Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: kingrat]
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03/29/20 03:19 PM
03/29/20 03:19 PM
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coonrich
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trapper
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Lorain County Ohio
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Seemed pretty hard grade on size for me on coon. Sent in 84 coon which measured 24-4X, 26-3X, 25-2X, 5-Xl, 3-L, 1-M They graded them 3-4X-3X, 22-3X, 27-2X, 22-Xl, 9-L, 1-M.
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: kingrat]
#6821916
03/29/20 03:27 PM
03/29/20 03:27 PM
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walleyed
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I think with everything going on right now we need to joke around otherwise we'll end up like old boco. Impossible !! Nobody else could end up being that screwed up like BOCO !!!! w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: Boco]
#6822032
03/29/20 05:30 PM
03/29/20 05:30 PM
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Posts: 8,661 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
walleyed
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See That, He's definitely trying to hide something !!!! Boco's a Closet Frog !!! w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: walleye101]
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03/29/20 05:40 PM
03/29/20 05:40 PM
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Dirt
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As far as the online sale process, let's remember that just a couple of weeks ago they were still planning to have a live auction using NAFA's auction system. For them to pull this off at all was pretty impressive. If they hold the line with reasonable valuations they may not move much product, but I'm ok with that. Just a page or two back everybody was barking about a fire sale. Obviosly they are motivated.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: coonrich]
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03/29/20 05:52 PM
03/29/20 05:52 PM
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bankrunner
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Always have a couple fisher coon over last 20 years and I know I had a couple this years but none graded fisher this year. Not complaining on color grade just seemed like they downed sized alot of big coon. Scraped and stretched the same as years before plus had nicer coon this year less tick bits. I don't think any place knows how to read a tape measure anymore.
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: IllinoisTraps58]
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03/29/20 06:30 PM
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walleye101
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FHA Rocks! Someone had to say it. Lots of good points being made. Sweltering in place is blossoming thought. I think we need FHA. NAFA can make a comeback if FHA is more secretive than trappers care for. I recall someone suggesting we don’t make any strong opinions on FHA with this auction/sale. I agree but there will be plenty of thoughts on it. We should discuss it. And it’s ok to disagree without being disagreeable. Hope that don’t sound like I’m whining. We definitely need an international auction to continue. I see nothing good coming from one major fur buyer dominating the entire fur market.
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: walleye101]
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03/29/20 06:48 PM
03/29/20 06:48 PM
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cwtrapper
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Central Wisconsin
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FHA Rocks! Someone had to say it. Lots of good points being made. Sweltering in place is blossoming thought. I think we need FHA. NAFA can make a comeback if FHA is more secretive than trappers care for. I recall someone suggesting we don’t make any strong opinions on FHA with this auction/sale. I agree but there will be plenty of thoughts on it. We should discuss it. And it’s ok to disagree without being disagreeable. Hope that don’t sound like I’m whining. We definitely need an international auction to continue. I see nothing good coming from one major fur buyer dominating the entire fur market. I agree with you. We also need local buyers. I remember back in the early eighties I could visit 4 different buyers within a 40 minute drive. Not to mention the ones that had routes coming around. They were around pretty frequent too. Not a couple times a season. Then the bottom fell out of the market. Some quit others lost the farm. Some went to work for others. Like NAFA. Working for Groenwold and so on. I sure hope through the present times we don't lose them like that again. I think we need as many options as we can get to market our fur. Remember competition is a good thing.
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: walleyed]
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03/29/20 07:19 PM
03/29/20 07:19 PM
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GregSchroeder
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When I value an article,there are 2 things that are used,what they have been selling for on the last 3 sales,could be FHA or NAFA sales.This information is posted after each sale,buyers keep these records and use them for wild and ranch fur,trappers can do this also. The second is demand verses inventory,this is the most important part of putting any value on an article.This has been a very hard year to read as there has not been a sale this year,the last wild fur sale was at NAFA in August of 2019,with mixed results. This year we graded all the coon in Cambridge,I graded and adjusted sizes.For the 40 some years at grading coon the one complaint from buyers is that east,west north,south have different widths.Raccoon,regardless of section are sized on the same standard,narrow in the shoulders,7inch boards are all reasons to be down sized. If you look at other articles,beaver-all sections sized the same,muskrats - 1 size and for all,mink coyotes ect. It all comes down to square inches,and by giving the raccoon sizes a standard will help all sections.Ican still remember when we had different sizing boards for each section,coat,semi ect. We will post sale results on April 3rd,lets hope for the best.
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: TRAPPER-ED]
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03/29/20 07:54 PM
03/29/20 07:54 PM
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The Beav
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I understand Industry standards But.
How does a coon lose square Inches from how It's boarded? If you use a narrow board you might lose width but that turns Into length. When that coon Is hydrated before tanning doesn't It have the same square Inches that It had when It was harvested and boarded? Your not losing square Inches your just displaying them differently.
The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
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Re: My FHA fur is now posted
[Re: TRAPPER-ED]
#6822282
03/29/20 08:21 PM
03/29/20 08:21 PM
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Posts: 11,231 Armpit, ak
Dirt
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Results or Sold Catalog? I need Sold Catalog before April 10.
Who is John Galt?
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