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Post by Sunshine on Dec 5, 2008 21:06:54 GMT -5
any of ya'll selling any and how do the prices youre getting for them this year compare to last year? we sold a bunch today that averaged a little under half what they did last year, but we were happy with that, especially since we picked the majority of them up long the road.
seems the economy is effecting even the deer hide market.
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Post by tctrppr on Dec 5, 2008 21:32:37 GMT -5
Our local country buyer quit on them today. His buyer told him he was only gonna go $ 1.00 or $ 2.00 on deer, wasn't interested in beef either. Time will tell. If the leather producers move the surplus they're sitting on now, maybe the market will open back up later in the season.
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Post by scansy on Dec 6, 2008 7:53:05 GMT -5
What were you guys getting for a deer hide in a good year? Was last year a good year?
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Post by shaggy on Dec 6, 2008 15:32:52 GMT -5
I watched some guys sell some to Groeny yesterday @$4 each.
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Post by Sunshine on Dec 6, 2008 16:48:37 GMT -5
last year 5 bucks straight through here.
ive heard some got 7 last year but im not sure.
seems northern hides bring more than ours.
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Post by tctrppr on Dec 6, 2008 21:06:08 GMT -5
We got 5 and 3 tops here locally last year.
Started out 3 and 1 this year and shut off 2 days ago.
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Post by rszwieg on Dec 6, 2008 21:52:03 GMT -5
I traded mine to a buckskinner pal for some chert spalls. I don't need any gloves. That's what they offered last time we took in hides.
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Post by Sunshine on Dec 7, 2008 9:53:29 GMT -5
We got 5 and 3 tops here locally last year. Started out 3 and 1 this year and shut off 2 days ago. same here cept the guys still buying, he needs 800 so he dont have to deliver them to PA. i dont blame him , he must have heard about sam and scansy. ;D
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Post by scansy on Dec 8, 2008 9:21:33 GMT -5
We got 5 and 3 tops here locally last year. Started out 3 and 1 this year and shut off 2 days ago. same here cept the guys still buying, he needs 800 so he dont have to deliver them to PA. i dont blame him , he must have heard about sam and scansy. ;D
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Post by coonripper on Dec 11, 2008 7:27:23 GMT -5
We got 8 to 12 last year. Im hearing 3 to 5 this year. I think last year Iowa flooded its market thanks to Thiesen's farm store. They gave a gift card of 10.00 for every deer hide. I think lots of people did that for gifts. My cousin salted 18,000 hides for Thiesen's last year.
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Post by billmeyerhoff on Dec 11, 2008 8:07:39 GMT -5
That's a lot of salt.
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Post by Sunshine on Dec 11, 2008 8:41:34 GMT -5
i bet hides were scarce to find along the road last year too.
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