Chinese.....good for something!!

[braggadoe]

they may be about to srew our wild salmon/steelhead over, but they sure like the fur! good for them!


top lot, black ranch mink goes for 1400.00$

let's hope it continues over to the wild fur!

[greylynx]

Excuse me for not knowing, but does wild fur usually get money than farmed fur. I don't know, but I remember the mink pens around Lesser Slave Lake when I was a little kid.

[tommyguitar]

Grey lynx: Yes it does. Wild caught is much more special and the highest quality.

[moose maniac]

Originally Posted by greylynx

Excuse me for not knowing, but does wild fur usually get money than farmed fur. I don't know, but I remember the mink pens around Lesser Slave Lake when I was a little kid.

I remember those grew up in faust they were everywhere

[Roughneck71]

wow good price there tons of mink ranches in weymouth area, nova scotia..south shore..they will be happy with the prices!
Darrell

[sourdough doug]

Originally Posted by tommyguitar

Grey lynx: Yes it does. Wild caught is much more special and the highest quality.

The mink farms have killed the wild mink market IMO. And I also thought that buyers liked the farmed mink becuz of their consistency of fur, length, color and all the things that makes less work for the processor, therefore I thought farmed mink were worth more but maybe not..
GIBB, if you are by, set us cowboys straight....

[braggadoe]

you are correct sourdough d, farm fox/mink are more consistent=more money. thank goodness there's no marten farming eh?

[braggadoe]

last years TL 225$, this years 270$ for marten.

[jim summit]

Originally Posted by braggadoe

last years TL 225$, this years 270$ for marten.

Did you have a top lot in there?

[braggadoe]

no, but i had 3 in 0043 for 160$. near as i can figure i'll avg about 98+/_$. avg in the high 60's last year.

i've never had any TL fur...someday??

can't wait to see what coyotes do.

[huntin'fool]

Originally Posted by tommyguitar

Grey lynx: Yes it does. Wild caught is much more special and the highest quality.

how do you figure??

the others are right, buyers prefer consistency for a superior end product. farmed will almost always yield higher profits.

[sdkidaho]

Originally Posted by braggadoe

last years TL 225$, this years 270$ for marten.

Holy cow - that's unreal.

I remember getting $35 for Martin when I was in high school and thinking that was awesome.