If your beaver don't look like these when you board them better get out your jack knife and stick a few holes in 'em. dmg grades worth more than good grades two auctions running now!

(Maybe a plus to let them hang long enough they're about ready to slip like these....makes it easer for them to harvest the felt).

I was going to post these pics on the beaver only thread, but was worried the other guys might ban me from their thread!

You sure let them set long enough. That felt will fall off. Sure they have a smell to them also.

So...I should leave the caught beaver in the trap
.in the water for a day or 3....and let the other spring beaver bite it up ..before removing it from the trap ?Lol

^^^Yup, if you want to maximize profits!

…. Not aged, but bit up?…. Hold my beer while I go get a pic…

They do look a little green.....

Good lord! Looks like a mesh for a hockey net!

Been reading over and over that green beaver are paying just about as well as dry!

How did they not slip when you were fleshing them lol?

I clean skin.

Won't know how bad they'll slip until they're off the boards. Won't be real bad, but probably a little on the edges. I put up 82 beaver in just 4 days and still had a few of my big uglies that I just didn't have the energy to tackle so they got re-froze and thawed again. Never a good idea with beaver pelts that have already been hanging for a few days in warmer than ideal conditions.

I lost 2 that I had thawed and re-froze after I couldn’t get to them. Both started to slip on the edges during fleshing. One was a real nice xtra dark. Not the bigger sizes but a nice beaver. Put me in a foul mood for sure. Hate wasting anything good ..

The good news is they'll be for sure "gd dmg" which is now the highest paying grade (with the exception of dark shearables maybe).

just think of all those that got ditch dived = 20$ bizzard feed

ever consider that a certain auction house did not have a clue on the current market and set the valuations too low to start
and a few bidders were slow on the switch

There will be a lot less lambs going to slaughter this spring, and will be hearing the sheering sheers this summer

Is there any reason they can’t make a hat from a nice beaver.??

Yep, I sent a few like that and they sold for good price. My selects didn't sell...

On this last sale you didn't sell all your beaver?

No.

Well those rascals! Their auction report says 100% clearance for beaver.