A name hasn't been given.

Doesn't matter, most of us wouldn't recognize it.

So the same guy that was able to drive coon prices into the ground, and keep them there, is now doing the same with coyote?

Relax, have a beer. It was a yoke

Don't mind if I do, mine was a yoke as well.

Yup, name of way hung low. I think he was involved in the rat market as well.

This sounds about right to me. It’s doom and gloom if you speak to the fur buyers. Ain’t pretty.

As for Marty, last I heard, he was driving a truck. Not a fur truck.
If I said his name do you think you would know him? He is from China. He has funded some MN buyers though. It does not really matter who he is, it is what he is doing that is effecting the market. I will call him Rich, because to have 200,000 coyotes that are tanned takes some money?

How is that coon market since he bailed?

According to Petska Facebook he is back buying for them.

Yeah, he drives truck seasonally and then buys for Petska during the winter months.

Thanks MJM, not that it matters but interesting to know.

"The fur trade is rife with rumor,..." "However, it usually pays to base decisions on verifiable information, not rumours and hunches."
Gary Schroeder, FFG

July 2021 FHA sale I got 100 avg for my heavy coyotes and $40 for my semis. Turned out to be a $60.00 avg pre commission.

What good does it to know his name you can 't sell to him or her.
Just throwing his name around doesn’t gain you anything.
All I can say it will not make a difference as far as selling your coyotes .
Marty is one of the good guys he buys fur as he see it .

You can speculate but there is much that most will never know about the inner workings of the fur market. What is visible is only a part of it. I will leave it at that.

No truer word were ever spoken. Most of us have absolutely no idea of what actually goes on behind the scenes, including me.
The shell game that grony plays at the rat wagon pales in comparison to the bigger games that are played at our expense. Imo

Your a funny guy, I never had a check bounce, paid any commission, or was forced to sell while selling to a traveling buyer. And no shipping cost. Just saying!

Every coyote is hoping that the coyote traps stay in the truck.
Not mine.
They're waxed and ready for the ground no matter how rich I do or don't get.

A trapper is what a trapper does.

Blessings,
Mark

I'll listen to any constructive criticism.


I've never bent over backwards more to provide good customer service, than I did when I was a fur buyer.



One thing I learned after 12 yrs and half a million miles on the road in 14 different states, is the variation in human personality, means you won't make everyone happy.


You still try though.

Marty B I f you are back on the road and get up this way and need a place to stay give a shout. Maybe plan a couple days off the end of Feb early March and we will go spear fishing. Be safe.

Looks like everyone is giving there opinion here so I'll share my vast knowledge as well.
First. MJM knows more bout the fur market than he lets out. Unfortunately he likes to tell stories so you gotta listen for hours to get the information your trying to get. Lol Seriously though he doesn't go around sharing rumors of what he thinks.

Second for all the Marty Haters. Mart has been to my place several times. Sometimes he bought others not. I'm not a fan of the 8 piles grading system he uses but when it's all over we always bartered on an average. He never got mad when I didn't sell to him. I have also traded and bought stuff off him at convention and talked to him or Greg petska on the phone lots of times. Over all I have to say Marty is a real good guy and is always willing to help if he can. I one time traded 2 dozen sweet corns for a homemade squirrel trap that I needed for my collection... It was a very hot august day so I'm not sure what he did with all that corn but I was happy.

Third thing. I have done a small bit of custom fur handling in my life. Most I have ever done was bout 100 coyotes in a season. But anyway I challenge anyone to go out and try buying fur or put up someone else's fur. I had guys bring me mange coyotes with no hair they shot with a 7mm deer hunting totally cuss me out when I told them that is junk throw it away... They had heard coyotes were 100 dollars. I seen a rancher pry a frozen coyote off his pickup with a crow bar... Actually tearing the leather not just hair. Can't figure out why my coyote isn't worth anything. The lack of knowledge on fur even amoug trappers us amazing. I didn't not claim to be an expert but I think I'd loose it and end up in jail if I tried buying fur.