NAFA sale started today

[trapper]

Coyote and wolves today.Tomorow is rats mink otter etc,sat is coon over 500,00 thousand of them.

[MikePal]

Just a side question.....do bear hides get sold at these auctions ?

[skypilot]

Just a side question.....do bear hides get sold at these auctions ?

yes, I believe they were about 130 avg with tops around 450 last year. That would have been around the May June sale.

[trapper]

Rats werent bad and fisher but otter were bought back thats not a good sign. and ones that did sell nowhere near price of last yr.400 plus buyers.

[trappermatt]

Spent the day at the sale today with my oldest daughter we had a great time , pleased with my averages so far and hope this sale irons out some of the major wrinkles the fur market has went through the past 3 months , I'd be a little disappointed if I was a ranch fox farmer right now though and I hope for their sake they can manage for a couple more months till things play out in Europe

[trappermatt]

Just a side question.....do bear hides get sold at these auctions ?

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you mean like these ones

[MikePal]

hahaha....they look a little lumpy to lay in front of the fireplace.

I asked because I don't hear much about guys 'selling' their Black bear hides, seem to keep them for themselves. Where to they source them to sell at the auction.

[trappermatt]

There are some black bears there mike as well as a small number of rug mounted polar bears and a couple of rug mounted grizz bears
, I never spent much time looking at them so I couldn't say how many bears there were but a guess from what I seen on the carts would be less then fifty , the bears are sold by trappers and hunters very few sold as time to put up a bear proper is far from reflected in the price received for black bears

[Fenelon]

Getting close to the 1984-1987 fisher prices again! Just checked my account and I got a bunch at $192, $194, etc. Wasn't expecting this, as I took them earlier than usual, and most were grade I and I-II animals. Mink was good with over a $30 average. Had a couple get $38, which is higher than it's been in years. Fox prices look down from last year, as are otter. The folks with a good rat catch will be pretty happy - $15-$17 and the best winter rats are yet to come. Keeping my fingers crossed for coon, as I had a good run this year, managing to get a good bunch of select December 2XL - 4XL jumbos with good colours. There will be a few trappers sporting new Dickies jackets from this sale........maybe even a new chain-wallet!

[trappermatt]

Getting close to the 1984-1987 fisher prices again! Just checked my account and I got a bunch at $192, $194, etc. Wasn't expecting this, as I took them earlier than usual, and most were grade I and I-II animals. Mink was good with over a $30 average. Had a couple get $38, which is higher than it's been in years. Fox prices look down from last year, as are otter. The folks with a good rat catch will be pretty happy - $15-$17 and the best winter rats are yet to come. Keeping my fingers crossed for coon, as I had a good run this year, managing to get a good bunch of select December 2XL - 4XL jumbos with good colours. There will be a few trappers sporting new Dickies jackets from this sale........maybe even a new chain-wallet!

Or we can just pay our bills put some in the bank to finance next season and maybe a lobster dinner for the better half