Guys that knew Bud or trapped with him, took lessons from him...how many coon was Bud taking in his mink sets back then?

I'm so glad to hear the formulas have not been lost forever.

My son Ben and I could claim trademark rights to the lure names Mr. Mink and 10,000 Fox since I came up with them and was the first to manufacture and market them, but if any one wants to use them I am not interested in fighting for it. Tracy Gourley was selling Barringer Brand Lures for a while as well, so he may have a finger in the pot. I think it would be a good way to honor Bud's memory by using those lures and those names, I can tell you they were fantastic formulas and really caught the fur. Have at it.

I published his book Mink Tales for him and I do not know how many of them sold, but I think I printed maybe 2,000. All my records on that were lost in the fire. I don't think I even have a copy of the book any more. I see you can still buy it online.

So much water under the bridge since those days!

He would say, depends on how much they are worth, when they were $40+ I would catch quite a bunch(I’d guess maybe 1 coon per every 2-3 mink) but when they were cheap I tried real hard to not catch any.(I’d guess maybe 1 coon per every 10 mink)

Bud hated to catch coon no matter the price cause with his system of a big drag he would have to go looking for them but the mink/rats were drowned out of sight right there at his set.

Thanks Kelly.