My son’s fur display

My 13 year old boy built a simplistic fur display and we picked them up today at the NTA convention. He caught every critter on here. I always hear trappers talk about low fur prices and it isn’t worth laying out much steel. If the value of your fur is predicated on the dollar, don’t blame the market. Blame yourself. The value he and I have realized doing this project will last much longer than the fur check he could have received for it. He still has plenty more that we picked up today from the tannery. Instead of doing another one for himself, he is trying to decide who he should build another one for as a surprise gift. He is leaning towards a guy that allows us to trap his farm grounds. I think that is a great idea. Being in farm country, the landowners utilize their land to produce for their family and others. It was an easy concept and practice to instill in him that it is a good idea to also share with the landowners what their land produces for us. Mushrooms, fish, critters we hunt and critters we trap. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that this will be a practice that future generations will continue.

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Thats very nice. Sounds like you've got your boy headed down the right road.

Beautiful job and great job Dad.

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Excellent FD

Nice !!

Very nice

That looks nice. What did he use to hook/hang each pelt on the board?

Looks good

You should be proud. Nice

He did a nice job-looks good.

Nothing fancy. He picked these out at the hardware store.

Looks great.

I like it and I can't help but think you are raising your son right. Congrats- I can only imagine how proud you are of him

Love that.

dont get any better than that you got your son on the right path, congrats to you and your son.

Very nice!!

Keep doing what your doing Dad. Your boy is on the right path. Beautiful display.
Gotta add an Otter if your allowed to trap them.

Just might be able to market his future furs to make some money for more equipment , fishing trips or hunting. Again young man, nice job. Sarge

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing

Great Job! Love the idea.

Very cool

Pretty slick!

That's fantastic your son is a reflection of you, well done!

Well done by both Father and Son.

Keep the other kids away from it when you can they live to pull on them then look surprised when they pull something off doing that, just kids being kids but it still sucks. I just had 2 mink sent in to replace damaged ones from GFP talks.

That’s pretty cool!

Value is not always based on the dollar.

We have a quota of one otter if I remember right, and I absolutely agree with you. We also need a red on there. Not many around here though so we’ll be taking a trapping road trip this year to catch a few. He has started his next build already.

Very Cool

All looks great!

GREAT !!

Great idea on giving back to the landowners. Acts of kindness like that are how you get access to places that make other trappers and hunters jealous. Good job!

Congrats to both of you.

FD - We are allowed 3 otter per license statewide and not knowing your county, your area is probably 1 bobcat per license. But, if you are in the lower 3 tiers of Iowa you are allowed 3 bobcat per license. His wall of pride is much nicer than mine as mine are just pinned to the wall. Very cool project for his efforts. I have given tanned pelts of critters I have caught to different landowners over the years. Most have been that problem beaver, otter or the bobcat they got on a trail cam. The landowner appreciated the gesture every time it has been offered. As said it would be an excellent way to raise funds for his future endeavors, plus a great work ethic for the future

Great for him!

Very cool! Great job young man!

Awesome

That is really nice. He should be proud.

Very cool!