In 70s I was in NW Mo. sold to 2 different local fur buyers near Smithville Mo. don’t remember names. In 80s living on east side of state sold to Mark Morris in La Mo. when he retired started shipping to NAFA

Not sure who the guy was but my Dad took me to a place in Gibsonburg, Ohio, the man gave me $65 for 2 skinned coon. At 12yrs old I thought I was rich

I know who you mean but dang if I can't think of it either. Wissmiss, we need you!

...OK, Nancy came through. It was Roger Scheurer. I sold that guy a lot of beaver over the years when he came to buy at our OTC sales.

1968 Robert Lauver, McVeytown, Pa.

First sold to worzlo(sp) in Maple shade NJ early 70's , He had quite the operation at the time. Most people would be surprised at the scope of the fur industry in NJ at that time. Also sold to snowiss in Williamsport PA . and Tom Zander in national park NJ during the 70's. Still sell to the Zander family from time to time.

Russ Cumberland, Owatonna Mn

H. E. Goldberg Company, Seattle.

Jesse Sams out of West Virginia. Sold to him on and off over the last 20 years along with shipping fur to NAFA. RIP Jesse, you’ll be missed buddy.

Pretty sure Roger's last name was something like SCHURER. Nancy will know for sure.

Mr. Lincoln Barbour RIP

Sold my first furs to Ned Stark of Turtle Point Pa. Was probably around 1968, I was about 12 yo. Looking back, I know he paid me more than they were worth.

Yep, I pm'ed her. It was "Scheurer".

As soon as I saw it I knew you were right. He is a great guy, last year was the first time he didn't come to our fur sale. He quit buying fur but has come and helped.

The Birdsong Brothers who were a few miles west of Moberly Missouri in Randolph County is who I sold my fur to for my first few years. I was raised in the Huntsville area which was a few miles west of Birdsongs. First sale was about 1973 which consisted of mostly coon, muskrat and beaver. I ran hounds and trapped in those days as a teenager. Birdsongs also dealt in coon hounds. I traded them a later model 94 Winchester 30-30 for a solid black male dog they claimed was a mountain cur who resembled a black lab. It was a good trade for me as I killed a lot of coon with him. His name would not be politically correct today!!! Sadly the died of heart worms a few years later.
Later on I sold fur to a buyer in Brookfield Missouri whos name I don't recall. In 1995 I moved to South Dakota.

Charlie Kildoo

Some others of the era.
Bob Hovis. Frank Drahos. Schreckengost.
John Ryshak.
Zane Brian had the first live coyote
I've seen, tied to a dog box.

Jim Zimpel from Plumber would have a Roosevelt stop at Byron Cole's fur shed late 70's and 80's.4-5 times fall/winter.

Virgil Carroll Skidmore Mo and Hollis Perrin, Perrin Fur & Wool Corning IA.

My first fur dealer was Frank Kostecki .
Learned a lot from him.
We were friends for life!
We even hunted elk in Colorado in 1986 .

No idea My dad took my first Muskrats to the Post Office and shipped them After that we drove to Indian River, Mi. and sold to Roy Chambers crabby old fart but he showed me how to properly flesh and put up coon along with a couple stretching boards for mink rats and coon I did have my coon cased while dad had his square And he told dad at least your kid knows how to put up coon I knew better then to say anything but I was walking on air

That's funny Jeff, I had a next door neighbor Roy Chambers who was an old trapper from the 40's and 50's. He used to regale me with all kinds of trapping stories. Wouldn't be the same one as yours though.