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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: FL cracker in AK]
#8635900
Yesterday at 07:29 AM
Yesterday at 07:29 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
SEPA
Lugnut
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SEPA
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My brother and I got an weekly "allowance" as kids as long as we did the expected chores; fed and watered the dogs, mowed the lawn, weeded the garden, etc. If the chores didn't get done there was no pay out. I forget how much it was but it wasn't much.
That is what motivated us to earn better money in different ways. at 8 and 9 years old we started wading in a nearby golf course's ponds to recover golf balls. we'd clean them a sell them back to the golfers at a little stand we had along the T-off at one of the holes. It was actually pretty lucrative, less work and lots more money than earning the allowance.
I worked as a trap boy and later a scorekeeper at the local gun club for 25 and 50 cents a squad. We shot groundhogs for a local farmer for a quarter a tail.
Trapping at that time (late 60's/early 70's) was by far our most lucrative enterprise. A single muskrat would pay double our weekly allowance.
BB & YT's posts got me thinking about whether or not we would have gotten into those jobs and endeavors had we just been given a sum of money each week with nothing expected in return.
Eh...wot?
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: Lugnut]
#8635987
Yesterday at 10:41 AM
Yesterday at 10:41 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
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Oregon
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My brother and I got an weekly "allowance" as kids as long as we did the expected chores; fed and watered the dogs, mowed the lawn, weeded the garden, etc. If the chores didn't get done there was no pay out. I forget how much it was but it wasn't much.
That is what motivated us to earn better money in different ways. at 8 and 9 years old we started wading in a nearby golf course's ponds to recover golf balls. we'd clean them a sell them back to the golfers at a little stand we had along the T-off at one of the holes. It was actually pretty lucrative, less work and lots more money than earning the allowance.
I worked as a trap boy and later a scorekeeper at the local gun club for 25 and 50 cents a squad. We shot groundhogs for a local farmer for a quarter a tail.
Trapping at that time (late 60's/early 70's) was by far our most lucrative enterprise. A single muskrat would pay double our weekly allowance.
BB & YT's posts got me thinking about whether or not we would have gotten into those jobs and endeavors had we just been given a sum of money each week with nothing expected in return.
It's human nature to be lazy if we can get away with it. Probably why Indians of the Caribbean didn't make good slaves for the Spaniards. Food was easy to collect, weather wonderful so shelters easy, so they had lots of free time to be ...lazy.
Last edited by beaverpeeler; Yesterday at 10:42 AM.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: Lugnut]
#8636013
Yesterday at 11:21 AM
Yesterday at 11:21 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Armpit, ak
Dirt
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Armpit, ak
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My brother and I got an weekly "allowance" as kids as long as we did the expected chores; fed and watered the dogs, mowed the lawn, weeded the garden, etc. If the chores didn't get done there was no pay out. I forget how much it was but it wasn't much.
That is what motivated us to earn better money in different ways. at 8 and 9 years old we started wading in a nearby golf course's ponds to recover golf balls. we'd clean them a sell them back to the golfers at a little stand we had along the T-off at one of the holes. It was actually pretty lucrative, less work and lots more money than earning the allowance.
I worked as a trap boy and later a scorekeeper at the local gun club for 25 and 50 cents a squad. We shot groundhogs for a local farmer for a quarter a tail.
Trapping at that time (late 60's/early 70's) was by far our most lucrative enterprise. A single muskrat would pay double our weekly allowance.
BB & YT's posts got me thinking about whether or not we would have gotten into those jobs and endeavors had we just been given a sum of money each week with nothing expected in return.
I'm running grampa boot camp currently. These grandkids are spoiled rotten. I got one worker ( QC is not so good ) and two" hope they find a good husbands". 
Who is John Galt?
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: FL cracker in AK]
#8636014
Yesterday at 11:28 AM
Yesterday at 11:28 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
SEPA
Lugnut
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Good luck with that Dirt. My one and only grandson (9 year old) is a holy terror.
I do barter with him occasionally. I had him stack a cord of firewood in exchange for me building him a bike ramp.
He has tons of energy but apparently the attention span of a goldfish. LOL
Eh...wot?
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: Coyote Clayton]
#8636207
Yesterday at 07:36 PM
Yesterday at 07:36 PM
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Joined: Jun 2022
Manitoba
Shakeyjake
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Manitoba
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Energy drink from scooters. FHA, never again. What you send em from Florida? Prime beaver? Actually, I seen Swamps GFW receipt from the beaver craze a few years ago and it was decent. $38 average or something like that?
Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8636214
Yesterday at 08:06 PM
Yesterday at 08:06 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
SEPA
Lugnut
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SEPA
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My brother and I got an weekly "allowance" as kids as long as we did the expected chores; fed and watered the dogs, mowed the lawn, weeded the garden, etc. If the chores didn't get done there was no pay out. I forget how much it was but it wasn't much.
That is what motivated us to earn better money in different ways. at 8 and 9 years old we started wading in a nearby golf course's ponds to recover golf balls. we'd clean them a sell them back to the golfers at a little stand we had along the T-off at one of the holes. It was actually pretty lucrative, less work and lots more money than earning the allowance.
I worked as a trap boy and later a scorekeeper at the local gun club for 25 and 50 cents a squad. We shot groundhogs for a local farmer for a quarter a tail.
Trapping at that time (late 60's/early 70's) was by far our most lucrative enterprise. A single muskrat would pay double our weekly allowance.
BB & YT's posts got me thinking about whether or not we would have gotten into those jobs and endeavors had we just been given a sum of money each week with nothing expected in return.
It's human nature to be lazy if we can get away with it. Probably why Indians of the Caribbean didn't make good slaves for the Spaniards. Food was easy to collect, weather wonderful so shelters easy, so they had lots of free time to be ...lazy. I agree, it's human nature to be lazy. That's why it's never a good idea to throw money at people or things like free health care, housing and food. In the absence of motivating factors like hunger or homelessness, most people will be content to let someone else take care of them and never strive to better themselves.
Eh...wot?
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: FL cracker in AK]
#8636240
Yesterday at 09:08 PM
Yesterday at 09:08 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
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Oregon
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^^^100% brother.
....btw, spare a quarter?
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My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: FL cracker in AK]
#8636331
11 hours ago
11 hours ago
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Joined: Sep 2013
AK
FL cracker in AK
OP
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Joined: Sep 2013
AK
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I don't have just one gun, I have a few. I know of no such Bible verse that says a man cannot own more than one gun or anyting else if God blesses him with enough money to pay the bills and have a little left over.
Psalm 34:6
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: FL cracker in AK]
#8636361
7 hours ago
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Joined: Aug 2013
Louisville, Nebraska
jabNE
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Louisville, Nebraska
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When I first started in late 70s and early 80s, I put a lot of that in the bank but also bought clothes for school and around mid 80s had a good start on college.
Last several years though…
Drove to the buyer, got my check, put gas in the truck and drove home.
Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: What did you buy with your fur money?
[Re: martentrapper]
#8636374
6 hours ago
6 hours ago
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Joined: Dec 2018
Swords Creek, VA
ABeardedTrapper
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Swords Creek, VA
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A new scope for my old 270, and a Maine Bear hunt for my wife. Eric ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/07/full-52656-296659-img_5600.jpeg) Why would someone in BIG bear state, Va? spend money on a hunt in Maine? Because, my wife would like to hunt bears in a different state, and I love her and she supports my decision to hunt/fish in other states and I feel like it’s the right thing to do if it makes her happy. Eric
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