Re: Trappers
[Re: NorthernTrapperO]
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12/01/24 08:32 PM
12/01/24 08:32 PM
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Joined: Mar 2017
Wy
Giant Sage
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trapper
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Wy
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You can buy coyote fox coon and skunks from Wyoming without a Wyoming fur buyers license. Don't know your regs. The shipping is fairly hefty of course.
Christ is King
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Re: Trappers
[Re: NorthernTrapperO]
#8276305
12/01/24 08:38 PM
12/01/24 08:38 PM
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Joined: Jun 2022
Manitoba
Shakeyjake
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Manitoba
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NTO, you must know JPs secret….now you’ll both be rich! I wear the disposable hog barn gloves that go up to the shoulder when gutting. They peal off easy and you’re still all clean including your expensive gear that you just bought at Scheels….lol. But I’m a wussy. Trubond is decent stuff, but tanning isn’t generally something you learn off the back of a Bazooka Joe wrapper. Good luck on your tanning excursion, keep us posted.
Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew
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Re: Trappers
[Re: NorthernTrapperO]
#8276342
12/01/24 09:04 PM
12/01/24 09:04 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Magna, Utah
GritGuy
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Magna, Utah
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I will give you some tips I've learned over 30 years of trapping my own and buying others fur for my fur work I do, it's been a great hobby for me and meeting many trappers and fur buyers through the years, sometimes run into a good deal other times well it hurts LOL, now is a great time to be a fur buyer due to the down market, but a really bad time to find good fur with out seeing it in person like I do, so I make sure that who I buy from knows I won't buy from them again if they don't show their fur or if they send me bad fur. You learn this through trial and error and there is some loss of funding until you find people who like to get fur, do a great put up as they enjoy doing it even if the markets are down, I still always pay close to what I feel I can make profit on my buys when I finish it, it does move up and down as well. However as a private buyer I don't buy as much but I do buy different pelts most every year. You can do the same as well to slowly build up an inventory !
First off you need to study about the market and where you are going to sell You need fur that will sell, not that will just be looked at, that means as professional a job in the prep before tanning and then the tanning, I started out doing my own and swiftly learned just how much work it was to try and get a saleable pelt by tanning your own, lasted a couple years before I decided it was just cheaper in the long run to send all my fur plus any purchased fur to a professional tanner !
You need to understand what sales, where you are selling as well, find out what people want that they can't get where they are.
Best thing you could possibly do is to learn to make things out of the tanned fur, people buy fur for two reason's, first is they can't get what you might have where they are and want a pelt for a collection or to make something them selves, second is to make things out of the fur if they figure they have a good price to do so. Most home tanned fur won't make it to sell publicly, it is not nearly as nice as professional tanned fur, you probably will sell a lot to kids though, but adults usually will just look and walk off, thinking they can do the same thing ! Most never do !
You will need license's to buy and sale fur in most states, tanned fur is easier to sale than non-tanned, you will have a time limit to sell non-tanned fur as it will break down after a certain time even when stored in coolers.
Even Pro-Tanned fur has a storage life, longer but at a certain time when you move to stretch it for blocking to size and cut for production it will tear showing it is old fur and much more difficult to deal with, if you do not understand this paragraph, you should really study up on sewing fur, I'm not going into that here !
You should learn how to present your fur in a favorable manner, not just thrown out over a car or on the ground, make hangers for it and sort it out, have it priced accordingly to pelt and your needs.
There is more but this should give you enough to sort through and really decide what and which way to move, if you have questions you may PM me and I will try to answer for you.
Please understand that I am in no way trying to be negative with your ambitions, its a good one but takes time and does not happen over night, also understand that it is a very time consuming and work oriented hobby, however very satisfying as well to see your hand made work being paid for and go out the door to a happy customer !!
![[Linked Image]](http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/miniDial_both/language/www/US/UT/Magna.gif) Sorry if my opinions or replies offend you, they are not meant to !
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Re: Trappers
[Re: GritGuy]
#8276348
12/01/24 09:12 PM
12/01/24 09:12 PM
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Joined: May 2024
Huntingdon, PA
NorthernTrapperO
OP
trapper
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trapper
Joined: May 2024
Huntingdon, PA
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I will give you some tips I've learned over 30 years of trapping my own and buying others fur for my fur work I do, it's been a great hobby for me and meeting many trappers and fur buyers through the years, sometimes run into a good deal other times well it hurts LOL, now is a great time to be a fur buyer due to the down market, but a really bad time to find good fur with out seeing it in person like I do, so I make sure that who I buy from knows I won't buy from them again if they don't show their fur or if they send me bad fur. You learn this through trial and error and there is some loss of funding until you find people who like to get fur, do a great put up as they enjoy doing it even if the markets are down, I still always pay close to what I feel I can make profit on my buys when I finish it, it does move up and down as well. However as a private buyer I don't buy as much but I do buy different pelts most every year. You can do the same as well to slowly build up an inventory !
First off you need to study about the market and where you are going to sell You need fur that will sell, not that will just be looked at, that means as professional a job in the prep before tanning and then the tanning, I started out doing my own and swiftly learned just how much work it was to try and get a saleable pelt by tanning your own, lasted a couple years before I decided it was just cheaper in the long run to send all my fur plus any purchased fur to a professional tanner !
You need to understand what sales, where you are selling as well, find out what people want that they can't get where they are.
Best thing you could possibly do is to learn to make things out of the tanned fur, people buy fur for two reason's, first is they can't get what you might have where they are and want a pelt for a collection or to make something them selves, second is to make things out of the fur if they figure they have a good price to do so. Most home tanned fur won't make it to sell publicly, it is not nearly as nice as professional tanned fur, you probably will sell a lot to kids though, but adults usually will just look and walk off, thinking they can do the same thing ! Most never do !
You will need license's to buy and sale fur in most states, tanned fur is easier to sale than non-tanned, you will have a time limit to sell non-tanned fur as it will break down after a certain time even when stored in coolers.
Even Pro-Tanned fur has a storage life, longer but at a certain time when you move to stretch it for blocking to size and cut for production it will tear showing it is old fur and much more difficult to deal with, if you do not understand this paragraph, you should really study up on sewing fur, I'm not going into that here !
You should learn how to present your fur in a favorable manner, not just thrown out over a car or on the ground, make hangers for it and sort it out, have it priced accordingly to pelt and your needs.
There is more but this should give you enough to sort through and really decide what and which way to move, if you have questions you may PM me and I will try to answer for you.
Please understand that I am in no way trying to be negative with your ambitions, its a good one but takes time and does not happen over night, also understand that it is a very time consuming and work oriented hobby, however very satisfying as well to see your hand made work being paid for and go out the door to a happy customer !!
Thabk sir
Coyote trapping addict
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