Dirt,just curious,do you sell tanned pelts to other locals who sew fur products,or do you sell manufactured goods only.
I am lucky here there are a lot of folks who use tanned fur for sewing hats,mitts and moccasins.
No sewers here in the Pit. I have three alternate markets. Some may end up with skin sewers on option three. Problem with the manufacturing market, is people mostly want our awesome beaver. The beaver population is disappearing, which means this business is going bye, bye. It has been crazy busy beaver sewing this year. Still working to move marten products.
I get ya.
Beaver seems to be the go to fur for people in the bush.
Moving tanned marten is difficult.Marten are easy to tan,I tan my smaller ones and ship the better ones to auction.Dried marten keep very well in the freezer,When I hold fur in the freezer,I wind up selling it the year before the price goes up,lol.
I can tan a marten in about 6 days,so if someone wants a few I can pull them out the freezer and tan them up.I sell them for fair price-at least double what they wiould bring in the current raw fur market,but the market is limited,mostly to FN for dodem or regalia.
Having all the summer Pow Wows shut down due to covid has been bad for buisness.
Tanned weasels is the best for profit by far and demand is always high.