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Post by Sunshine on May 24, 2009 16:15:54 GMT -5
next fall. how many of you are gonna either trap less or not trap at all based on what fur brought at the most recent fur sale in Canada?
if youre a country buyer...how much will you be paying for fur come fall based on the current market.
Will you even be buying fur come fall?
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Post by scansy on May 26, 2009 10:06:08 GMT -5
I don't plan on making money at this. I don't run a big line anyway. It won't affect my trapline at all.
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Post by tctrppr on May 26, 2009 20:13:07 GMT -5
I guesss it's kinda like every other outdoor sport like bowhunting, etc... If you figure in your total cost of equipment and travel, you're not getting rich. You do it because you want/like to. If you didn't want/like to do it, you wouldn't spend your time on it. It's a nice bonus if your fur sells good, but most real trappers will trap one way or the other. They may change their habits and strategy, but they'll still trap. JMHO, your mileage may vary.
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Post by rszwieg on May 27, 2009 1:34:41 GMT -5
Tenatively, I plan on trapping several ponds targeting rats and maybe skunks and weasels.
Raccoons probably won't be on my list.
We'll see what November brings.
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Post by Sunshine on May 27, 2009 5:45:20 GMT -5
the weasels seemed to do pretty well at the NAFA sale. especially when you consider how the other fur sold.
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Post by Catchem on Aug 13, 2009 7:31:03 GMT -5
I'll actually be putting out a much larger line this year. It'll be geared strictly for grey fox, bobcat, and coyote. That seems to be what I've caught the most of in the past, with the exception of opposums. I figure with a longer line or maybe multiple lines I stand a better chance of higher numbers. Either way, I don't do it to make money. I just try to pay for my equipment and fuel so I can afford to do it.
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 13, 2009 9:09:05 GMT -5
we'll still be targetting raccoons hard. thye might not be rbing as much and thats ok..ya juts have to catch more of them to make up the difference.
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Post by BlueRidgeTrapper on Aug 14, 2009 0:24:12 GMT -5
Mixed line ;D Its just about he only way to make any money...
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 14, 2009 8:56:58 GMT -5
according to a guy in Ohio you cant run a profittable multi species trapline.
I know for a fact you can.
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Post by rszwieg on Aug 14, 2009 12:29:02 GMT -5
If things don't turn around here soon, I'll be a fulltime trapper this fall.
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Post by tctrppr on Aug 14, 2009 17:46:08 GMT -5
according to a guy in Ohio you cant run a profittable multi species trapline. I know for a fact you can. I've heard the same thing, and for our region/area, I don't see how you could target a single species and make much of a profit. The animal numbers just aint there. Coon, maybe. A BIG maybe. Not enough rats to trap, no big numbers of fox ( compared to years gone by), a few mink, but nothing to bank on. Anybody's best numbers on coyotes around here was 11 in one season. If you keep all your eggs in one basket in my neck of the woods, not much chance for profit. JMHO for my particular county, YMMV.
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 14, 2009 21:09:07 GMT -5
its the same down this way tc.
pretty much across the state cept for those lucky ducks over near Berkeley county that have all the reds, lol.
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Post by tctrppr on Aug 15, 2009 16:57:35 GMT -5
Yep, but the way that area is growing, they're losing habitat by the year. Pretty soon, it's gonna be a suburb of DC, complete with all the crime and drugs. They're stuffing housing developments everywhere. It's a shame-pretty country over there.
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 17, 2009 4:34:45 GMT -5
it is now anyway.
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Post by tctrppr on Aug 17, 2009 4:58:32 GMT -5
Not for long. At one of the mapping/addressing meetings, an OEM official told us they are averaging over 800 new residences constructed per year, just in one county, for the past 5 years. That's a heap of land being built up. Lot of farms being parceled out and sold piecemeal.
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Post by tctrppr on Aug 17, 2009 5:09:40 GMT -5
Taken from goodspeed's blog:
Not many Washington, D.C. area residents are familiar with Berkeley County, West Virginia. Over a 100 mile drive from downtown Washington, the county isn’t even served by a highway that reaches the city — residents must take I-81 north to I-70, or south to I-66, to get to the District. However, they may be surprised to learn that in the last five years the Census estimates county has added almost 20,000 residents, far more than the District has, making it the fastest-growing county in the state.
The sheer volume of development recently approved in Berkeley County is impressive. In this county without any zoning (although there is a proposal to change that), new developments must only meet minimal subdivision requirements before approval by county officials. According to official reports, between 2004 and 2006 the county approved subdivisions creating 6,985 lots consuming 3,653 acres of land. Another 5,847 lots have received preliminary approval. In total, since 2000 the county has approved subdivisions creating 10,511 lots taking up roughly 13 square miles of land. The size of subdivisions since 2000 shows a clear upward trend, although it should be noted all these lots won’t necessarily be developed.
Enjoy it while you can.
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 17, 2009 16:15:37 GMT -5
i used to spend some time in Berkely county 20 yrs or so ago when i was attending Potomac State College and its way more populated now than it was then.
it was kinda sad to see how much it had grown up.
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Post by BlueRidgeTrapper on Aug 17, 2009 23:31:55 GMT -5
You went to College? Kinda scary ;D
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Post by hawkeye on Aug 24, 2009 10:35:31 GMT -5
according to a guy in Ohio you cant run a profittable multi species trapline. I know for a fact you can. I agree with him, somewhat. In the years I ran hard, I focused one species, but put out sets for anything. By that I mean I targeted coon, but some sets were made with mink in mind, some were set to take either fox or coon, fox urine draws big boar coon as well as it draws fox. Back when I actually made money from nutria, they were my target, but I carried a few 330s and large longsprings for beaver. And if I saw a spot that looked coony I made a set that would take either nutria, coon, or mink. First come, first served. If you are targeting one animal you are more focused and not wasting time experimenting with sets and lures and baits, you are using the sets and lures that have always worked for you in the past. When I'm not running as hard I'm trapping anything that I can sell and experimenting and learning. This year I'm going to trap a couple of beaver ponds, I'll have to take a few nutria and maybe take a few coon.
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 27, 2009 15:17:18 GMT -5
Jerrys ran a successful multispecies line for the past 30 years.
really successful ;D
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Post by wheelers on Feb 27, 2010 7:58:44 GMT -5
So how did everyone do on the prices?
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