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Originally Posted by Dean2
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Take a chill pill buddy. I was NOT trying to be an ahoe. I used GP meat processors as an example because they are ones I am familiar with. I presume there would be something similar close to you. I know Superstore and groceries with in house butchers are pretty prevalent across the province.
If, as you say, driving even a half hour for unlimited bait is not feasible then you are probably right, baiting Wolves is not a feasible deal in your view. Does however make me wonder just what the return per wolf would have to be for it to make economic sense in your books if even $450 (150 for hide and 300 bounty) isn't enough to make it feasible.
Personally I would be quite happy to contribute to someone who does want to do this but it would be nice to see some estimate by those who trap for a living as to what it would take for a program to be workable. One thought would be to use the Alberta Trappers association and have them pay a top up bounty on every wolf hide a trapper runs through the auctions. Easy to track and administer and fair across the board to those who are catching the wolves. As far as fair to the poor trapper, as far as I know, if you don't catch fur no one is making a charitable payment to them while they learn, no reason wolf shouldn't work the same. You get paid for success in pretty much everything.
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No chill pill needed bud lol Just saying it how it is.
So your idea is to get the ATA to pay a top up? Where do they get the money?
They have been fighting for a wolf bounty for years from the Gov't so please let me know how the money is to be found for wolf trappers?
As far as meat processing facilities do you guys realise that coyotes are worth $125 a piece on average? How many people out there do you think are wanting bait and it's not just the trappers? Kinda tough to find a location to load up on bait. Even the closest butcher shop to my trapline is saving it all for spring bear hunts for an outfitter all winter long.
I get what I can from a guy close to me here but it is enough to run one or 2 coyote baits a year is all.
Like I said you need truckloads.
As for your question on what it takes to make sense for me to do it price wise I mentioned that earlier. I can run 1 bait and catch 15-30 coyotes at $125 a piece of I can run 5-6 half arsed wolf baits like I do and hook into 8-13 wolves a year. And like I said half at least of those wolves will be useless fur wise so would only be good for bounty purposes. I think you can do the math to see what is worth catching and how much it would take to even make it as equal for your time and energy.