapping stuff I had to build more sheds.
I calculate trapping expense when hunting fishing and cutting roads to new lakes etc since it is all related to living on the trapline.
I dont really consider that work I consider it living the good life.The kind of freedom some of you guys dont understand,obviously.

My life is not ruled by the almighty dollar,actually i use very little actual money compared to income to live my life.

All the extra money I dont use I give it away.But it just keeps rolling in for some reason.

Laugh all you want Batman,I just helped both my kids buy new homes.
I lead a simple life-I have no need for hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting in a bank til I croak and having a bunch of people fighting over it..

LIKE

Boco is living the life he likes, nothing wrong with that. Not many people can make that claim. I am glad for you Boco,

Yup lifestyle....attitude.

Crazy the array of perception.

Keep at it Boco, some people worship the almighty dollar.

So you write off your pleasure vehicles since it is by your own words pleasure and not work. Sounds right. You are not giving your money away but the taxpayer's. Perfect example of socialism.
LLL

Read it again einstein-only the percentage used to earn income.
Do you know what log books are for Captain Capitalism?