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Beaver pelt weight #7531336
03/18/22 06:29 AM
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A recent post has a quoted price of $7/lb for beaver. Curious, I weighed a northern NY shearable blanket beaver and it was 2.25 lbs. What would a comparable southern hatter beaver weigh?

Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531415
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Blanket beaver will way around 2lbs here in Kansas.

Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531423
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I’ll weigh one and get back to you.

Just so I’m clear, how are you measuring the beaver?

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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: HobbieTrapper] #7531491
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Length and width added together =65" + for blanket.

Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531495
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Lucked out and had one go 70”. Weighed 2lbs even.


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: HobbieTrapper] #7531496
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i think a straight run will weigh app. 1.75 lbs. each om montana beaver.


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: HobbieTrapper] #7531499
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Originally Posted by HobbieTrapper
Lucked out and had one go 70”. Weighed 2lbs even.

That would be a super blanket beaver here.65 inches is blanket


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531517
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Originally Posted by mike mason
A recent post has a quoted price of $7/lb for beaver. Curious, I weighed a northern NY shearable blanket beaver and it was 2.25 lbs. What would a comparable southern hatter beaver weigh?


Mike were fleshing for the hatter market or to sell for fur market? Most of the spring blanket beaver we catch are 2.7-2.9 LBS after fleshing/drying for the hatter market.

For me fleshing for the hatter market is different than fleshing for a fur market. As much as $4/5 a pelt difference and less work.

Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531579
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When I weigh my stacks they average right around 1.7 lbs each. (All sizes)


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: whartonrattrappe] #7531613
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Originally Posted by whartonrattrappe
Originally Posted by mike mason
A recent post has a quoted price of $7/lb for beaver. Curious, I weighed a northern NY shearable blanket beaver and it was 2.25 lbs. What would a comparable southern hatter beaver weigh?


Mike were fleshing for the hatter market or to sell for fur market? Most of the spring blanket beaver we catch are 2.7-2.9 LBS after fleshing/drying for the hatter market.

For me fleshing for the hatter market is different than fleshing for a fur market. As much as $4/5 a pelt difference and less work.

Fur market...how much do you leave on the pelt for hatters?

Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531659
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Must be some pretty lenient buyers. End user is not going to like paying for beaver leather with dried on flesh and fat.


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531751
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My thoughts beaverpeeler.

Our 60 inch plus average 2.3 lbs

The other all in about 1.75


All are clean skin no left on "filler" for the hatter market.

Our guy wouldnt take them like that for 7 a pound.


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: whartonrattrappe] #7531757
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Originally Posted by whartonrattrappe
Originally Posted by mike mason
A recent post has a quoted price of $7/lb for beaver. Curious, I weighed a northern NY shearable blanket beaver and it was 2.25 lbs. What would a comparable southern hatter beaver weigh?


Mike were fleshing for the hatter market or to sell for fur market? Most of the spring blanket beaver we catch are 2.7-2.9 LBS after fleshing/drying for the hatter market.

For me fleshing for the hatter market is different than fleshing for a fur market. As much as $4/5 a pelt difference and less work.



Id lbe interested to see a pic of a dried beaver leather side...one for the fur market and one for the hatter market after To see the difference after drying.


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531778
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Just for info.

A northern and southern beaver..of comparable size.. will weigh about the same.because while the fur on a southern beaver may not be as heavy as the fur on a northern beaver. ..the leather on southern beaver is thicker than the leather on a northern beaver..so it averages out about the same

And there are shearable beaver in the south..just not as many.

Jerry has trapped in the south for 30 plus years and we've done the math


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Re: Beaver pelt weight [Re: mike mason] #7531811
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Hatter beaver weigh average around 1.5 pounds

Thats for both Northern Beaver and Southern Beaver

Northern beaver have heaver fur and thinner leather
Southern Beaver have thinner fur and heaver leather

Northern and Southern hatters bring the same money


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