Selling by the lbs. green and frozen can really open up some opportunity for some that like putting up beaver and they can flesh and stretch like the market they are selling into. That would be more true if as some say there is more interest in better grades.

Bryce

BINGO

At the end of the day there are bean counters in every business and those guys will be paying attention to how many ounces of felt per lb of beaver pelt is yielded. I'm sure they already have figured out that not all beaver pelt sections are equal.

You guys don't think the fur buyers/bean counters know that there are differences in beaver sections across the continent. Surely, the hatter beaver buyers know the differences in heft of the underfur from northern vs southern and winter vs summer. All those players/buyers are not new players/buyers.

The fur buying game is an old game. There may be a price adjustment, but it will likely be reflected in ALL beaver sections...not just hatter goods.

Heard on the radio this morning that Beyonce came out with a country song and her fans are making the sales of cowboy hats, boots, and western wear boom. Might lead to another big boom in the beaver hatter market.

Heading to Estanica tomorrow with my 29 beaver will be in one lot so it should be interesting to see if there is any interest or I bring them home 21 are over 60 inches, a few are the religious ones!

All else equal,a beaver with 1 inch of underfur will produce 4 times the felt of a beaver with 1/4 inch underfur.
Not only that according to the felt makers the longer the fibre the stronger the felt.

In Oregon our section of beaver averages out to 1/2 " of underfur.

Sounds plausible. I wonder who's been losing $$.

Well that is the answer, Boco has figured it out that 4 quarter inches = an one inch.

Let us know how it works out. Hope you do good! I'm going to the Prineville OTC sale on Saturday and am considering putting most of my beaver in one lot too. I have 152 beaver so it will represent a big portion of the beaver on that sale.

Oh, I agree. That said, my time is worth something too. By the time I skin, flesh and stretch a hide, wipe it down daily as it dries, remove from board and recomb is it safe to say I have 2 hours of labor into it? Minimum wage is around $15 hour. For ME selling green right now works. It also helps me support a local buyer to give me the option green and sell other species.

Not me thats for sure,I sold 3 tanned beaver today for $402.50
Guaranteed they wont wind up on a cowboy head.

If you need to wipe down beaver pelts daily might I suggest that they should have been fleshed a little tighter?

I leave that wipe down fat on there for weight, lol...but I agree with you.

Wipe them down daily?

Waste.of time

Or, perhaps it provides the illusion of being productive while puttering about in the fur shed.

How many days are they on the board?

I figure I cann do a beaver start to finish in 20 25 minutes. The money is made in the shed. But then again I don't have a life

In that 15 seconds a guy coulda started the opening cut on another beaver....LOL