NAFA April Sale; Preliminary Offering

[Marty S]

http://www.nafa.ca/wp-content/upload...-02-26-ENG.pdf

[H380]

Thanx Marty . Says 72,000 coyotes on offer .This number seems low , Anyone remember how many last year in second sale ?

[HunterDave]

Originally Posted by H380

Thanx Marty . Says 72,000 coyotes on offer .This number seems low , Anyone remember how many last year in second sale ?

March/April 2015

Coyotes - 91,326 (average $133.29)

Muskrat - 482,834
Beaver - 81,831

[Tfng]

Hopefully that means prices will be good still.

[H380]

Originally Posted by TFNG

Hopefully that means prices will be good still.

Thats what Im thinkin

[HunterDave]

I noticed that the fine print states that the offering is subject to change. I would have been interested in comparing the preliminary offerings to the actual offerings on last year's auctions but I don't see the preliminary offerings on the NAFA site. I'm thinking that it wouldn't increase that much if it does though.

[The Spruce]

Looks like the parvo was wide spread! Most everyone's numbers are down, thus not as many to sell.

Spruce

[nube]

Originally Posted by The Spruce

Looks like the parvo was wide spread! Most everyone's numbers are down, thus not as many to sell.

Spruce

I noticed a big difference this year in my numbers.
One thing I did note was all my northern yotes from my line were all awesome with very little fleas / mites and no mange. I didn't toss a one.

[The Spruce]

I caught almost all healthy coyotes this year (1 mange, 2 mites), but almost all adults. between 5-10% pups, which is usually greater than 50%, thus catch numbers are WAY down.

[HunterDave]

There was definitely something going on this year. I caught very few pups and most of those were sick. On the upside, I caught a lot of big, healthy adults with hardly any mange, shoulder lice, etc. This is the big auction for me....looking forward to it.

[Gboe8]

I hope the prices stay good I have 115 in it pretty pumped!

[nube]

Originally Posted by Gboe8

I hope the prices stay good I have 115 in it pretty pumped!

Hopefully we get our goal of 500 next year as well lol Wouldn't that be something

[Gboe8]

Originally Posted by nube

Hopefully we get our goal of 500 next year as well lol Wouldn't that be something

I hope so I'm sure we will if we put the effort in. Told the girlfriend last night she didn't seem as excited as me lol.

[Albertacoyotecaller]

I have noticed in my area a big decline in coyotes. For example this weekend while sledding I only noticed a few coyote tracks. They should be moving this time of year and only a handful of tracks for the amount of travel we put on.

[H380]

Originally Posted by The Spruce

Looks like the parvo was wide spread! Most everyone's numbers are down, thus not as many to sell.

Spruce

Id be more inclined to think it was the AC Virus that Marty talked about .. I caught double my numbers from last year .

[300magman]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

There was definitely something going on this year. I caught very few pups and most of those were sick. On the upside, I caught a lot of big, healthy adults with hardly any mange, shoulder lice, etc. This is the big auction for me....looking forward to it.

I know we trap in approximately the same area and I completely agree with what you said.....I caught less pups this entire season than I have in a week other seasons. Going to be interesting to see what the age demographic looks like next year, theoretically one would think there should be a ton of pups.

[Marty S]

Mary figures that there will be 85,000 coyotes at the sale. Normally I'd have accurate numbers well in advance of the sale, but my source run off. He got sick and tired of grading mink, so he retired. That'd be Mr. Bewick.

Lots of guys singing the same song down here in these parts, when alls said and done, we have shipped almost as many coyotes for the first two sales as we shipped all of last year. It is unknown whether we have more shippers, also unknown what is coming in the door for the next sale, I don't think a lot but still a significant amount.

[Big Grey Wolf]

The lady at ATA said marten numbers where down this year as well. Should help the prices alittle if volume is not being offered. We need the Russians at the sales to heat up the bidding alittle. Maybe Trump will take the sanctions off his buddy Putin.