I tend to trap on an as needed base for problems on the farm so thats year round as the problems arise
Fur trapping well never got to being good or even ok at fleshing. Can't find anyone to do it and I don't have time to mess with it. So when I start tossing fur I took time to skin I don't bother with it anymore. Toss them in the dead pit and another varmint is gone.

I have no interest in spending my limited amount of time at home tearing up hides worth a few dollars at most . I would gladly pay to have it put up so it's not a wast and send it off to be tuned but can't find anyone interested. So I don't trap other than on my farm for varmints. And don't full with skinning
. Now if I were home daily not traveling for work and only home 8 to 10 days a month and behind on everything I would play with fleshing again. But my limited time is better spent doing other things.

Guess I'm not much of a trapper.

I thought you had sons?

I do. They need a teacher and I'm not qualified on the fleshing. Catching and skinning no problem. Fleshing nope takes to long. Get one ok the next the hair falls out or gets ripped up. Not worth my time.

Some weeks this year I have only be home 15hrs. So my time is better spent on other things.

Yottrapper that was the plan. Have them tanned then sell them giving the boys all the cash to get them more excited about trapping like that would be possible to get them more into it. Not enough profit in selling them in the fur market for time spent so value added was the plan. But it didn't get to far.

I fleshed out a deer hide last year hair on. Deer are pretty easy. Then the 2nd one I thought needed taken down more but the hair was falling out so apparently I had done to much.

And yes the boys are spoiled on some things not on others. No video games in the house, but they have lots of hunting gear, bows, x bows, guns, knifes, throwing knifes/hattchets, chain saws, mowers, and other tools.