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Post by TrapperRon on Jan 21, 2019 15:18:32 GMT -6
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Post by redsnow on Jan 23, 2019 19:32:49 GMT -6
Interesting video! There sure is a big difference between a fox from Canada and our WV reds.
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Post by bblwi on Jan 24, 2019 18:01:59 GMT -6
Yes very informative. I really appreciate the fur handling portion. I will never really grasp grading and if I catch an early WI Nov. red I got a pretty good idea of its value, but helping me handle it better is valuable for me.
Bryce
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Post by trappnman on Jan 25, 2019 13:27:20 GMT -6
I just do not see any value in skinning out the ear unless for a mount, etc.
I've never done so (well, beyond a couple just to do it) and I've never ever has troubles with ears molding or rotting. I've got a bunch hanging, some for decades, that show no deterioration on the ears. And never a complaint from my buyer in fact just the opposite in that he continuously complements us on our handling.
Unless most cut ear different than me, but i'd think its pretty universal on cutting ears- its the same no matter what critter.
My personal opinion is the cartilaedge thing is like pleating mink tails- you don't get a penny more or less.
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Post by northof50 on Jan 30, 2019 22:16:50 GMT -6
Steve when you see them come in and piled in shipping containers a lot of things occur. There is no air movement then so that cartilage still hold some moisture starts some bacterial action and that hair on the neck goes fast. Our humidity levels in the center of the country don't build up like somewhere near large water bodies so we never see it here.
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Post by northof50 on Jan 30, 2019 23:18:07 GMT -6
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Post by trappnman on Jan 31, 2019 10:02:50 GMT -6
patting me on the back....lol
no- doubt that.
in fact, he sent my this years coyotes to Hellsinki because he liked them so much.
Wiebkies once showed my coyotes to a vocal poster elsewhere as an example of what "good minnesota coyotes looked done right"
My thought is this- if others can't do their pelts properly so they don't get ear spoliage- thats on them. Its not rocket science. IMO, its a fad, just like the mink tails that were meaningless (perhaps made it easier shipping or storing or somesuch down the line but it mattered not in the price of the fur. Same with coyotes. Its like there is always a new "trick".... seems like every few years....something we have always down is wrong....and the market keeps going downhill.
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Post by northof50 on Jan 31, 2019 13:48:50 GMT -6
It's not a new trick; is been stressed for 35 years since the fox craze and the spoiled ears then.
And the market will go down hill fast if you keep up this attitude.For 15 seconds of your time is it worth it not to.
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Post by trappnman on Jan 31, 2019 15:43:14 GMT -6
my skill with doing ears, drives the market?
I'll take your word for it that many don't cut, dry, store pelts properly.
but don't assume I don't.
A dry, cured ear......is a dried cured ear no atter how you look at it.
And as such....no problem occurs.
Im thinking, I might be cutting out much of the cartiledge and am not aware...cause I assure you, I get no spoilage. And nothing but high praise for our put up from multiple sources, incuding being hired out by my buyer couple of times (kind of fun, but not my cup of tea).
As they say, I might not know much....but I'll match my finshed furs with anyones.
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Post by trappnman on Jan 31, 2019 15:48:43 GMT -6
will be interesting to see. I sold local. A friend is sending his to FHA and a freind of his is sending his to NAFA.
All roughly same time, all roughly same area. All same skinning, put up although I do drum and they will not.
Its going to be about as close a price comparioson s you can get- and not cherry picked but trapline run.
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Post by northof50 on Feb 3, 2019 10:18:33 GMT -6
Go watch; Gibb's Adventure; LindsayVlog:workshop/carnival Judging Best Handled Pelts
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Post by redsnow on Feb 4, 2019 16:42:05 GMT -6
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