Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 02:23 PM
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First off, I don't believe in the word fair. I'd gauge my potential customers and charge the rich trophy trappers as much as I can get away with. The poor kids; I would do it cheap. Pay attention to what they drive up in and how Eddie Baurer their cloths are.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 03:53 PM
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I learned how to trap, skin and put up fur at a young age.Until I was able to buy my own trapline,I got rights to trap a lot of registered ground as an 02 by agreeing to put up fur for the 01 trappers.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: mttrapperguy]
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03/07/19 06:03 PM
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Coon $3 Red and grey fox $3 Beaver $7 Otter $7 Skunk $10 Mink $3 Musket $1 How hard do you have to pull to skin a musket?
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 06:48 PM
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Skinning muskets can vary depends if using black powder or pyrex !!
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 07:40 PM
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When beaver prices were decent I paid a helper $5 for the put up. Did my own skinning.
And way back in the early 90's I split 50-50 with a buddy of mine; He did the skinning and put-up, and I did the trapping. We were both happy...he stayed dry and I got all the fun.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 07:42 PM
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BTW, currently for my section of beaver (which has nice castor) I would skin and put up anybody's beaver just for the carcass/castor. No kits though.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Dirt]
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03/07/19 08:13 PM
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First off, I don't believe in the word fair. I'd gauge my potential customers and charge the rich trophy trappers as much as I can get away with. The poor kids; I would do it cheap. Pay attention to what they drive up in and how Eddie Baurer their cloths are. Gotta ask what’s a rich trophy trapper?
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 09:19 PM
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They look just like sport hunters and fishermen. Money is not relevant. Take some of it.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/07/19 09:24 PM
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$15 a yote for me to do it, I know a guy who gets $20. He was busy.
Of course they are decent western coyotes, by and large, not them bristlebacks
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/08/19 12:15 AM
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Not me split with a guy once he robbed me blind put a lot of junk in and took a lot of good ones
Never Confuse Stupid With Crazy
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
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03/08/19 02:53 AM
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I'm not doing a coyote for less than 15. A beaver no less than 15. Badger 10 Raccoon 5 . And they better be well handled in the field
"Nothing I like to do pays well." True Grit
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
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03/08/19 07:56 AM
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Rich, trophy trapper, OK. They're around every corner pulling up in their Cadillac Escalades. The trappers that do have money and you spot it have money for a reason and like myself they don't have it by getting gouged by people.
"The more people I meet the more I love my dog!"
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: Newt]
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03/08/19 08:21 AM
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Newt, if your hiring somebody to put up your fur my advice is pay by the hour. takes me 45 minutes to go from dead beaver to stretched. I would want more than the plew is worth. If your employee has any work ethic at all what you lose on him putting up your beaver you will recoup on stuff like rats paying hourly.
if your considering doing others fur maybe part of your pay could be casters. which brings me to another question. cost of carcass disposal. might want to charge another buck or two for disposal.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
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03/08/19 08:57 AM
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And way back in the early 90's I split 50-50 with a buddy of mine; He did the skinning and put-up, and I did the trapping. We were both happy...he stayed dry and I got all the fun.
Been looking for a partner like that for years.........
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
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03/08/19 08:58 AM
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i get $35 each here for coyotes
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
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03/08/19 09:12 AM
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Coon $3 Red and grey fox $3 Beaver $7 Otter $7 Skunk $10 Mink $3 Musket $1 How hard do you have to pull to skin a musket? To skin, flesh and put a muskrat on a stretcher is worth $1. A few year back I did a 100 rats for a friend for $1/rat and he ended up with a $14.35 average. Was it worth the $1/rat? I don't care who you are, you aren't skinning fleshing and putting more than ten rats up an hour. So is $10/hour worth it? Not really
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Re: Put up, fair price ?
[Re: bass10]
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03/08/19 12:13 PM
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Rich, trophy trapper, OK. They're around every corner pulling up in their Cadillac Escalades. The trappers that do have money and you spot it have money for a reason and like myself they don't have it by getting gouged by people. They are the same guys that use taxidermist to skin, tan and mount their trophies. Most of those places gouge them. If they didn't want to lose money, why are trapping and paying somebody to skin and put up their trophies?
Last edited by Dirt; 03/08/19 12:28 PM.
Who is John Galt?
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