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.
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