ill still be trapping this fall/winter

as most of us know,,,,the fur market ,,,,,is practically nill to none .......except for a select few items...... but i'm still gonna be stringing steel.....I didn't build up a lifetime of permissions to leave my landowners high n dry.....they have critter issues...regardless of the price of fur. in good times or bad,,,,,,i help em out.

fur market at times,,,,,can be unpredictlble ....in 2 years,,,we could potentiannly see 20 dollar coon again,,,,,,,,i wanna be sure I still have that ground to trap on if it does.....

but I also gotta be out there catching something,,,,,,hearing the clinking of the chain in the predawn darkness,,,then seeing the eyes reflecting back at you........the meat from the beaver, coon and muskrats save lots of much needed dollars as far as groceries go

maybe i'll do some more tanning this year and make a blanket,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,either way.........i'll be out there.

Trap on foxkidd44, great attitude!...
I'll be out there too

i will be out on nov 1 can not get here fast enough

This is the first year in 3 years I'll actually be able to trap. You betcha I'll be out there. Get the pelts tanned and have things made from them. There is no one out there who wouldn't appreciate a nice pair of coon gloves or a hat.

Yea I'm fixin to put the hammer down on coon this year. Been slacking on the bandits the last few years and there lots of them out this year.
Haven't heard much about prices. Is there no value at all this year? Is Groeney buying this tear?

I'm going trappin too. Something tells me I'll be learning a lot about tanning different types of fur this year. Gonna try what Bocos put up on latest tanning thread and who knows might even learn a little bit about sewing them together this winter.

I’ll be out there as well, one of the main reasons we trap is wildlife management isn’t it! Good time to practice fur put up too

foxxkidd- I'll be right out there with ya!

I don't think I'll be trapping this fall. Trapping is a hobby for me and not a business. I don't want to take a chance of catching fox and not being able to let them go. Hopefully 2021 will be different.

It's definitely not looking pretty. I'll be out there as much as I can. I enjoy a little pocket money but don't intend to make any this season.

With this down market it as it is has opened up some rather large territory for me. I now have an opportunity to see if I can really put the hammer down on some song dogs this fall. I can't begin to tell you guys how excited this old man is for this season!

I've got a couple sweet corn farmers that count on me to take coon off their places. Lots of coon. While I'm in there I always nab a couple yotes and last year one of those two farms produced a nice big tom bobcat for me also.
I am one of those guys that can honestly say I don't make squat trapping most years, but as others have mentioned I've worked some of these farms for so many years now and I am not about to let them go by not trapping them. Couple others want me to work predators only. You know how pheasant and deer guys can get. I'm way OK with coyote work on their ground.
Anyhoo...ill be out there again and just having fun and learning a little more as I do each season. I get to walk a lot of my ground, take a couple notches off my belt line, and really enjoy nature. Some of the guys on here we send each other texts and pics, keep each other updated on weather, successes, tips, etc. I enjoy hearing how they are doing. They challenge me to be better, work harder, push through when tough stretches hit.
I never had a pheasant or fish pay me back a dime and I am not a fan of pheasant for my table. I love fishing but majority of my catches go back except carp which I use for bait in winter. But trapping always paid me something. Trapping also has just been a very important part of my life for so long. My oldest son is planning on running the line during day when im at work and he's home on break from college, he and a couple of his baseball teammates. What better way for them to spend their break together. Pics, memories, outdoors, learning, and having fun. Not every kid around here gets to do that, not a lot of trappers still hitting it hard in winter here either. My boys have ran lines with me since they were old enough to walk. They are much better trappers than I will ever be, and that was always my hope and goal for them. Have fun, get another generation going strong.
Go get em!
Jim

where there's a will,there's a way folks

I will be trapping ,

After talking to GFW, Greg S. and several others I will not be trapping any coon or other water animals except some rats. All you guys that are trapping better get with your buyer first unless you want to add shipping in with your losses. No one I have talked to will be running routes or buying green or carcass fur.

I talked to a guy who sold some rats to Chinese customers and they have been sitting in a warehouse now for six weeks. There is very few furs being dressed in the US if any. Travel ban in Canada will make it hard to have a sale in Canada.

I think deer hunting and ice fishing will be my calling this fall/ winter.

Trapping to me is like a wife who has been messing around on me the last 5 years but finally split and left me with a handful of bills. I do not wish to kill things for the fun of it. It is not fun to me. LLL

I'll be out there, all season!
I'm actually thinking of using nothing but long springs this year. Just for the heck of it.

I’m retiring soon and I plan to trap all I want this year. Been a long time since I wasn’t limited by vacation time.

If GFW ain't buying I will not run a line at all this year.

foxkid what are the furs that are worth some thing whos the buyers what are they giving are you guys tanning and making things with furs going to post pictures of your finished products are you planning on using every thing you catch are you going to tell how much you have in the products you make thanks i hate to think your killing some thing for your enjoyment

Anyone have a link to this thread or the name of it so I can search it up.
Missed this one somehow

Just got off the phone with GFW. They are planning to run routes and buy fur. Who knows what prices will be but I was quite concerned about LLtrappers post so I had to verify it. Glad I did. Statements like that can greatly affect someone's season. Always check things out for yourself.

guess haters gonna hate

Wow what a bunch of questions...... Just because I don't tell you my buyer or show you pictures of what I've done doesn't mean I'm " killing something for my enjoyment" and wasting a natural resource. Try posting that on the ADC forum and watch the responses. Predator controll is sometimes more than the fur.

fur that might have any value here in my neck of the woods will prob be coyotes and beaver,,,,,,,not enough muskrats to really even mess with. I will catch and keep some of the better colored well furred raccoon, I don't plan to sell any of my tanned items because i'll more than likely utilize them in the form of blankets or mittens, etc....the beaver and coon and incidental muskrat , should i catch one, will most cert not be wasted ,,,because we utilize the meat .......our #1 job as trappers should be to serve as stewards of the outdoors and to maintain healthy populations to keep balance.........if we don't......mother nature most cert will..................and she can be most unkind.

This will be my first real season. You bet I'm gonna be out there, ALL SEASON LONG.

https://www.gfwco.com/

Very top of the web page in the middle under covid 19. I do not know why they would have that up there. It could ruin someone's season. If you are looking to sell anything other than top clean finished goods your season is over before it begins. Over half the stuff you have will be of no value and the other half will be below production costs if the producer is honest. Been doing this a long time. Hate the truth but I cannot change it. By all means trap and enjoy. LLL

I see you've met Cynthia

I will be out there for sure whether they selling or not.

people already calling asking to make sure im still going to trap.
between deer hunting and trapping I will be busy.

checked couple cams this morning and one had 6 coons in my mineral lick..

I'm gonna be making a set or two. Got a bounty beaver gig going on 3years now. Pays per head but I don't mind cause the 14 mile line starts 300 yards from my house. Drive a ranger to every set. Lazy man trapping.

Congrats on your retirement....I'm throwing in the towel in 2 yrs myself, and like you, look forward to unfettered time on the line.

Are ‘rats still $10 a copy?

Things will get better. As the old saying goes "It's always darkest before the dawn"

I'll be out there for rats, coon and beaver. Also hoping to cuff my first coyote this year.