Anyone have results from yesterday sale?

Beaver did very well, all sizes. Top $51.00.

Otter did good, $35.00 to $40.00. Top (feet on) was $51.00.

Mink did much better than Feb, Top $10.50.

Rats mediocre. Top $6.00.

Coon were poor. Top around $10.00.

Coyote poor . Top $29.50.

Bobcat good. Top $80.00.

Skunks did great. $15.00 to $17.00. Top $22.00.

Grey fox good. $14.00 to $20.00. Top $22.00.

Fisher did good, mostly in the $40's.

opossum, Top $1.50.

Dried Castor poor. $23.00 to $26.50 a pound range.
Lots of No Sales.

Wet/frozen castor, $18.00 a pound.

Rat glands, $80.00 a quart.

I stayed until 11:00 AM.

Lots of fur still coming in when I left.

A big thank you to Paul & Fulton-Montgomery
& Foothills Trappers Associations for putting on
another well run, well organized, wild fur auction.

Thank you to all the volunteers for all their hard work & dedication.

It is very much appreciated.

walleyed

Red fox?

Only saw a few reds go on the block while I was there watching,
and I was distracted each time, so I never did hear any prices on them.

I would suspect probably in the low teens, but can't say for certain.

My sincere apologies but it's probably Trump's Fault !!!

w

Yeah, he's using their tails for comb-overs.

Yeah , Yeah, we know........"Orange Man Bad" !!!!

w

Top doesn't tell much.What were averages?

he is taking beginner lessons for writing up reports for FHA, so give him a break upstate ny

No red fox or Marten?

bob has the numbers right i was a buyer and seller i avg 42.00 on otter 34 on beaver only one mink 7.50 4 rats 3at 3.70 1 at 3.05 grey 18,75 avg red fox had 5 all poor 4.75 avg as a buyer only needed a few under 50 inch beaver got them for 11.00 avg put up and bought 2 whole black rats 4.20 each .when i left at noon the tabels were full and still had around 30 sellers to get there fur checked in . low numbers of land fur mostly beaver otter and rats if i had to guess 1500 plus beaver that again on rats and a few hundred otter i bet it was dark when there got done

I had very little fur to sell.

I was there mostly to watch the auction.

Sold 6 mink with a high of $10.50 & $9.83 average.

Sold 6 rats with a high of $3.00 & $2.43 average.

Sold 1 1XL coon, December caught,
with clear, white, unblemished leather for $2.50.

Sold 1 December Grey Fox
complete with legs/paws for $21.50.

#2lbs, 13ozs of Beaver Oil sacks for $1.60 total.

#7lbs, 4ozs. of dried beaver castor for $23.00 per lb.

There were no marten sold while I was there
nor did I see any there on the tables waiting to sell.

That's it.

w

This report tells you all you need to know
based on what you paid for it !!!

w

$80 a quart rat glands you must be rollin in the dough Walleye Head. Them Dexter rats got big glands on em.

Not me,

I only had 6 rats this spring.

Didn't trap rats what with averages
running well under $3.00 & 100's of rats
turning into bug dust up in North Bay at FHA.

Those rat glands were someone else's.

w

Careful boys, ..........................

That was a lot of beaver on that sale.

Thanks for the rundown on the species numbers, prices, & averages Brandon !!

w

What is the selling commission for Herkimer?

I think it is 8%,

Plus you have to be a member of Fulton-Montgomery,
or Foothills trappers, or NYSTA to sell at Herkimer.

w

Winters have been getting warmer and less snow and freezing every year. Trappers have a lot more open water trapping. A lot easier than trapping through 2 feet of ice. That gets a lot of people out and about trapping more. And rising prices. That's my take on it

Coon prices lately are just sad.

Do you get a magazine with that membership

i believe the commission is 6%, not 8%

How do you locals pronounce Herkimer?
I've not been there, yet.

You get a Trappers Post subscription with a NYSTA membership, but not with a Foothills or Fulton Montgomery membership. Thank you Brandon for the good info.

Her Kim Err

Cot it. Some talk funny ya know

Pronounced: HER--KIM--ER

Named for Revolutionary War General Nicholas Herkimer
who led 800 local militia and 60 Oneida Indians in the
Battle of Oriskany Creek on August 6th, 1777
against 100 British Loyalist light infantry
plus 400 Mohawk Indians allies
under Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant.

Herkimer was mortally wounded in the leg & later died of infection

Although The battle was an initial tactical defeat for American forces,
the British under Lt. Colonel Barry S Ledger were forced to
abandon their siege of Fort Stanwick and withdraw,
and so it was an overall strategic outcome for American forces.

walleyed

The City folks talk funny.Us Country folks talk regular.

Appreciate the history lesson. Thanks!

I’ll expand on walleyes history lesson. Even though Herkimer militia and Oneida Allie’s suffered more casualties during the initial ambush, they held the ground. So in essence they won the battle. The true significance of the battle is 2 fold, 1. It was the 1st time in decades that tribes of the Iroquois confederacy fought against each other. Thus the Oneidas allied withe the colonials, ended up on the winning side of the American Rev.. 2. The battle of Oriskany forced British General St Ledger to retreat back to Canada, so his army did not link up with General Burgoyne, resulting in the American colonial army victory at the battle of Saratoga, the turning point of the American rev. .

Another interesting thing about oriskany, it is where the term ,” turn coat,” originated. Tory troops turned their coats inside out exposing the brown inside color. They tried to fool Herkimer’s troops with this tactic and tried to flank him. The militia was expecting reinforcements from the flank direction, but One of the militia recognized one of the Tories and Herkimer troops opened up on them and repelled them.

One of my ancestral grandfathers fought there with Herkimer.

Very interesting history. Thank you.

There's tons of history in NYS. To bad it's probably not taught in schools anymore.

All anyone hears is NYCity. Armpit.

A ton of Revolutionary War history in NY.

Possibly a huge amount a beaver taken depending on some of the northern spring season results. Be interesting to see how deep the hatter market is.

STETSON Hat Company now has more Fedora styles than Cowboy hats. I think the felt market may last at least 2-3 more years, unless of course the apple cart gets upset with over-production.

Or until all the liberal urban cowboys find out they are made from animal fur. That’s what happened to the coyote market.

There were more beaver on that sale than the state of Oregon produced 3 years ago.

::::sells coyote traps and begins plans for the great 2024 Skunk Line::::

1,523 is a lot of beaver for any auction these days !!!

2,350 is a lot of muskrats for that auction lately as well !!!

But then again, New York State has a lot of wild fur trappers
and sells a lot of trapping licenses each year.

9,973 resident trapping licenses in 2022-2023.
1,799 resident senior trapping.
122 lifetime resident trapping.
284 Jr resident trapping.
62 non-resident trapping.
9 Jr non-resident trapping.

A milder than usual winter helped to boost those numbers, for sure !!!

w

And a lot of people think it's all New York City around here......NOT

Today, Beaver populations are high in NY. The NYSDEC issued almost 100 nuisance permits last year in Lewis County alone. Soon nuisance permits will be available online self issued.

According to the NYS Fish & Game Comm. report of 1902-03, there were only 2 known beaver colonies in all of NY State, somewhere in the Town of Webb in the Adirondacks.

I think Dale hit it on the head. Most guys would be by the wood stove if we had the snow/ice.