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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Law Dog] #7413949
11/24/21 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Law Dog
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Not a grinners!


G-hog? ....cuz ive had that...they are just subterranean mini cows.
Younger the better like all critters. wink

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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Lugnut] #7413952
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Originally Posted by Lugnut
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Thems not opossums tooths , yum!!

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Law Dog] #7413953
11/24/21 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Law Dog
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Not a grinners!


Not with them teeth! Maybe a beav, maybe a grundsau.


Eh...wot?

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7413956
11/24/21 10:20 PM
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I'm very green, but I home tanned a possum last season, and I swear it is the softest, most comforting fur that I've dealt with! I'm sad that they have such a bad rap, cause if it were up to me...I'd have a blanket made out of this stuff! Wifey is clear with a big NO though! Lol


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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414061
11/24/21 11:47 PM
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Boil them and make soup
Good on a cold nite

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414079
11/25/21 12:13 AM
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Yuck! Ugly garbage eaters.

I found that if I let them go, they just wound up back in the trap. Sent them to possum heaven.

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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414097
11/25/21 12:40 AM
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Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414112
11/25/21 01:50 AM
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I whack every single grinner I can. Although one year a few years back while coon trapping (just before the last tumble in coon prices.....so '07 or '08?) I caught so many of the dang things that I got sick of killing them. I would just Savell them (slap-tame) until they did their play dead thing, then take the trap off their foot and toss them aside. I got over 50 in just a short time. I loath 'possums. I don't believe I ever got more than a buck for a pelt, but I can't remember. Like Thumbian said, if we got $10 per 'possum it really would be like hitting the lotto.

That whole B.S. story about 5000 ticks a day make me wanna scream.


Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414127
11/25/21 04:41 AM
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you dont have to smack em around to release them. they rarely bite


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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414151
11/25/21 06:48 AM
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they died ,

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414231
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I feed the eagles we have a bunch here and we'll they like those fuzzy little buggers.


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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: bandy] #7414306
11/25/21 10:00 AM
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I dispatch and toss them. We have LOTS of them and they love turkey, duck, pheasant and song bird eggs.


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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414377
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every one is going to trap to save game birds how about the owls and hawks theres several different kinds of both and flying above has a lot better sight on things most people have no idea how many there are especially the owls that work at night put a trap out to protect your chickens and other birds you will be surprised how many there is especially if you live next to a wooded area

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414459
11/25/21 12:55 PM
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When I was still trapping, We had a private buyer that would give us $3-5/ea for possums. He would tan them, and sell at a Rendezvous. We worked out a deal to sell the possums cheap, but he would pay a higher price for other fur. He would place orders before season for x-amount of possums, coons, beaver, yotes, fox, skunks (nice white stripes), etc. and would usually pay 10-15% above going market. We had this arrangement for over a decade. Sadly, cancer got the better of him.

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414537
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I have a guy that pays $5 each froze whole. Sure helps offset gas cost.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414541
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No possum should ever get a pass. They are continually expanding their range and are holy heck on ground nesting birds of all sorts. Vermin, pure and simple. No need to worry for them, like cockroaches, will be on earth long after we have had our run.


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Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414550
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I got $10.00 a piece for XL possums from NAFA during the last mini fur boom 7-8 years ago.


Eh...wot?

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414561
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I run a scorched earth trap line .

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414575
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slow roasted over an open fire basted in persimmon wine,

Re: What do you do with your possums? [Re: Ed Patrick] #7414610
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Caught 42 off one property last year for $20 each. Buzzards got to eat too. If you value ground nesting birds you won’t release them.

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