your top fur price??

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It seems there are a few trappers on here. What has been the top price you have received from auction recently??? (last 5-10 years)


I shot a coyote a couple years ago and received $60.00 for it. I was shocked thinking I might get 20 for it.:eek:
 
I know it's not a direct answer to your question but...I talked to two guys who had each received $88.00 this last auction.
 
For coyotes,I ususally get 3-4 that sell at the auction for $80 to the mid $90's. I even had one that sold for $106 a few years ago. But going over my records of past fur sales I believe my average is $66 per coyote. I'm anal on how I put up fur though , and I think it helps in the long run.
On the other side I have gotten as low as $1.78 for one coyote, which pisses me off because after they take $1 off for tumbling and 9% commision on that pelt - Did I owe them money?:confused:
 
just started taking my fur trapping course, prices back in the 80's were awesome...$1200 for a lynx...300 for a fisher...wow.....too bad the only critters I'll be able to trap unless I move to N. Ontario are fox, coyote, muskrat, maybe mink, coon and opposum and those prices arent around anymore
 
Marten are trading well with nice lots selling at around 110.00. Otter was good until China decided that river otters were endangered and stopped buying them. Right now marten and lynx are the money makers on my line. It is like farming in the way that what ever you catch (or plant) the most of will have the least value at sale time.

cheers Darryl
 
Yoteboy said:
I'm anal on how I put up fur though , and I think it helps in the long run.
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It definetly does. I worked as a fur sorter down at the NBFH one year getting all the pelts organized into lots ready for sale. It was a pity to see a beauty wolf/coyote get thrown in with a lot of poor furs just because it was improperly stretched or cleaned. The most depressing was the otter, a possible $150 animal with gaurd hairs all singed because someone didnt know enough to not handle them with bare hands or throw them onto a freezing cold truck bed.

I have gotten some good prices for fox. I got $78 for one that I had skinned for taxidery and it was beautiful colors. Of course I had taken major care with the hide from the moment I opened the bodygrip to the time I got my reciept. Most other fox the last few years I have only gotten 15-20 dollars each.
 
back in the early 80s there was great money in trapping seems to be not so great now.
I got good prices for martin and even coons.
Some how i doubt the prices of fur coats has gone down tho :rolleyes:
 
gth said:
It definetly does. I worked as a fur sorter down at the NBFH one year getting all the pelts organized into lots ready for sale. It was a pity to see a beauty wolf/coyote get thrown in with a lot of poor furs just because it was improperly stretched or cleaned. The most depressing was the otter, a possible $150 animal with gaurd hairs all singed because someone didnt know enough to not handle them with bare hands or throw them onto a freezing cold truck bed.
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So anyone want to post some links of their best pelts or advice on how to stretch and preserve them for auction?
 
For fur handling tips here's what I suggest:
On shot coyotes or trapped coyotes, pull the hides as soon as they're shot. It may cost you a little time ( over the course of one day of calling it might cost you one stand) but it gets the hide cooling A.S.A.P. and prevents the hide from spoiling and stops the hair from slipping (falling out). I know this drives my hunting partners nuts (Dogleg can attest to that ;) ), but it will pay off in the long run.
If you can't pull the hide right away , hang them by their back feet in as cold a place as possible. This will drop their guts into their chest cavity and prevent what's called "green belly".
Don't waste your money on a "skinning knife". Buy a cheap paring knife and use that as your general purpose knife. They're cheap, hold a good edge, and light weight.
If you can find an old wringer washer , use it to wash your hides. The reason for the wringer washer is that you can run water into it as it's being pumped out. The water may start out dirty and bloody but it eventually clears up and then you know you have an absolutley clean pelt.
There's a bunch of other stuff I just can't think of right now. Just always remember to take your time and have fun. Putting up fur doesn't have to be a chore.
 
Haven't been involved in trapping for over 10 years now, but the the best I ever did on a single pelt was during that spell when lynx prices peaked. Don't recall the exact figure on the top prize, but it was between $900 and $1000. You can bet I did the happy dance seeing that kitten in the trap, and again when I got the auction results!
 
my tips on coyote skinning.

go to the hareware store and get a unility knife with a hooked blade. they look like a gut hook on a huntinh knife. they wirk great for opening up the back legs. awesome for beaver too. and cost about $5 with extra blades.

i get most of my coyotes in december. if i shoot them i hang them outside over night to firm up the fat. IMO it makes them easier to skin and cools the skin fast enough to preserve the fur quality.

great prices on some of that fur. rat prices were in the $9 range in the last fur harvester sale.
 
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