I was happy all things considered. 70.75 for 4 otter and 65+ on the other 5. 24$ for the feet on fox.

^^^^I would be happy with that in today's market. The $100 I got for those two was certainly an anomaly. Wish I knew the story behind it. Funny thing was they were both pretty 45" otters one feet on and one not. Was hoping to see what the price difference would be...and they each brought a C note. LOL

I have 4 to take to the OTC sale this Saturday. I'll let you know how it goes.

Bearcat, I got a live beaver story for you:

One time I was trapping on a coastal lake and i pulled up the boat to the shoreline and saw my 330 was gone. So while I'm looking around for where the cable is I spy a tail sticking out of the tule grass along the shore. SO I get out of the boat in my chest waders and grab the tail and start pulling it out and all "heck" breaks out. Hind feet jettisoning gallons of water per second all over me. Well i keep on pulling and finally I see this big blanket beaver is not attached to any trap! He had come to work the set and when I showed up he hid in the tules, just tail sticking out!

I finally got him in the boat and was somehow able to get my 22 rifle from the boat and get a shot through his head without putting a hole in my boat! A few moments later i found the other beaver under 4 ft of water in the 330!

A double with one trap right?

And finally, I'm done putting up beaver this year except for one I'm doing for a demo this Saturday. (Skinning and putting up).

Might be a record for me, I put up 34 yesterday so as they will be ready for the sale this Saturday.

You must have a wheelbarrow full of nails and enough boards to sheath a cabin,lol.
Well done BP.
Put up my last cat yesterday,turn it later.

Thanks Boco. Twenty-two boards and three coffee cans full of 7 brites. I don't turn cats anymore....went with the borax and fur out method from the git-go and seems to work great for me.

I have no problem turning cats,I dont use any chemicals on leather when drying fur.I will rub in a little borax on the fur around the skirt if there is some grease present on fatty cats from scraping.

BP my back hurts thinking of putting up 34 in a day...... Thats a heck of a story on the live beaver.

My best one is as follows: Was setting up a creek with a old railway bridge used as a ATV/Walking trail in the area. As I was setting, one of the beavers was swimming back and forth in front of me, slapping his tail, hissing and huffing at me. Got the set in, walked up onto the bridge and filmed that beaver swim right into the 330. Down I go and remove him, reset and drag him back to the ATV. Threw him in a tote on the back of the bike and headed down the trail. Shortly after I passed a walker and he started waving at me and yelling. Well I pulled over figuring it was either a Anti looking to scold me or a land owner looking for a trapper. As I turned on the bike to look back I came face to face with that beaver. He had both front feet on the edge of the tote and was eyeball to eyeball with me. I bailed off the front of the bike and he went off the back. That walker with his dog, did not know what to do as the beaver barreled toward him, I just got back on the bike and headed home.

Heard from another trapper in the area a couple weeks later and he wanted to know about my new trapping method for live beaver!

Bearcat, BP and Sask,
Great beaver stories guys.

Big female this morning in one of the dam break sets.

There! Now isn't beaver trapping more fun than going after spots?

Good afternoon in shop, just one beaver and one otter on deck to be fleshed and boarded.

Nice one Cattrapper

NF, you got them otter down. Your put up looks fantastic.

Third night in the teens coming now. Most water here is locked up again.

Dad's surgery went fine and he's already up at em'. Told me he don't need any molly coddling and I should quit fussin on him and mom and go trapping. Even moms been at her best lately. Sure is a relief to me. Dad's a tough old bird. I can only hope to measure up to his standards and stamina if I live that old.

How long before your boards are shot BP.
Since I started using the pinning nails my boards last quite a bit longer.get 4 or 5 years out of them now.Then I recycle them as marten boxes.
I keep about 10 boards handy.

I don't know about that BP, but am good with things stepping on my trap! Lol

Nice clean otters newfox.

Took a bunch of beaver off boards here today before heading on vacation tomorrow. 8 left on boards I’ll take those off when we return. Then have to decide where to sell these beaver and otter. June auction for FHA is a long ways off can tank by then. But it’s also the winter fur collection so generally better fur. Decisions decisions keep at it guys I’ll be back!

Boco, the leather on these otter doesn’t have any of those black marks like they usually have.

Dale, Thanks I’ve been getting plenty of practice on the otters lately. Gerry boards em, I skin and flesh em.

Boco, I just put into service about another 9 boards this last year and I've got quite a few that are due to retire. Probably have got about 9-10 years out of my 3/4 sanded shop boards.

NF, them otters are very handsomely done. Hope you guys score big on 'em. I know what you mean about the spots. It used to drive me crazy when Nafa was grading them as section III and called them tick bites. I knew that wasn't true.

What do you think of this one?

Looks like a July otter^^^