Starting to stack up marten, was wondering who everyone was selling to, and who was giving the best prices. Should have 40 or so to sell.

Been a few years since I trapped any.

Arctic raw fur was paying $80 for interior beauties

Are you using Lens old sets? He made lift pole sets and trapped in your area?
Bill Wivoda is buying most of the marten around here. Arctic Raw Fur Co.

No, Len said he trapped further South from where I do. I did get a lot of advice from him, he's very knowledgeable. Those tip up sets work good. I've never found anyone's old sets where I trap, my trapping partner and I make our own boxes. We started using 155 conibears for the bigger opening for the big males who refused to go in a 110 or 120, worked wonders for getting them to commit. About to switch over to 160 conibears to have a better chance at young wolverine getting caught in my marten sets, and catch fewer female marten so they can have babies. Thanks for the heads up on Bill Wivoda. What's his average price?

Just saw SE.current's post on the price. Thanks.

Len was planning on trapping this year, but his plans got messed up. He might run my line the last week of the season, as I'll be out of town, and he'll be here buying antlers. We'll see. He had trapped some beaver for bait earlier, gave me three since he won't need them. Nice of him.

Nice looking marten

Just to be clear. when you see $80 for marten. That is what buyer will for the largest and best. What you should be asking buyers. What is your average you are paying? Fairbanks buyers have been buying around mid to high $60 per skin.

I just averaged $45 on 56 marten in MT sale. Sale average was 39

Different marten altogether.

That's a really good price for Cascade/Rocky Mountain marten. Historically, that should put Alaska marten in the $75 range.
Like AK Viking said, they are a completely different animal; fur-wise that is.

I just wanted to give some numbers to compare. I realize they are different in size. One day I hope to trap in Alaska and catch marten.

Not so much size but fur quality. Here in Maine we have a nicely furred Marten but most don't grade over large in size.

Size is not the issue between cascade/rocky mountain marten and their northern cousins. They are different subspecies, and have quite different fur quality characteristics, the americana being superior to the caurina.

Explain how 160s will catch less female marten? Are you trapping a relatively small area of marten habitat? Or a large area with much of it untrapped?

160's are a larger trap, giving more room for smaller females to avoid the triggers. I will still catch females for sure, but if I can lower the percentage of them a little, and up the percentage of males a little, I'll be happy. Set out 5 Sauvageau 160's at the end of my line on Monday, yesterday checked, had 3 of them connect with 2 XXL males and 1 XXXL male that had been refusing to go in 155's for several weeks. The other two had small marten tracks going into them, no bait, and were not set off. I am trapping a large area.

So, a list of Marten fur buyers in Alaska,
Alaska Range Trapping Supplies
Arctic Raw Fur
Alaska raw fur

Anyone else Y'all know of?

Maybe if You used 220's You would get all xxxl.

Alaska Raw fur