What regions produce pale colours? Apparently they went for a premium on this last FHA sale.

used to buy alot of them from maine

We get a good variety of colors, I would say that it’s 50/50 here dark/pale. Wonder if a lighter marten dyes to a more consistent color?

Hope trapped4ever chimes in on this one. His region, although just a short distance from me, has some wild variations in coloration of the marten.

Since I didn't figure Texas martens would come into play I wanted to tempt input from Canada...

lol! It’s like extending your pinky when drinking a beer, duh!

All different colours here BP,from canary to black.
Those southerners are half bred mexicans that cant even speak english right let alone know how to spell,lol

Aren't you skating on thin ice already compadre? Canadians have better fur than us so we need to look up to them with respect.

....Of course, I am kind of fishing for an interest payment cheque for my revenue sharing certificates this year.

That work for ya, bud?

That your belly button bud or a pale-belly Texas wildcat?

We don’t get much sun up here.

bingo we have a winner, been this way for 10 years with the new dye they use

So are Manitoba marten pale?

MM I didn’t think Texas bobcats were that well furred

genetics is all over the board because of the re-introductions in pockets across southern Manitoba with low numbers, and yes all types
above the 53 // more stable darks

Thanks North!

Marten are not trap shy,kind of fearless,not hard to catch.
Catching large numbers of them takes some traversing of fairly vast areas of wild country in fairly extreme conditions.

I can imagine that a lot more effort will go into next winters effort. Hopefully we've only just begun to see the rise in luxury fur.

My marten will grade 70 to 80 pale, extra pale Going back 30 years. This year not one graded pale extra pale? Sometimes you wonder?

Hey MM,
The usual mishmash here, but definitely trended mainly towards Xtra Darks and Darks here this year, with very few pales or extra pales mixed in. I didn't really see the price difference on my grade sheet mentioned by FHA for a premium for pales, so I guess I must not have had any of the proper lots of pales or Xtra pales to notice that discrepancy? I know I had some in the top lots, as several lots achieved that $310. I'm not going to complain, good prices on everything, so I'm currently boxing up another batch for the June FHA Auction. I'm really happy they have finally gotten their rear in gear, and are doing a great job finding and establishing a market/ buyers for us all again. Still a ways to go on some species (otters), but a very impressive sale on marten/ mink, not to mention cats, etc.... It looks like the wild fur trade in North America is maybe getting some footing back again finally??? Here is hoping we can all keep it on the right track for awhile, and keep FHA booming, along with our other various fur buyers, outlets, and auctions/ sales!!!