Anybody get their FHA check yet?

Just wondering...seems kind of late.

agreed!

Anyone know what the prompt date is this go-around ?

The "Issue Check Date" & the "Prompt Date"
still read "Invalid Date" on my FHA Trapper Portal Account.

You can bet Mark Downey got his and BOCO got payed also !!!

w

Been in the bank for a couple of weeks

My summary was mailed June 22 according to stamp date

Nope

My account has had a check # for quite bit but still invalid prompt date, etc.

They always pay the Canucks 1st.

Us yanks are always last in line to get ours !!!

w

Got mine about a week ago.
Maybe they ran out of money after paying the Canadians.

Who's writing the checks for Downey ?

Herman Jansen ?

w

seems they put Canadian stamps on them because we did win the War of 1812-14

You dont write "checks"
You check traps.

You write cheques.

More letters in cheques , so they bounce longer

I bounce along all day on the skidoo checking traps.

Prompt date was June 9th, according to my invoice.

You hosers insist on screwing
up the English language.

Must be cause you cross-bred
with the French Canadians !!!

No wonder you lost both the
Revolution & The War of 1812.

So they are running a tad late, then ?

w

Couple days ago. It’ll sit at the boarder for a couple weeks.

Got mine today

Got mine today as well

Not yet but probably cost more to send it then its worth.

Lol 😂

In the mail today.

Mine finally arrived this morning !!!!

w

Can you afford to splurge and have lunch at McDonalds??

Got mine today. I’m happy.

Got it today , unlike Jerry I will still be able to purchase a new truck but do hot wheels count lol

No lunch at Micky D's !!!!!

Looks like the Internet & phone bill this go-around.

w

Received mine today. Overall satisfied, my castor did not sell, will only send beaver, fisher and Marten there this January.

There has been no update on my sheet. Maybe if I am lucky, I will get it before Christmas!! Lol

My check came today.

Was it Gr2? Only my Gr2 didn’t sell, weird.

Grade 2 & 3 castor did not sell. Funny none of my castor graded #1 ?

Still waiting for my check....

Maybe your wife got it while you were in Sweden,lol.

I had a check in hand for my inferior southern beaver months and months ago

Yea but you only got 2/3 of what they were worth,lol.
The me me now now generation,lol.

Based on what I know coondagger2 was paid for his beaver, I think you were the one that only got 2/3 of what your Canadian beaver were worth..

...or did I misinterpret something?

And so the 2nd fighting of the War of 1812 continues !!!!

Boco's beaver taking it on the nose !!!!!

No misinterpretation........

FHA paid much better than the groney buyer here offered.
Why dont you ask BP what he got for his American beaver compared to your pitiful returns.
I will be trapping beaver this fall for sure,and marten and lynx too.Great job FHA did last two sales.
Groeny will have to raise his price now,lol.

BP is in Oregon. That's the northern US. Not a fair comparison....plus his was obviously all put up.

Today's Canadian dollar is .75 of a US dollar. Dont know what that rate was back when your beaver sold, but today your $30 Canadian avg would be $22.50 US.

If he holds at last spring's prices for green frozen pelts the avgs will compare to those at auction.

All BP's beaver are open water as far as I know.
Ask him ,hes not a BSer like you southerners,lol.

I'm starting to understand why the northern yanks had to go and slap tame you southerners yanks back in the day,lol.

I'm on the 45th parallel but according to the late Don Wolf my beaver look like Tennessee type beaver. We don't have a very cold winter because of the maritime climate.

I averaged about 5-6 bucks more at FHA for beaver that were not as nice (or big) as what I sold through our association sales. REAL HAPPY with what FHA managed to get for my beaver...now if I can just get a check!

Walleyed, do you know if Boco is on the board of FHA? Crap is getting deep! Even Mark's not bragging about the marten prices. Which were not very good.

BP's half way between you and me, Boco...
I'm 6 miles from the Florida line. According to NWS, LLC and Boco, these beaver are junk...lol

They averaged close to their beaver (that much more time was invested in), but they're not worth anything.

Now Yank! You know that I haven't BS'd about none of this. Heck, I've even posted pics of these worthless beaver and a fur sale check stub...

I'm not on the board of FHA.
They asked me several years back but I could not because I was on the OFMF board and that would have been against the constitution of the OFMF.
How many marten did you have on the sale Dirt.
I did 80 and change on the big ones,avg 60 after deductions.
I sold a ton of marten over the years for less than that for sure.
I'll be setting more marten traps this winter for sure as long as the old legs dont get too wore out

I'd like to run a week with you Boco and see that country up there, but my wife wouldn't go for it...

You need another line on your map.
E,and W different section also.(Man/Ont border)

Yep

Come on up well do a march beaver run,I got spare skidoo,sleighs chainsaws,etc and lots of traps
Your wife can stay in the camp to keep the fire going and cook,lol.

You need to convert this to U.S. money. Top in U.S. money was $80. I sold mine in March.
May 2023
Sable 17,141 100%
1st Section HVY $49.30
1st Section SEMI $40.47
M&S $24.76
Section III $19.90
Overall $ 41.48
Top $80.00

BTW U.S. dollars

Sub $50 for heavies, not good in the year 2023. It was ok in the year 2004 We got this thing called inflation here.

