crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 09:38 AM
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I have been reading about the price of castor going up because of the low beaver take this year . Yesterday I found out it is even crazier than I had heard . I have a local dealer a few miles north of me in Ellsworth that has always been one of the bigger beaver buyers in northern Ohio . I took my meager beaver catch to him and he ask me about the castor . I told him him I only had maybe a pound an was going to save it to make some lure . He ask me how many bottles of lure I could buy for $80 , because that was what he was paying for a pound well handled castor . I said he would be snowed under with caster at that price ,but he said he could use all he could get . I wish I had put in a little effort with the beaver this year now , but then I seem to find myself behind the curve quite a lot . Edit: I was contacted about my fur dealers phone number . It is 330-547-7022 . Hope this doesn't get me in trouble with the anti advertising police .
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 10:36 AM
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Now I might just hit the beavers hard next month
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 10:40 AM
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Awesome. I think I have 6 pounds already and spring beaver trapping is right around the corner!
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 10:52 AM
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Ten good spring beaver should net you about a pound of finished castor.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 11:37 AM
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Ten good spring beaver should net you about a pound of finished castor. Time to invest in some good scales, seems a little on the low side there Beav's. 10-1 more like 5-1 maybe our are stored up being under the ice another 3 months more.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 12:27 PM
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You have to remember that your going to catch some beaver that are lacking #1 castors there are bound to be some shells.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 12:33 PM
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Ten good spring beaver should net you about a pound of finished castor. Worth more than the hide. I heard one guy who dropped off fur at my place mention that one fur buyer was buying finished hides by the pound.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 12:34 PM
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This is what you want them to look like. My first 39 castors dried out to 9.65 lbs.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 12:37 PM
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There was a season back in the late 80's where I got $90/lb for castor. Be nice to see that again.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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This is what you want them to look like. My first 39 castors dried out to 9.65 lbs. Very nice!
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 12:44 PM
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I feel bad for the lure makers when this happens. Then lure prices must rise accordingly. My guess is there are a few lures out there that won't have as much castor in them as well. If I have to pay that much for castor, I won't be able to wholesale my lures to dealers at current prices. The vast majority of my lure sales are done at wholesale. I won't decrease the amount of castor I use in my lures. I'll cease making it before I weaken them by cutting back on the amount of castor in formulation.
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Re: crazy castor prices
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02/21/19 12:48 PM
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Paul, you may recall last time castor really went sky high. (Late 80's???) I got $90 that year but heard of prices over $100 but it was all a flash in the pan and next season I think it dropped back down under $50. Heard that they went to synthetics.
I think I shipped my castor to Dominion Soudack that season which ended up being their last.
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