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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462222
01/16/22 08:20 AM
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I'm a long way from Iowa but I can tell you I haven't sold a coon in four years now because I know that when a lake is only an inch or two from going over the top of a dam it only takes a small amount of rain to cause a flood.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462227
01/16/22 08:32 AM
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I am killing a FEW coyotes cause they need killing. Thinking real serious about having a bon fire whiskey drinking party this spring. I have pelted the good ones but the pelts are in the freezer. Dont know if i want to bother with fleshing and stretching yet. If a coyote hat at Cabela's can still fetch 600 bucks, people your giving your skins too ARE making money off your efforts.

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/crown-cap-coyote-full-fur-russian-style-cap

https://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=coyote+fur+trim+coat

https://kaufmanfurs.com/mens-coyote-fur-jacket-white-fox-trim-hood-7778/

https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/mackage-adali-coyote-fur-trim-down-coat-0400013081594.html

Its time to QUIT giving fur away. I didnt say quit trapping. Just dont give it away. Use it yourself, gift it to friends, toss it in the ditch, but dont put it in the commercial pipeline.




Last edited by danny clifton; 01/16/22 08:35 AM.

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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: Kong] #7462232
01/16/22 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Kong
To be clear, I do respect the views of Joe1 and Kinley31. My point is, if you just walk away from this sport because of low prices, and everyone else follows and does the same, nobody left to fight and it will disappear.
Joe1 did not answer if he has sold at Boone to support the ITA.

And besides that, it’s a fun sport. A youngster will never learn more about the out of doors anywhere else then they do on the trapline.

He said in an earlier post that he had quit. So no, he hasn't sold at the auction.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462265
01/16/22 09:25 AM
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No one on here has said to quit or not pass on the tradition. Just to stop giving away our hard earned fur. Critters will always need to be trapped.


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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462303
01/16/22 09:47 AM
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Question guys...what if the end buyer (Groenewold, Petska, Wiebke, Zander) that supplies the customer, sets the price, and tells the customer, "I can't sell you fur for the price you want to pay, because my suppliers (trappers) won't catch them for that." Are we afraid that customer(s) will say "fine, we'll find an alternative material". Is this a possible outcome we're scared of? How long are you willing to bust your hump, skin and flesh, for a $4.00 avg on coon when gas is $3/gal? Buyers have balls the size of church bells that get on these websites and tell us "we need coon", but we can only pay $4-$6 for finished coon. There's a demand guys.

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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462320
01/16/22 10:01 AM
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These type of markets are the hardest on country buyers, I consider mine a friend and I would hate to be in his shoes these past few years. He is a heckuva guy, but does other work to get by. I am happy for him the few years he sticks his neck out and does well, I’m guessing most years he isn’t vacationing in France once the fur is all shipped out. The big boys on the other hand, have some leverage and play the game I believe. Get this sickness done with and open up the markets and let’s see what happens. Canada, unfortunately has to lead the way for this to happen evidently, with the last big North American auctions being there.


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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: danny clifton] #7462333
01/16/22 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
I am killing a FEW coyotes cause they need killing. Thinking real serious about having a bon fire whiskey drinking party this spring. I have pelted the good ones but the pelts are in the freezer. Dont know if i want to bother with fleshing and stretching yet. If a coyote hat at Cabela's can still fetch 600 bucks, people your giving your skins too ARE making money off your efforts.

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/crown-cap-coyote-full-fur-russian-style-cap

https://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=coyote+fur+trim+coat

https://kaufmanfurs.com/mens-coyote-fur-jacket-white-fox-trim-hood-7778/

https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/mackage-adali-coyote-fur-trim-down-coat-0400013081594.html

Its time to QUIT giving fur away. I didnt say quit trapping. Just dont give it away. Use it yourself, gift it to friends, toss it in the ditch, but dont put it in the commercial pipeline.





Hate to tell you this Danny the sports are not going to quit supplying the market at any price. That is just the way it is.


