Cool. I like that thought process.

I recommend every trapper putting up fur what's easiest, fastest and most convenient for them. If flat boarding a coon is where it's at for you, that's what a trapper should do, if case skinning a coon is where it's at, he should do it. If not fleshing coons and keeping em green and frozen is the way, then go for it. If we want to band together once and for all and actually get paid the right way, then we all need to create a standard that trappers decide, tell the fur buyers the minimums for fur and that's how we will put fur up from that point forward. I don't know all the trappers, but I do know that each and every one of their time for skinning and fleshing a marvelous raccoon is worth way more than $1 or even $3. It's not about just getting paid, there are plenty of people buying fur, we don't need to scalp ourselves because we think "this is what the market will bear". The market will bear the price we tell them as a minimum as long as we are being reasonable, I just don't know how else to say to stop being willing slaves, because that's literally what's happening.

You got a wolf or a "more wolf hybrid" in the middle there.

I had a fur buyer this summer tell me not to waist my time fleshing and drying. That they would be able to do it faster than the average trapper and their wasn't that much more money in it for the trapper. So he said, do what you do best, trap quality animals, and leave the finish to us!

I would bet that nothing has changed in the racoon market. Groney raised his price a little to try to get people out trapping. When you go to the rat wagon, are you averaging more? Maybe, maybe not. If you do get more how much? Selling coon on the grease is stacking the deck against yourself. I can assure you he buys a lot of 3X and 4X for XX price if not X. Look at what everyone posts, there is always more in the middle and bottom piles than top. He knows within a dollar what you average is going to be before you show him any fur.

Coon could be worth $100 each now and it wouldn't matter. Ours are sleeping for the winter.

11/27/22

"I sold to Groeny yesterday as well. I was the ONLY person at that particular stop. All fur was put up.

Rats were from 3.00 down to .50, 1.43 average. Guy said some rats may reach a 4.00 level in the winter.

Coon were 1.00 to 15.00, 4.56 average. I cherry picked the coon that I put up, the smallest that I put up this year were 3x."

Bingo-a little too late on the news for us here as well-they are all sleeping until mid febuary at least

If you have any bright silvery colored coon with good well marked tails I would suggest you ship them to any of the western auctions that attract lots of crafters. You will do much better than the fur market.

No need to pm, any of the sales that Moscow Hide & fur attend will be a good bet. Gary goes to the Idaho sales and Oregon OTC sales as well when he can. I think the Colorado sale also gets a lot of crafters. Maybe WissMiss will have more ideas as well if she checks out this thread. With Gary you never know, I've seen him offer less than $10 and also over $20 in recent years. Depends how much he wants them.

I believe there is a listing of sales on this forum somewhere. For the OTC sale look up Oregon Territorial Commission on Furs. The Klamath Falls sale usually the better of the two for crafters

Stupid question but if China and Russia aren't buying who is GFW selling to?

No need to pm, any of the sales that Moscow Hide & fur attend will be a good bet. Gary goes to the Idaho sales and Oregon OTC sales as well when he can. I think the Colorado sale also gets a lot of crafters. Maybe WissMiss will have more ideas as well if she checks out this thread. With Gary you never know, I've seen him offer less than $10 and also over $20 in recent years. Depends how much he wants them.

I believe there is a listing of sales on this forum somewhere. For the OTC sale look up Oregon Territorial Commission on Furs. The Klamath Falls sale usually the better of the two for crafters