Idaho Trappers Association fur sale is quickly approaching, and we need your fur and antlers! It is in the same location at the fairgrounds in Glenns Ferry Idaho on Jan 20-22. I received calls from two new craft buyers that need fur! Still a lot of interest in beaver, otter, bobcats (both low and high grade), lynx, wolves, marten and fox. Sounds like prices will be down for muskrats and coyotes and they will be up for marten, otter, beaver and bobcats. Everything else will be similar to last year's prices but I am encouraged with all of the calls lately from buyers. Even with low prices the two craft guys that called me today would be aggressively buying muskrats and coyotes. Tanned fur sells well at our sales as well. All skulls have value, please have them frozen in buckets to make things cleaner. Save your feet on certain animals as well, yes, the feet. Cut off at the first joint and then freeze. The animal feet that have value are bobcats, skunk, marten, fox, badger front feet and all game birds. Deer, elk and moose antler market is still hot and bring any taxidermy pieces you want to sell as well. Used traps can also be put on to the auction as well. If you are shipping fur then it needs to be getting sent ASAP. I need all fur received at my house by Jan 15th or so. Everyone must be an ITA member to sell and commissions are the same as they have been for years. 5% to sell and 2% to buy.
Please look through the fur sale schedule below, it will be a fun time. We have worked hard to make a great event with a lot of things to do and see. A few of those demos are can't miss events! That Friday night predator round table is a legendary lineup! Saturday night we have live music again, free admission. Making a great event brings more trappers, which brings more fur, which brings more buyers, which means extra prices for you. Please remember that commissions and donations for this sale are used to keep the association running. We need donations brought to the sale and mailed in! Old traps, new traps, handmade items, tanned items, practically anything.
Thanks
Rusty Kramer
Idaho Trappers Association President
208-870-3217 idahotrapguy@hotmail.com
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2023 Idaho Trappers Association January 20-22 Fur Sale Schedule
***Friday Who Demo
7:00 AM - Noon Volunteers Set up tables (you show up early we are putting you to work!)
Noon - 7 PM All Check in fur
1-2 PM Bernie Nelson Cage trapping
2-3 PM Wade & Don Sickels Wolf Trapping
3-4 PM Tim Conant Snaring and calling coyotes
5-6 PM Holly Jepson Cat Trapping North Idaho Style
6-7 PM Chuck Carpentar, Jared Hedelius, Andy Weiser, Check Hedin. Legends predator round table with Q & A
***Saturday Who Demo
7-10 AM All Taking fur in. Be here before 10AM or you miss out!
8-10 AM Idaho Fish and Game Tagging cats/otter, selling furbuyer licenses
8-Noon Idaho Fish and Game Idaho Trapper Certification Class (must be registered)
3 hr window Moyles Tannery Moyles Tannery will be picking up fur for a few hours in the AM
9-10 AM Paul Antczack Wolf Trapping
11-12 AM Angel Lovan Beaver--From water to stretcher to crockpot
12-1 PM Mike Ward Early season wolf trapping
1-2 PM Murdock Twins Marten trapping
2-4 PM Rusty Kramer General Membership Meeting DO NOT MISS. Fur price update, grizzly lawsuit, convention update, banquet update, furbearer season changes, general questions. Facebook Live Event.
5-6:30 PM Live Auction of donated items w/ George Kortum. Don't Miss!
7:00 PM Good Time Charlie Band (Free admission paid by ITA)
***Sunday Who Demo
9AM All All bids in from fur buyers
9-10 AM Mac Hankins Trap modification
10-11 AM Hunter Cloke Bobcat fur handling
11- Noon Don Judkins Handling and grading castor
Noonish All Bids read. Fur shagged. No sales collected
After Noon All Help break tables down. We need help!
***Vendors
Entire show Zach Hanson Selling and autographing new best seller book "Turning Feral"
Entire show Mac Trapping Supplies Used traps, new traps, lure, other trapping equipment
Entire show Western Montana Fur Tanned fur
