Some good news...
 

Its nice to see a positive article written by someone in the know. The speculation of a few buyers and nay-sayers seems to have dominated the fur outlook lately.

https://www.trappermag.com/article-i...o-lead-the-way

Some good news
 

Thanks for sharing this. Who wrote the article.

I do believe it was the guy on the left…

BUT MINE WAS BIGGER!!!

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Guy in middle on that one.

Sergie to his friends

But you may call him Mister Serge

Yikes!

How do you guys make a living!

Last time I sold fur I was getting a $40.00 average on Beaver, $75.00 average on Marten, top Fisher that year brought me $350.00.

Coyote were down, $25.00 tops and $15.00 to $20.00 for Fox.
But we don't have big populations of either.

Marten, Fisher and Beaver were our meat and potatoes.
Some years Lynx were plentiful and at times fetched upwards of $1000.00

The last year I trapped the numbers were down and I only caught one Small Lynx that year and it got chewed up by mice.

I had next to no Mink and Muskrat on my line so they didn't even factor in.

Did okay on Squirrels and Weasel but again not a big money maker.

I did get three Bear that fall and their hides brought in an extra $500.00.

Wolves were few and far between. As were Wolverine. I didn't get either that year.

But costs were far less then they are today. I think that winter I was paying 64 cents a liter for gas.

I didn't get rich that winter but I kept up with the bills and we did have kids at home yet.

Still, I can't imagine trying to pay today's bills with the prices you guys are getting.

^ Agreed.

If that article is good news for you guys trapping, I don’t think I would want to hear the bad news.