I'm planning on buying fur dryed and tanning and selling it, wondering what the best places are to sell.

I'm planning on ebay, etsy but don't know any other sites lemme know

Trap your own first . See if there is a market. You need a furbuyers license in most states.

I'm not positive, but I think you have to be 18 in PA to get a fur buyers license
The paperwork involved is also a pain, because the GC will need to look at your records of bought from and sold to

Trappers conventions, any outdoors sporting functions. Check your laws first. Get your feet wet first before you jump in head first.

Can you tell the difference between a #1 red fox pelt and a #2?
Do you know what a blue pelt is?
I could go on and on and on

But I don't want you to accuse me of being a meanie head

O ok looks like this ain't happening

#1 pelt is a good pelt I think and #2 is like sewn up holes maybe

Blue is a pelt that's not prime

You need to have a Fur Dealers Permit issued by the Game Commission. Since you are not 17 or older, you'll need to put that on hold for a few years.

value added is the best way to make trapping profitable. But at that point your labor and skills are what your selling to make the profit. Have fun catching critters and use yours to learn the process and find and develop your markets. Fur prices are so low its a great time to learn because if you mess up your fur learning your not out anything. Start slow and learn. I would like to do the same making things out of taned fur but it requires time I don't have to do so. May be something I can do when I retire if you don't have the US market wrapped up in the next 12 years. I encourage you to try and do things you want to when your young. Adult responsibilities have a way of putting that stuff on hold.

I like your drive kid. You will be successful someday at whatever you do for a living.

Before u jump in…..
Work or volunteer at a local fur buyer, skin, remove glands, skulls etc. Learn how to sew holes. They might work a deal with your labor.
Learn how to tan w citric acid, there is a Mennonite guy near me that does a great home tan. Just picked up foxes and skunks from him.

Dont try to sell fur to a trapper.
Trappers sell fur not buy it.
Finished product is a different story.Almost all trappers in northern climes wear fur.They either make their own or get what they need made by someone out of their own fur.

Why buy fur?Why not trap and stretch your own?

Quicker way of making money.


I can't do this till I'm 18 tho, if I buy it stretched and dried for let's say $8 with this crappy fur market, tan it and sell it for $50 or even $70 that's like 80 to 90% profit.

And to tan will only cost me about $1 using trubond because you don't use the whole entire kit of stuff.

Spend $9 make $50 $50-$9 = $41 profit

NTO - I think you need to rethink your math!!

Do some on line research as to what tanned pelts sell for. The profit margarine you mentioned is unrealistic!!!

In addition to all the individuals selling tanned furs, there are dozens of business.

Moscow Hide & Fur
Glacier Wear
Paulette Fur Company
Dakota Line fur
Groenwald - they sell tanned fur in addition to buying raw fur
Minnesota Trapline
F&T
The list goes on and on

What $50 hides? That's all over ebay

Something tells me you have zero interest in skinning or in any way processing your own animals.Even the deer you just shot you had someone else butcher because you "Didnt feel like skinning it".Seems to me you like the IDEA of being a Woodsman,,,but have zero gumption to do any of the actual WORK it involves (lazy) .Would rather just talk about it on the computer.Not trying to be a meanie,,but this is what Im seeing.Hope you can take this as some constructive criticism.

Check how many sold at that price, not what they ask for them.

upstateNY is spot on!

Actually...

I love to skin and and process animals, I always help other people do it to. We did that not because I was "lazy" and didn't want to do it, it's because that guy is like that best at getting the best cut on the meat and everything


Now I do hate fleshing coons cuz I suck at it but other than that I love everything

It was more about the meat than skinning, me and my dad suck at cutting the meat off of deer, we get like a certain amount of a same size deer he gets like 5 more pounds then us. It's just his cuts

I gut deer with my bare hands!! Some people where freaking gloves cuz there bunch of wusses