Castor done…

But still scraping and boarding. Hope to have most pelts done in time to send north… not that I expect much for them but to get them gone lol.

Lots of castor from Vermont run but enough from here to make a nice mix. Just under 16 lbs total. Not something I want to do again, but something I won’t forget.

Way to go.

Impressive collection!

Nice

I Like

That's super cool. Bet it smells good.

man theres some chunky sets in that pile! nice!

Nicely put up castors

Good looking pods.

That’s a lot of work and it looks like you did a very good job.

That's how it's done. Good job. Castor buyers like to see them look like that.

Exactly -- I didn't sort mine for the otc sale - will see how it did. Tried a different (for me) stretch on the beaver ---- don't think I will do that again. I know that my finished product was not perfect - but I broke my wrist September and had a little more difficult time processing than usual. Seems I always have an excuse for everything. It is a castor market at this point -but i think it is improving.

I ended up with 25 lbs of dry castor from 118 beaver. Real close to 5 beaver to the lb.

Thanks you BP. And you certainly are an authority on the water pigs. Now if I can just get them all scraped and boarded I can clean up for the year.

If I counted correctly, I skinned around 90 to get the 15lb, 11oz. Not all had castors worth removing. A few small i set aside for lure, but that’s the rest in the pic. Had a few between 8 and 10 oz

Wow, great job Mud!!!

Nice bunch of castor Mud.

Yours and BP's ave seems to fall exactly in what I figure --- 4-6 beaver per pound.

nice work!

Nice! That should be a nice payday!

Nice looking castor, hope you get top price for your castor and pelts.

Nice