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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Outbackbob48 on November 18, 2013, 08:14:43 pm

Title: Fur shed
Post by: Outbackbob48 on November 18, 2013, 08:14:43 pm

What's your fur shed looking like. Mines got a lot of empty spaces, Started out pretty good but this week just about shut me down, have trouble even catching cold :( :o Hope this week for improvements. Bob

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: PrimitiveTim on November 18, 2013, 08:44:38 pm

Raccoon, red fox, and a coyote!  Any other furs?  What do you do with all these furs?  Is raccoon for anything in particular?  That's about all I'd have access to. 

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Outbackbob48 on November 18, 2013, 08:53:53 pm

Tim, Muskrat, mink and beaver not in season yet, I have caught a bunch of possom an a few skunks but they are not worth puttin up. All these furs will end in Toronto fur auction in Febuary. All most all of todays furs are bought by China, Russia and a few other foriegn countrys, Fur is now popular in these countrys. Mainly coats an hats and lotof trimming goods made from these.

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: JackCrafty on November 18, 2013, 09:11:09 pm

Does this count?

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Outbackbob48 on November 18, 2013, 09:19:04 pm

Patrick, that's the bait ;D :o :o

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Trapper Rob on November 18, 2013, 09:41:46 pm

Bob what do you use for coyote & fox.

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: JackCrafty on November 18, 2013, 09:50:58 pm

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Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Outbackbob48 on November 18, 2013, 10:50:48 pm

Rob, you talk bait or traps? Actually , I don't like to use bait until it gets real cold, and my reason for that is we have way to many possom an skunk caught when its warm an using bait. I mostly use gland lures or call lures an sometimes urines. Urines can be bad if you have alot of rabbits in your area, I think the salts in urines attract rabbits. After hard cold winter sets in beaver with a little skunk essence is hard to beat. Everything likes beaver  ;D Bob

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Mike Joe on November 19, 2013, 01:24:07 am

I don't have any pictures of my shed, but here's a couple critters off my line. I hope this is not too far off subject.

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: chamookman on November 19, 2013, 05:12:35 am

Haven't layed a trap yet. I'll be setting some 110mag. and 120's for Rats and Mink, just waiting for Firearm Deer season to slow down a bit. After the first of the year, I'm going to extend My quest of Weasel Trapping. Doesn't seem to be many in My area. Bob

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: turtle on November 19, 2013, 06:37:10 am

Nice looking fur Bob. A friend of mine loves catching skunks. He says the scent is worth fifty bucks an ounce and you can get an ounce out of a large one.

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Pappy on November 19, 2013, 07:39:13 am

Looking pretty good to me Bob. ;) :) Patrick,you ant right. ;) ;D ;D ;D
 Pappy

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Outbackbob48 on November 19, 2013, 08:35:09 am

Turtle, I'm not sure about the price of skunk essence but I do know that no matter how careful you are your going to get a drop on ya, and a little of that goes a long way, and I am married also . ;D :o :o :o  One season I put 4 up and had them tanned , Skunks are one of our prettiest furs but ya know . They Stink :( Bob

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Buckeye Guy on November 19, 2013, 10:20:55 am

I have not trapped for many years but this title and pics  sparked some very deep seated emotions from days gone by !!
To say that as a child I was a hand full was a bit of an understatement !
It took several folks to get me raised up !
One off the men that helped tremendously was the local fur buyer !
Thanks for sparking the memories !!!!
Guy

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: nclonghunter on November 19, 2013, 08:29:34 pm

Nice fur shed!

Someone mentioned weasels and I was wondering if you don't have chickens, how can you know if weasels are in your area and what to bait them with? I had a buddy when I was young that caught a few and he said they are not trap shy and love bloody meat. I think he would put a smal single spring in a coffee can with a muskrat leg in back. It's been a while so I may have that twisted some how. I would actually like to catch a couple late ones when they are white (ermines).

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Blaflair2 on November 19, 2013, 09:03:32 pm

I'm really looking for a fox hide  O:) I wanna make a quiver

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: TRACY on November 19, 2013, 09:27:52 pm

Looks like you're off to a good start Bob!


Tracy

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: wildman on November 19, 2013, 11:03:52 pm

Our firearm deer season will be winding down next week. Then it will be safe to trap I'm ready!!!!!!

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Rick Wallace on November 20, 2013, 12:41:14 am

Wish I could trap. In Fl the rules are so confusing Im afraid to even try.

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: RyanR on November 20, 2013, 07:08:22 pm

Quote from: jackcrafty on November 18, 2013, 09:11:09 pm

Does this count?

Looks like a giant fur ball waiting to happen. >:D

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Bone pile on November 22, 2013, 12:38:21 pm

Off to a good start there Bob.Hope ya have a good season and good prices.
Roger

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: JackCrafty on November 22, 2013, 05:07:24 pm

Thought you guys might enjoy this...

---http://racksandspurs.proboards.com/thread/14384

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: nclonghunter on November 22, 2013, 08:28:22 pm

That's a sick amount of furs...you think it is a fur buyer or that guy caught all them himself.?

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: RyanR on November 22, 2013, 08:52:33 pm

Quote from: nclonghunter on November 22, 2013, 08:28:22 pm

That's a sick amount of furs...you think it is a fur buyer or that guy caught all them himself.?

There are people that catch over 1K fox a year. Hard to imagine. I don't think they work jobs like the rest of us. Don't get me wrong though, they work hard for what they catch and pay their dues learning the tricks.

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: caveman2533 on November 22, 2013, 08:59:24 pm

Here is the byline that goes with that picture.


"Pennsylvania’s Phil Brown might be the best fox trapper of all time. From November through January, no matter how cold, wet, muddy or miserable it is, Brown is out there laying down the steel.
“Come fall some guys live for deer hunting,” says Brown. “I trap.”

Last season Brown logged a daily average of 190 miles in his Toyota pickup. He walked untold miles to make 9,247 sets and caught 1,202 red foxes—888 of which he dried and stretched himself.
On his best day on the line, Brown caught 30 foxes in 90 sets. (He owns more than 5,000 traps, mostly Victor #2s and Montgomery #1s.)
Almost all his foxes are caught in a simple dirt-hole set; he never uses bait, only Carmen-brand lures.

Last year marked the third time Brown, 47, put up more than 1,000 red foxes in a season—boosting his lifetime total to roughly 13,000. With prime red fox pelts fetching $15 to $21, Brown could gross as much as $25,000 from last season’s haul.—story written by Bob Butz"


Read more: http://racksandspurs.proboards.com/thread/14384#ixzz2lQQYyq6N

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: Grasshopper Mouse on November 23, 2013, 12:35:48 am

That is one dedicated gentleman.
My hat is off to him for the effort and work he puts in to do that... not to mention the hard earned skills.

Guy

Title: Re: Fur shed
Post by: predatorcaller on November 24, 2013, 10:14:17 am

I,ve got some coon and called  in a grey fox.Just got back from working in Maine this morning and am headed out to set some mink and rat traps.have a fantastic day!!!Lloyd