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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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03/03/24 01:52 PM
03/03/24 01:52 PM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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BP,
You put out some good info on what your beaver bring and how you market them.
Thanks for the good info. Many on here seem to be reluctant to put this type info out there like it's some top secret stuff, but you seem to put it all out there honestly and I appreciate the openness.
Thank God For Your Blessings!
Never Half-Arse Anything!
Resource Protection Service
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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8091569
03/03/24 01:59 PM
03/03/24 01:59 PM
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Oregon
beaverpeeler
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Thanks Swamp for those kind words. I, too, appreciate learning from others on this site and have benefited a lot.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8091832
03/03/24 09:30 PM
03/03/24 09:30 PM
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Oregon
beaverpeeler
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Don't forget the quarter inch spacing for nails.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: Shakeyjake]
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03/03/24 10:18 PM
03/03/24 10:18 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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When I put that one on the table to skin, I ran my hand through the fur and was amazed. I’m sure some of my winter beaver last year were the same, but this season I know what I’m looking at a little better. Tried taking close ups of the fur but the pics don’t do justice. Took my time putting it up, one eye hole was slightly larger so I adjusted the other to match…lol. Northern beaver are peak prime in February and March,Real fur balls when you pull them thru the ice right now. A finished pile of 100 northern well handled beaver pelts trapped in march is a sight to behold. Been a while since trappers here regualrly targeted large numbers of beavers under ice in March.At one time the premiums paid for those type beaver was a real incentive for trappers to target their beaver at that time of year in the north.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: Boco]
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03/03/24 10:53 PM
03/03/24 10:53 PM
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When I put that one on the table to skin, I ran my hand through the fur and was amazed. I’m sure some of my winter beaver last year were the same, but this season I know what I’m looking at a little better. Tried taking close ups of the fur but the pics don’t do justice. Took my time putting it up, one eye hole was slightly larger so I adjusted the other to match…lol. Northern beaver are peak prime in February and March,Real fur balls when you pull them thru the ice right now. A finished pile of 100 northern well handled beaver pelts trapped in march is a sight to behold. Been a while since trappers here regualrly targeted large numbers of beavers under ice in March.At one time the premiums paid for those type beaver was a real incentive for trappers to target their beaver at that time of year in the north. If only we had ice to work on in March! I am fixing to drag a boat into a flowage this week.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8091936
03/03/24 11:58 PM
03/03/24 11:58 PM
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Steven 49er
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For sure Boco,
The beaver I caught in Late Feb were quite a bit better than the ones around Christmas.
Both examples are light years ahead of late October, November beaver.
I should go catch 50 more but I have ice fishing on the brain.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: Selling beaver pelts by weight
[Re: beaverpeeler]
#8092762
03/05/24 12:17 AM
03/05/24 12:17 AM
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Steven 49er
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20 supers, 65 blankets and 41 XL's averaged out to 2.07 lbs each. That lot sold for $37.67 avg 126 beaver, yesterday OTC sale. Two of the buyers were weighing beaver but the high bidder was not one of the weighers.
(That was based on weighing a representative sample of 5 of each size).
Tom, were you happy with the price you got? I finally weighed mine. Came out to a 1.7 lb avg. Sold them too, glad I didn't sell them by the pound.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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