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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462343
01/16/22 10:22 AM
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I wish just for once trappers would set the price and not catch or sell one pelt unless it was a reasonable price. I can totally understand different sections and grades but its just wrong the final product is making money and everyone down the line accept for the producer of fur.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: kinley31] #7462344
01/16/22 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by kinley31
Question guys...what if the end buyer (Groenewold, Petska, Wiebke, Zander) that supplies the customer, sets the price, and tells the customer, "I can't sell you fur for the price you want to pay, because my suppliers (trappers) won't catch them for that." Are we afraid that customer(s) will say "fine, we'll find an alternative material". Is this a possible outcome we're scared of? How long are you willing to bust your hump, skin and flesh, for a $4.00 avg on coon when gas is $3/gal? Buyers have balls the size of church bells that get on these websites and tell us "we need coon", but we can only pay $4-$6 for finished coon. There's a demand guys.

I understand what you are saying and where you want to go with this. But how would you get those buyers to toe the line?

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462367
01/16/22 10:51 AM
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They are out of business if they cant buy fur.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462368
01/16/22 10:52 AM
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There is NOT a demand!!
Most of us remember when there was a demand. The tiny dab of coon that are being harvested and actually entering the fur market is such a tiny amount compared to when there was “demand”. 10 years ago this season I knew of 10,000 coon caught in the county that I live. That’s just the guys that I knew. Certainly there were more. I guarantee that there won’t be 200 coon enter the fur market from the same county.
When many buyers/dealers advertise that they don’t want coon, there’s no demand.
I’m normally an optimist, but it’s getting harder and harder to be optimistic about the wild fur market.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: kinley31] #7462369
01/16/22 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by kinley31
Question guys...what if the end buyer (Groenewold, Petska, Wiebke, Zander) that supplies the customer, sets the price, and tells the customer, "I can't sell you fur for the price you want to pay, because my suppliers (trappers) won't catch them for that." Are we afraid that customer(s) will say "fine, we'll find an alternative material". Is this a possible outcome we're scared of? How long are you willing to bust your hump, skin and flesh, for a $4.00 avg on coon when gas is $3/gal? Buyers have balls the size of church bells that get on these websites and tell us "we need coon", but we can only pay $4-$6 for finished coon. There's a demand guys.


The guys you mention are buyers and sellers, not the end buyers.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462381
01/16/22 11:14 AM
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i attended your auction a few times when it first started no i didnt sell any but i did bid on some but fur was a good price then and i already had enough to keep me busy untill may or june every year one year it was july before i got done putting fur up and yes i have fur in the freezer from a few years back is the reason i read threads like this now hopping something has changed but im not giving it away or put it on the market to hurt it even more

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462396
01/16/22 11:38 AM
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Joe - I have been trying to remember if we have ever met, but I don't think so. Anyway, I hope you can sell what you're holding in your freezers for a good price some day.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: danvee] #7462399
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Originally Posted by danvee
They are out of business if they cant buy fur.

So we quit selling them fur and they go out of business. That will fix the fur market?

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462460
01/16/22 12:47 PM
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If you say , to you, the fur is about business, about money....... what is your business model if you are sitting on fur in freezers ? How long will you chase bad money with good ? How long will you pay for the energy cost to hold your hides for another year? How much does the market have to recover for it to be a wise decision? What business model will prove this was a good decision? The best would be to cut your loss’s and either burn them or sell them. Fur is a renewable resource, your not holding on to gemstones.

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462482
01/16/22 01:10 PM
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trapdog ive known you for years ive always liked to listen to what others say than to talk i have listened to you and others talk more than once far as me making money on the fur its not going to happen ive had them to long unless we see 50 to 100 dollar furs again im more interested in trapping for my grand kids and others in the future but i guess if trapping dies as we know it they wont quit making coons and other critters so theres a good chance there will be trapping just not like we have done

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: Kong] #7462491
01/16/22 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Kong
If you say , to you, the fur is about business, about money....... what is your business model if you are sitting on fur in freezers ? How long will you chase bad money with good ? How long will you pay for the energy cost to hold your hides for another year? How much does the market have to recover for it to be a wise decision? What business model will prove this was a good decision? The best would be to cut your loss’s and either burn them or sell them. Fur is a renewable resource, your not holding on to gemstones.

^^^^^this is reality.


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Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: ~ADC~] #7462641
01/16/22 03:34 PM
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Reality? The reality is the fur market has been highly volatile for what....500 years?

Re: Iowa Trappers Association Auction Results [Re: nimzy] #7462718
01/16/22 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by nimzy
Reality? The reality is the fur market has been highly volatile for what....500 years?


"Around 1550, the "Beaver Era" started and would last for about 300 years."

I hope to see one of these 300 year runs again. Be lucky to get a 3 year. smile

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