Fur Prices ??

ruger300

ruger300

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Well my season wasn't as successful this year as the last but it was still fun. The snow load definately played a factor. Here's my pic from the first batch of yotes I took into the fur depot. Almost made my magic $100/hide, fell short a few dollars but getting $91 for a pelt doing something I love to do, well how perfect is that.
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All in all my 6 yotes netted $390 after all was said and done. Took in 4 more a couple of weeks ago so will see what that auction brings. Gettin out sat for one last hunt. Will see how that works out.

ruger300
 
Where the heck did the season go????
That's a good price on the fur. I spoke with the huts and one guy averaged $64 and the other $82. looks like the price is up a little this year.

What a great looking dog. I'm looking for a female to breed my male to. He's getting older and I want a pup to replace him. Too bad yours is spayed.

I'm getting the bug to start training and maybe trialling again.
 
Our coyotes in Manitoba are not as nice as those Alberta coyotes. I did average $58 for the ones I sold in the Jan. sale and if you would take out the really early ones I shot in Oct. because I just had to get out calling, I would have been well over $60. Getting paid to do something you like to do is always a bonus. I use the money to buy things like reloading supplies, guns, up grade E-callers, and all the stuff I don't want my wife to know I have.
 
Agreed there b78shooter. Gettin paid to kill coyotes in the prime of winter, nothing more satisfing. My one coyote sold for $93 dollars. With more interest in fur products maybe those days of $100+ pelts ar'nt too far off. Will keep the reloading shelves full that's for sure.

ruger300
 
My buddy and I just took our hides up this weekend. The last 3 years the most I've got for one hide is $25. The average is $15. We don't do anything with them besides tube them out in the field. The guy we take them to said if we stretch and flesh them we may get 5-8 bucks more, is it worth it?
 
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After the past couple weeks, and reading this post last night, I told my boss I'm considering moving to Canada.





Yeah, even if those were Canadian dollars it would be better than the $3 bucks I got for my best coyote last year. I didn't bother skinning them this year. I did skin the bobcats though.
 
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Yeah, even if those were Canadian dollars it would be better than the $3 bucks I got for my best coyote last year. I didn't bother skinning them this year. I did skin the bobcats though.




Hammer,

I've got a couple really "purty" mountain pelts in the freezer haven't had a minute to do a thing with yet, would be interested to know what they're worth. None the less, they will eventually be dried, cured, and home tanned for a winter camp throw.
 
Yikes, if that's all I was gettin for stretched and dried pelts I'd be leaving em' lay where they fell. Guess I got it good here in Alberta.

ruger300
 
I just checked the prices on my fur that was sold at NAFA sale this week.I averaged $40 on my #2 and damaged coyotes. All my #1 hides where bought back and will sell in the Sept. sale. They do this to me just about every year and I think it is so they can have some good fur for the Sept. sale.I guess I'll just have to wait till this fall to buy any more new toys. Sagebrushstalker, if you already have them skinned, I can flesh and stretch a hide in about 15 minutes. Thats $20 to $30 an hour to do something that is really not that hard.
 
Sagebrushstalker

I usually have a fleshin beam on the roof of the van and a few boards under the matress of the bunk in it. I flesh them that night after hunting. That way I can send them out for tanning easily and I don't have to worry about them spoiling befor I get back home. If you need any help learning to do it let me know. I hunt over your way alot we could BS over a brandy some night at my camp site.

AWS
 
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Sagebrushstalker

I usually have a fleshin beam on the roof of the van and a few boards under the matress of the bunk in it. I flesh them that night after hunting. That way I can send them out for tanning easily and I don't have to worry about them spoiling befor I get back home. If you need any help learning to do it let me know. I hunt over your way alot we could BS over a brandy some night at my camp site.

AWS



Sounds great! Let me know when you're coming my way and I'll supply the liquid of choice. I've been wanting to learn how to stretch/ flesh a yote for a while, I just didn't know if it was worth the effort. I did do my own bear hide (pickled) 2 years ago, I don't know how good of a job I did but the hair is still intact.

Be seeing ya,
Sagebrushstalker
 
Well I finally got a check from our fur guy, I wasn't real pleased....

3- $0 dollars (holes too big)
1- $0 mangy (never heard of this in washington)

2- $20 slightly rubbed
3- $30 manageable holes
4- $60 good hides
Total $110
Total of 13 hides out of 16 I shot, I guess it's money I didn't have but still seems a little low. Hopefully making the switch from 22-250 to the .204 starts helping with the hole problems.

The fur guy did say we should start bringing a few up in late Dec. early Jan. because there may be more money in it.
 
Learning to put up fur will pay dividends in the long run. Shipping them to auction is the only way to go. Now there aren't the number of fur buyers there were in the 80's so they aren't competeing for your fur. If you have green hides or in the round you have to take what's offerred. Sometimes it can take awhile to get your fur check especialy if your lot doesn't sell at the auction and is held over for the next auction(they do have the facilities to hold your fur with out damage). Auction houses grade harder but they usualy pay better so that's a wash.

Putting up fur also makes shipping to the tannery alot easier. I don't sew holes going to the tannery, just pin them closed on the board, then sew them up after if I'm going to make something of them.

Using a baseball stitch instead of whip stich will leave the seam flat, just sew the very edges of the hole and don't get any hair in the stitch. After the pelt is cleaned dried and combed it is very hard to tell there was a hole there.

AWS
 
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