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Old 08-13-2016, 10:29 AM
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Default Good year coming up ???

With the super berry crop happening this year, there should be a bumper
crop of mice, which means the predators like martin, weasels, fisher, fox, coyotes, may have a good breeding year next spring.
Maybe leaving more breeders this coming season will result in a super fur harvest in 2018. Just a thought
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Old 08-14-2016, 10:24 AM
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Antler it would probably improve fur prices during following season as well. We need to give the Korean and Chinese fur buyers limited marten numbers for one year that might help pick them up by their pant cuffs and shake a little more money out of them at next fur auction.
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Old 08-14-2016, 12:25 PM
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Antler it would probably improve fur prices during following season as well. We need to give the Korean and Chinese fur buyers limited marten numbers for one year that might help pick them up by their pant cuffs and shake a little more money out of them at next fur auction.
Might work in the muskrat market too?
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Old 08-15-2016, 11:39 PM
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Not being negative by saying with more people out of work more people usually start relying on fur to get by. Could be lots of pelts being offered which could bring down the prices on some pelts. Also depends what's in fashion. Short or long fur. Follow the fashion trends and focus more on catching what fur is in.
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Old 08-16-2016, 10:07 AM
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Russia economy needs to improve as they are big buyers of fur. Perhaps a weaker US dollar may have an impact.
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