Trapping and Fur Trade

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Shadowhntr
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Re: Trapping and Fur Trade

#16 Post by Shadowhntr »

Lol Kirk!

Blue.....when a hide hasn't begun to take on thicker leather so the hair roots show through from the inner surface of the pelt, and it causes the pelt to appear a blueish hue. These are virtually worthless in the fur trade. A Blue pelt is the opposite end of the spectrum from a Prime pelt.

I was hoping you'd chime in on this thread Jim! Guys you all may not realize it, but Jim is an accomplished trapper and fur worker.
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Shadowhntr wrote:Lol Kirk!

Blue.....when a hide hasn't begun to take on thicker leather so the hair roots show through from the inner surface of the pelt, and it causes the pelt to appear a blueish hue. These are virtually worthless in the fur trade. A Blue pelt is the opposite end of the spectrum from a Prime pelt.

I was hoping you'd chime in on this thread Jim! Guys you all may not realize it, but Jim is an accomplished trapper and fur worker.
Good! Maybe he can teach me how to skin de meeses. Exacto knife?
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Lol! I've skinned them believe it or not! :lol: Always to just get a laugh though....

Here is a perfectly healthy female bobber we had targeted...
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...but we were shocked she was as healthy as she was because she was so darn old she literally had no teeth. In her stomach we found whole rats and mice she was catching and swallowing whole. Bobbers can sometimes approach 20 yrs old. But to be fair we have seen other cats with perfect teeth swallow some unbelievably large wood rats whole too though. As a side note, this cat had been living for probably years, on an extremely popular public ground area that see's pretty much daily activity. She had it figured out!
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#19 Post by Captainkirk »

Wow...never seen anything like that! But then...when was the last time I made a bobcat grin? 8-)
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#20 Post by Graps »

Aww , poor Kitty . :cry:
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graps wrote:Aww , poor Kitty . :cry:
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Yup..."poor kitty" wants to nibble on your intestines.
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#22 Post by Shadowhntr »

A few days ago I got a message from my sister she was losing chickens and her cats to coyotes. One big giant male was coming right up in their back yard and they been seeing up to 5 around.. I'd of just killed the sucker then and there but her and her husband aren't accustomed to that kinda thing. So I went out and set up 6 foothold sets on her 80 acres. I did 4 flat sets and 2 dirt hole sets. Took 3 days for a hit. Pic and a vid.

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#23 Post by Mohawk »

I have to say, that is the most vocal yote I have ever seen in a trap. I've had em growl and throw out a subdued bark, but nothing even close to what this gal did.

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#24 Post by Captainkirk »

Did you shut her pie-hole? 8-)
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#25 Post by Mohawk »

Captainkirk wrote:Did you shut her pie-hole? 8-)
:lol: :lol: :lol: I'm laying odds he did!
I just got through building 100 snares for a guy that had his turkey killed by a coyote a couple weeks ago. He's going out after them full force this year. :lol:

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