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Re: Moles in the fur trade. [Re: KeithC] #8487403
10/17/25 10:21 AM
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If you haven't done it yet... don't google "mole hair"... lol

Link for making a stuffed mole... dealers choice on what material you use right?

https://englishrosefrommanchester.com/2012/05/15/a-mini-crafty-project/

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Re: Moles in the fur trade. [Re: Tatiana] #8487412
10/17/25 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Tatiana

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And then there's krotovukha.

https://www.russianlife.com/the-russia-file/moleshine-anyone/

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That reminds me of seeing bushmaster heads (with 2" fangs extended) in gallon jars of corn alcohol in the Amazon. Buy a dipper full for 200 Sucres back in the day.


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Re: Moles in the fur trade. [Re: KeithC] #8487418
10/17/25 10:42 AM
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I suspect Krotovukha tastes like moleasses.

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Re: Moles in the fur trade. [Re: waggler] #8487425
10/17/25 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by waggler
And they tacked them out round like little beavers.
I once saw a bundle of a couple hundred of them at the Seattle Fur Exchange. Probably the last moles ever sold a auction. But even then it was quite an oddity. I do remember old guys talking about trapping them for their fur though.

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Re: Moles in the fur trade. [Re: KeithC] #8487453
10/17/25 12:16 PM
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My Father told me he sold them for 10 to 15 cents. This would have been in the late 20s. It is how he got started trapping. He did not have any traps, but he had a dog that would dig up moles. They would go out in the fields and Rover would get the moles. Dad skinned and dried them round and sold them at the local general store. That is how he made enough money to buy his first traps. Western Washington, so they were Townsends but he did say occasionally they would get a brown mole ? and those were not wanted.
Years later a fellow near me trapped moles and he said he sold them to a lady who made fur coats for Barbie Dolls. He was protective of his market though and I never found out who he sold them too. He took that to his grave.

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