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Post by TrapperRon on May 19, 2014 22:45:58 GMT -6
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on May 20, 2014 4:32:06 GMT -6
Otter and mink very soft
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Post by trappnman on May 20, 2014 6:00:52 GMT -6
ouch, ouch, ouch
what kinda bothers me, is up till the wild fur- the ranch mink were doing great, so to speak and reading the blurbs
now today- NAFA opened its Wild Fur sale today amid challenging conditions following a difficult ranch mink sale. Given the reality of much cheaper mink prices, Wild Fur is now struggling to find its own niche in the international fur market.[/v]
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Post by blackhammer on May 20, 2014 10:09:47 GMT -6
ouch, ouch, ouch what kinda bothers me, is up till the wild fur- the ranch mink were doing great, so to speak and reading the blurbs now today- NAFA opened its Wild Fur sale today amid challenging conditions following a difficult ranch mink sale. Given the reality of much cheaper mink prices, Wild Fur is now struggling to find its own niche in the international fur market.[/v] Ranch prices have been dropping steadily. A huge peltout of ranch mink and foxes is coming. Which won't help next season. Coyotes seem to be doing ok today, rats excellent. Beaver other than the very top stuff a losing propostion. I wonder if red fox will hold later today. I have a feeling they will drop quiet a bit. I have seen things much worse not long ago. Our golden triagle coon may still be saleable next fall in the eight to fifteen dollar range. Four dollar gas means unless you have rats it will be challenging. |
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Post by trappnman on May 20, 2014 11:10:21 GMT -6
I could get by with a 12 average on coon- if there are lots of coon
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Post by TrapperRon on May 20, 2014 19:15:21 GMT -6
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on May 20, 2014 20:14:52 GMT -6
I know what the 49er will be trapping this fall Paul.
Any guesses?
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Post by blackhammer on May 20, 2014 20:56:29 GMT -6
I know what the 49er will be trapping this fall Paul. Any guesses? Me too Steve. Got to find them but it's got to be better than last season hopefully. |
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Post by mustelameister on May 21, 2014 3:25:28 GMT -6
I could get by with a 12 average on coon- if there are lots of coon Ain't that the truth. Roadkills appear to be up, I'm seeing 'coon tracks in the river bottoms, but I just don't have a good feeling at all about the numbers out there. |
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on May 21, 2014 4:49:05 GMT -6
Might be coyotes paul.
Our coyotes here are probably still in the mid40's low 50s
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Post by trappnman on May 21, 2014 9:06:51 GMT -6
my coyotes here, while not eastern in size are eastern in fur type, IMO
coarse, poor bellies- FOR THE MOST PART and you see what that type of coyote is doing
talking to a lot of my farmers this spring, confirmed what I felt last fall, that in much of my territory coyote numbers were very much down-
we've had a good spring insofar as land animals raising young, so I'm hoping that boosts the populations of my big 2, coon and coyote
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Post by blackhammer on May 21, 2014 9:50:54 GMT -6
Might be coyotes paul. Our coyotes here are probably still in the mid40's low 50s You finally started drinking?  |
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on May 21, 2014 11:12:53 GMT -6
Not yet. Maybe this winter I'll start drinking hwen I am skinning snared previously frozen coyotes.
They are down in numbers up here as well and thats a good thing. Hopefully they will stay there/go lower. Maybe the fox will come back.
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on May 21, 2014 11:15:03 GMT -6
Steve, I dont know at auction for sure, but I'd wager alot of your coyotes would go in the semi grade and not hte eastern.
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Post by blackhammer on May 21, 2014 12:20:00 GMT -6
Steve, I dont know at auction for sure, but I'd wager alot of your coyotes would go in the semi grade and not hte eastern. It would be interesting to see the grading at Nafa on a good amount of southeastern Minnesota coyotes. If a few got pushed up with the better section coyotes it would seem to make for a decent average. See somewhere Zagger averaged 54 or so on his eastern's at the sale. |
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