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Black possums #8543154 01/12/26 06:05 PM 01/12/26 06:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 NE P plainstrapping25 OP trapper
plainstrapping25 OP trapper P Joined: Feb 2019 NE	I been catching a lot of possums this year. Far more than other years past. A couple are almost entirely black. Normally always gray around here. Wondering if that typical. Are they worth keeping?

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543189 01/12/26 06:43 PM 01/12/26 06:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Tennessee S Square trapper
Square trapper S Joined: Jan 2023 Tennessee	I caught a black one this year too. First one I’ve seen.

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543261 01/12/26 08:16 PM 01/12/26 08:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2016 Jackson Co, KS N NEYotetrapper trapper
NEYotetrapper trapper N Joined: Dec 2016 Jackson Co, KS	There seems to be a possum population explosion this year, my guess is the black ones are worth just as much as the grey ones. Whatever the going price of fertilizer is.

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543312 01/12/26 09:06 PM 01/12/26 09:06 PM
Joined: Oct 2023 OR W wws trapper
wws trapper W Joined: Oct 2023 OR	Never seen a black one. Caught this one a few years ago. It’s been on here before. They are even ugly as babies wws

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543313 01/12/26 09:08 PM 01/12/26 09:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Had one the other day same here they are not very common but in other places they must be common. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543320 01/12/26 09:13 PM 01/12/26 09:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 40 years Alaska, now back to O... A alaska viking "Made it two years not being censored"
alaska viking "Made it two years not being censored" A Joined: Dec 2007 40 years Alaska, now back to O...	Probably get a good price on Taxi.net Just doing what I want now.

Re: Black possums [Re: NEYotetrapper] #8543435 01/12/26 11:48 PM 01/12/26 11:48 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 NE P plainstrapping25 OP trapper
plainstrapping25 OP trapper P Joined: Feb 2019 NE	Originally Posted by NEYotetrapper There seems to be a possum population explosion this year, my guess is the black ones are worth just as much as the grey ones. Whatever the going price of fertilizer is. ALOT more this year than ever where I’m trapping. I don’t know why exactly but I never had so many before.

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543570 01/13/26 08:25 AM 01/13/26 08:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y.	Got a black one here visiting for food scraps, first one I've seen since forever, even made a posting about it .

Re: Black possums [Re: plainstrapping25] #8543626 01/13/26 10:19 AM 01/13/26 10:19 AM
Joined: Nov 2022 Georgia B BigGaDawg trapper
BigGaDawg trapper B Joined: Nov 2022 Georgia	We get a lot of the blacker colored ones in Georgia. We call them “Black Jack” possum.

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