Got 3 today
BP, here's
one for ya
This one visited my 330 baited with a poplar stick 4 nights in a row and took the stick each time. I put the stick in a different spot every day. Even push one in a foot and he ripped it out and took it without getting caught.
So I decided I'd do the under ice trick and bait the trigger. As you see he couldn't resist

Turtledale. What’s the tool ? On the beaver on the right?

Hey Dale, you're now an honorary Canadian! LOL Good job!

[quote=080808]Turtledale. What’s the tool ? On the beaver on the right?[/quote

Those are my 330 setters, heavy duty. As you see I painted those yellow. I lost the ones I painted bright orange
The yellow part are the handles, off set so you don't pinch your hands. I believe they are Freedom brand. I bought from F&T

Good job eh'

Gotcha- I’m in North Warren, just south of Jamestown

Thanks for reply.

Gerry caught one today, no report from the Erppinator yet.

That beaver looks to have a beer belly! (Bark belly?)

Drinking to much Birch beer

So got my beaver oil extraction work done. Ended up with 67 oz of oil and 36 lbs of extracted sacs from 300 beaver. (Sold or used for myself another 3 lbs earlier).

All in all I grossed just over $1 per beaver on the oil sacs/oil.

The ol Swingin Suzy strikes again! I have been curious about trying that here. Great job Turtle, you're hammering them!

Fleshed five, boarded four.

NF, do you have another sale yet this year at Herkimer?

BP, there is an April sale in Herkimer, a country buyer has expressed an interest in our fur, we might have him take a look and make an offer. FHA pickup is April 20. 10 miles from us. We’ve got some nice fur.

Yes you do. I would sure consider the FHA route with what I saw for prices on the sheareable types this last sale. But then again, I think you did just fine at the Herkimer sales too.

NF, those two beaver on the boards look like twins. Even the coni strike mark. Nice job.

I'm having the same same question in my head about selling. I have a country buyer, who bought most of my fur at auction. Or FHA pickup ten miles from my house on April 13. I do have quite a bit of smaller and bit up pelts this time around. I'm thinking FHA will pay considerably less for these than my country buyer but more for the nicer larger pelts. Always a gamble as you say BP not sure if I'll roll the dice with FHA or not.
Question for FHA sales......
After pelts are sold how long till you get a check approximately?

Roughly a month after the sale Dale. Canadians with direct deposit a little faster.

Wyatt Erpp, caught two beaver and a rat today.

I guess if you have to store your oil, you keep it in a jar in the freezer? I kept some in the fridge and by fall there was mould on top.