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been hearing the same thing

I need to get some more beaver and tag out on otter sounds like. This big fish say anything about skunks? And how good are the 4-5x coons getting?

About skunks? They stink!

I'm hearing the same thing Cathryn. I've adjusted my prices accordingly. My lure prices were based on $50 a pound and this past year my profit margin took a big hit. I'm happy to see castor pricing where I can make a reasonable profit again. I'll take all the LA and AR castor I can get. Last year I purchased over 500 pounds of castor for my lures, and I hope to again this year.

thanks for posting

Haven't seen any state sales crack $50/lb for castor yet.

Could the price be dropping because the market is getting over saturated?

I'm like Paul. I use a lot of castor in my lures also because castor attracts a lot of critters. As a producer of lures, I hope the price plummets to help our margins, which had taken a BIG hit. I bought 10 x 60 lb pails last year at just under $60/lb and for those who think lure making is the way to easy street, I smile every time I walk past that castor (at the price of a new truck) and think dang son!

Blessings!
Mark

I wonder what's the deal with AR and LA castor?

Thanks

Thanks

Castor from the south has a different odor than that of northern castor. It's very noticeable. AR and LA castor smells the same as castor from GA, AL, SC, east Texas, NC, VA and western TN. It's because of the food they're eating.

I have to wonder what Pakistan does with it. Maybe I don't want to know!

Hmmm..apparently it's used to boost or enhance the flavor of food!
Savell????????
Nessy?????

Stabilize but Not Plummet

Castor the past few years helps a lot of Small trappers cover Gas money.


And the Average trapper here could never buy 10/ 60# pails even at $40.

The last fur harvesters sale last year they struggled to move anything but the #1 castor.

Writing was on the wall that there were going to be issues this year!

The unfortunate thing is that castor has been one of the few shining stars for trappers the past few years.
It was coyotes and castor.
Then it was just castor.
Beaver prices have risen a bit, only to see castor prices go down so price per beaver is going to stay about the same.
If I wasn’t getting paid to catch’em, I wouldn’t lol.
My castor will stay in the freezer.

I wonder how much of the issue is the speculation that there will be large spring beaver catch in that upper mid-west beaver belt. And will that actually come to fruition without the carrot of high castor prices?