Article I read in Trapper's Post said average revenue is about 200 bucks a year. Do you guys agree? I'm not asking what you all bring in. Just a yes/no.

Pretty spot on for me. Yes.

No

Lots of 1-3 critter a year trappers out there mostly kids or new trappers most don’t handle fur today so they are getting less for what they are catching because of that. I wonder if that is before or after expenses my guess would be before. It would take a LOT of carcass coons to hit $200 today with the current market so $200 might be high.

No not even with these low prices

But I bet with a lot of hobby trappers it’s close

I would say it is closer to the average then we would think it to be in these low market times. In our area of the USA that could be 40rats at $2.75, 25 coons at $3, 3 mink at $5 and maybe a couple reds and a poor yote to boot.

Bryce

I would say yes. It all goes back into trapping gear though. I just can’t help myself!!! At $200/yr

200 a day?

LOL, I do believe the OP said $200 a year.

I can see $200.00 days but not many. It just depends on what your trapping and where your trapping.

There are still places where you can catch 100 rats a day with out to much effort.

Wow would have never believed I would be 10 times the average plus!! But wow how far below the real serious fur harvesters! There is a very, very wide range of us hobby trappers, much like hobby farmers. Today roughly 85% of all the milk is produced on less then 10% of the 50,000 plus dairy farms. If we think trapping is moving toward a concentration of the few doing the most, just think of what the ranch mink business will be like after the last 6-7 years or purges? Not only the funnel takes on more but there are fewer and larger cans pouring into the funnel as well.

Bryce

If I have beaver close I can make more due to castor prices plus the bounty.

Probably cost 1/2 that the days I ran my line!

Talking about net profit on fur only?

And $200 for an entire year?

Seriously?

Yall should just go play golf or something.

Fur check would be that or a little better, but I’d guess I’m still the red if you factor in equipment, gas, etc

Lot of guys are trap around the back farm guys so that's believable with today's prices.

200 dollars? Costs me more than that to get out of my driveway first day of the season......

Not a big numbers guy but 200 dollars is pretty easy to hit....

The next question is the average age of the trappers hitting 200 dollars? Bet its all over 65 and guys and gals setting their five traps for the season. Do not begrudge this a bit just saying.

I run my own business, trapping takes time away from that. I can run a couple traps around the farm but I don't want to lose money trapping when I could be making money cutting down trees.

You'd think that but depends on what you have access to..

With current prices... That's 40 muskrats or raccoon or 10-20 beaver fur only. 10-30 coyotes, 20-30 mink, 5 bobcat
20 fox.

Did the article specify ADC work/ or just selling fur?

I could see making doing better on ADC work, especially given the current fur market.

A raccoon in the attic is worth more than one on the roadside.