If you’re gonna come up and try the northern beav, you gotta try it in January. When you pull up a nice xxl you’ve earned it….lol

I usually take my jacket off once we’re at our sets, but this must’ve been one of the colder days,….6 months away

If I could get her to go, I'd sure do it.

[quote
They asked me several years back but I could not because I was on the OFMF board and that would have been against the constitution of the OFMF.
How many marten did you have on the sale Dirt.
I did 80 and change on the big ones,avg 60 after deductions.
I sold a ton of marten over the years for less than that for sure.
I'll be setting more marten traps this winter for sure as long as the old legs dont get too wore out[/quote]

You need to convert this to U.S. money. Top in U.S. money was $80. I sold mine in March.
May 2023
Sable 17,141 100%
1st Section HVY $49.30
1st Section SEMI $40.47
M&S $24.76
Section III $19.90
Overall $ 41.48
Top $80.00

BTW U.S. dollars

Sub $50 for heavies, not good in the year 2023. It was ok in the year 2004 We got this thing called inflation here.[/quote]




Thats the auction avg surely you do better than that,I sure do.
I can sure make money on $60 dollar marten here.
I got around 80 pelts left in the freezer,the'.ll be going to the march sale with next years harvest.
Got around 20 cats in the freezer,I'll grade out the 3 and 4 bellies for the tannery and the 1 and 2's will go to FHA with next years harvest also in march.
Marten and cats are on upward swing.My marten avg after deductions in march was $55.

I guess you won't do it $ 60 Canadian multiplied by .75 equals $45 U.S.

I live in Canada,dont care what it is in usd.
All my expenses are in CAD.
I figure out profits in CAD.
I'm too old to wait for $185 marten avg again.
Thats probably what spoiled guys like you Dirt.lol.

Well, I whined about not having that FHA check in my possession too soon today. It was at the post office when I went by this afternoon. Beers are on me today!

BP if it was direct deposite you could have enjoyed a beer in Iceland at their prices.ie had the money 3 weeks ago in the bank

May have to check into whether direct deposit is possible for yanks.

I’m not sure direct deposit is available for US shippers. I think it is a Canadian thing.

Carl - How long does it take for you to get a check from OTC??? <grin>.

Just giving you a bad time………….

You can't argue with the Canadiens they compare gold to a tin can , as long as we are happy who cares FHA holds to much fur for the following year and don't sell it for any more because it costs money to handle and store fur from one year to the next so as I see it they are not protecting the trapper they are gambling to get more dollars in their coffers . I would like to see what the lot offers are that are not sold .

So the XXL southern beavers I sold for $38 would have sold for $58 at the FHA auction?? Give me a break......

Not to mention I would have to ship them roughly 500 miles from here to get them to a receiving agent and pay auction fees. I made more on them than I would have made sending to auction

Face the facts Boco, us southern fellows can achieve better prices than FHA by selling in the country and we don't have to sit around for months waiting on our money to arrive

The days of shipping fur are gone for us. Bounced checks from NAFA cured us of that mistake

Fur Harvesters is Canadian. The last fur auction house remaining. For the most part, they are all the Canadian trappers have left. I'd defend them too.....just like I'm defending Groenewold.

And, all of these fur buying entities are intertwined...doing business at some level together that keeps fur moving.

FUR TRAPPERS ARE ALL STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE END OF AN ERA.

Sure, the commercial bulk fur trading market will continue for several more years, but every year that passes we lose country buyers, local auctions cease to be held, NAFA folded, fashion trends change and kills movement of certain species. There is not a lot of hope or positivity in the current worldwide fur industry...viewing it from my level.

You cant BS me we had a groney buyer here and I know what he offered and what I got at FHA.
FHA was 1/3 higher than Groeny.
How much did your small beaver sell for
I had LM sell over 30 bucks after deductions at FHA,and Groneys offer was 25 tops for a 3x so give me a break.
it cannot be otherwise when you sell to a middleman.

I'm missing the part where I said I sold to Groeny. We have options here. I'm not BS'ing anything. $38 is the price I received for XXL. $30 or $32 on the 1x

And how much for your LMs and Ms?

$20 on the LM's. Ended up averaging around 30 bucks

So that is 4 bucks less after deductions.
I get it that it costs you more to ship.
Good we both have options,but I can tell you the groney buyer here is going to have to do a lot better to compete with fha.

When did the buyer make the offers.

About a day before the FHA fur pick up.

Here's my big check 25 cents for a red fox haha

A good situation for me: OTC buyers get first crack and if their offers are not good enough the goods get up to FHA where the international buyers have a shot. Going forward I have a new issue though, my FHA agent (George Brady) passed away earlier this summer so I don't know how I'll get fur up north. Shipping beaver is never a good option anymore.

Carl - have you talked to FHA about a pickup agent in the NW? Now would be the time to start that conversation. Get things lined out well before the new season starts.

George Brady will be difficult to replace. He was all over the NW picking up fur and promoting FH. Put on a lot of miles. He will be missed.