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Why don't people like possums? #7487428 02/06/22 08:25 PM 02/06/22 08:25 PM
Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 4,766 Beatrice, NE L loosegoose OP trapper
loosegoose OP trapper L Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 4,766 Beatrice, NE	Why do possums get so much hate? Or maybe the better question would be why don't possums have any value? I know they're ugly as sin, but I think the big silvery ones have nice soft fur. Is it just a marketing/fashion thing?

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487432 02/06/22 08:27 PM 02/06/22 08:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,636 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,636 Rodney,Ohio	Possums do have nice fur and if you tanned em hair off, the hides would make great chamois cloths. Mostly they smell like something sick and ruin good trap sets. http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487433 02/06/22 08:27 PM 02/06/22 08:27 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,635 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,635 Champaign County, Ohio.	I think it's because the leather is thin. Keith

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487440 02/06/22 08:32 PM 02/06/22 08:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine	Had a championship coon hunt all won......until the last ten minutes of the hunt when my coon hound came in with a possum in its mouth.... Nevada bound

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487441 02/06/22 08:34 PM 02/06/22 08:34 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 11,871 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 trapper
Wolfdog91 trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 11,871 Amite county Mississippi	Learned they can be rather affectionate critter once they get a likin to ya, I kinda like em. Chill critters, my coon hunting buddies tho..... Last edited by Wolfdog91; 02/06/22 08:35 PM.

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487446 02/06/22 08:36 PM 02/06/22 08:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,172 uniontown pa G gutthooked trapper
gutthooked trapper G Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,172 uniontown pa	They are the fastest animal on land!!!! Don't limit your challenges Challenge your limits

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487453 02/06/22 08:39 PM 02/06/22 08:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,223 Kansas Pawnee trapper
Pawnee trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,223 Kansas	Two words. Green Poop!!! Everything the left touches it destroys

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487487 02/06/22 09:04 PM 02/06/22 09:04 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin E Eagleye trapper
Eagleye trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin	They plug up good sets!

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487498 02/06/22 09:09 PM 02/06/22 09:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,871 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,871 williamsburg ks	They dont live long. A couple years is all. Very gentle creatures. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487506 02/06/22 09:15 PM 02/06/22 09:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,248 wantage n.j. E eric space trapper
eric space trapper E Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,248 wantage n.j.	Best nose in the woods, they can smell a fox set 10 times further than a fox and get there 20 times faster.

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487509 02/06/22 09:17 PM 02/06/22 09:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,040 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,040 Minnesota	Sick gross Animals they are NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487518 02/06/22 09:23 PM 02/06/22 09:23 PM
J J Staton Unregistered
J Staton Unregistered J	Mr. Thompson who lived across the street from me when I was a kid loved possum...with sweet potatoes. Last edited by J Staton; 02/06/22 09:24 PM.

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487520 02/06/22 09:24 PM 02/06/22 09:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine	Lol..... Nevada bound

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: ] #7487524 02/06/22 09:26 PM 02/06/22 09:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,040 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,040 Minnesota	Originally Posted by J Staton Mr. Thompson who lived across the street from me when I was a kid loved possum...with sweet potatoes. NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487536 02/06/22 09:32 PM 02/06/22 09:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 14,862 Greene County,Virginia R run trapper
run trapper R Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 14,862 Greene County,Virginia	You just need to find a lucrative market for possums. Just my 2 cents. wanna be goat farmer.

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487539 02/06/22 09:34 PM 02/06/22 09:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine	They are even in southern Maine now.Even heard they are as far north as Bangor Maine now. Nevada bound

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: loosegoose] #7487573 02/06/22 09:50 PM 02/06/22 09:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,874 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,874 Central, SD	A list of why. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: Law Dog] #7487592 02/06/22 09:59 PM 02/06/22 09:59 PM
J J Staton Unregistered
J Staton Unregistered J	Originally Posted by Law Dog A list of why. I hear they're better eatin' than a coon.

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: ] #7487597 02/06/22 10:01 PM 02/06/22 10:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,865 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by J Staton Originally Posted by Law Dog A list of why. I hear they're better eatin' than a coon. either one Nevada bound

Re: Why don't people like possums? [Re: run] #7487667 02/06/22 10:42 PM 02/06/22 10:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 965 PA/NY on the line JEckman trapper
JEckman trapper Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 965 PA/NY on the line	Originally Posted by run Do possums carry the virus that can't be mentioned? Absolutely not .. But git bit and yet cured from every undementionable...

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