Posted By: JustLearning
Muskrat pelt question - 02/01/24 06:39 PM
Hi everyone, i’m a new trapper and recently started water trapping rather than dry land trapping.
I’m trying to understand how grading works and have an honest question about how muskrat pelts are graded.
Understanding that rats get their backs bit up during mating in the spring, leading to scars there.
This causes the pelts to be graded as damaged which results in a lower grade and lower price. I get that.
However, i recently watched a gfw video that explained the belly of the rat is where the value is and the back has negligable value, if any.
So, if this is the case, why does a rat with damage to its back but perfectly fine belly generate fewer $$ ?
What am i missing.
I’m trying to understand how grading works and have an honest question about how muskrat pelts are graded.
Understanding that rats get their backs bit up during mating in the spring, leading to scars there.
This causes the pelts to be graded as damaged which results in a lower grade and lower price. I get that.
However, i recently watched a gfw video that explained the belly of the rat is where the value is and the back has negligable value, if any.
So, if this is the case, why does a rat with damage to its back but perfectly fine belly generate fewer $$ ?
What am i missing.