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Post by dave on Dec 27, 2019 23:38:42 GMT -6
I have a beaver working along the river. First he cut a cottonwood tree about 20 inches on the stump. It fell across the fence taking it to the ground. I cut up the tree and fixed the fence. Then he cut a smaller cottonwood. It was about 8 inches on the stump. It hit right on top of a T post which held it up. I cleaned it up. The next tree on the fence and I declare war. I don't care if he falls them into the river. That doesn't make work for me. If I do have to go into the beaver trapping business they wont be coyote bait. Coyotes here are worth some money but bobcats are through the roof (up to $1,000). Beaver is the best bobcat bait there is.
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Post by greybeard on Dec 28, 2019 11:13:10 GMT -6
How much are house cats worth? Wife's calico sure has a nice pretty hide..................
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Post by dave on Dec 28, 2019 19:11:21 GMT -6
How much are house cats worth? Wife's calico sure has a nice pretty hide.................. Hmmmmmm I don't know on that one. Probably worth more to you alive. Bobcat prices have a pretty wide range. The ones with wide white bellies that have good black spots are the top. It can drop off pretty good after that. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2019 19:17:07 GMT -6
How much are house cats worth? Wife's calico sure has a nice pretty hide.................. Hmmmmmm I don't know on that one. Probably worth more to you alive. Bobcat prices have a pretty wide range. The ones with wide white bellies that have good black spots are the top. It can drop off pretty good after that. I couldn't find anything on NAFA that sold over $300. Who's paying $1,000? |
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Post by dave on Dec 29, 2019 22:48:30 GMT -6
Hmmmmmm I don't know on that one. Probably worth more to you alive. Bobcat prices have a pretty wide range. The ones with wide white bellies that have good black spots are the top. It can drop off pretty good after that. I couldn't find anything on NAFA that sold over $300. Who's paying $1,000? Good question. That is just what I have been told or read but not actual sales reports. But the season has just now opened so this year's good haven't hit the market yet. Is the NAFA report from this year? If so that is for left over goods from last year. |
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Post by dave on Dec 29, 2019 22:56:02 GMT -6
I haven't been keeping an eye on the fur market. So I just looked up what is happening at the NAFA. The NAFA is in bankruptcy. They are being bought out by a Finnish fur auction but that outfit has no interest in wild fur. As a result the whole wild fur market is presently up in the air.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 14:52:58 GMT -6
I haven't been keeping an eye on the fur market. So I just looked up what is happening at the NAFA. The NAFA is in bankruptcy. They are being bought out by a Finnish fur auction but that outfit has no interest in wild fur. As a result the whole wild fur market is presently up in the air. Looking at results from Fur Harvesters Auction Inc. I see in last sale in March Lynx Cat (assuming that's a bobcat) average $415.93, but top was $2,100. Pretty good prices for them. Historically Lynx always outsold Bobcats by a wide margin. Funny how the whims of fashion swing a market. I feel bad for anyone trying to make any kind of a living in the fur business these days. |
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Post by Allenw on Jan 1, 2020 13:00:26 GMT -6
I haven't been keeping an eye on the fur market. So I just looked up what is happening at the NAFA. The NAFA is in bankruptcy. They are being bought out by a Finnish fur auction but that outfit has no interest in wild fur. As a result the whole wild fur market is presently up in the air. Looking at results from Fur Harvesters Auction Inc. I see in last sale in March Lynx Cat (assuming that's a bobcat) average $415.93, but top was $2,100. Pretty good prices for them. Historically Lynx always outsold Bobcats by a wide margin. Funny how the whims of fashion swing a market. I feel bad for anyone trying to make any kind of a living in the fur business these days. Lynx Cat is a term used for the fancy, top end bobcats which make our bob cats here look like they're dog crap. |
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Post by greybeard on Jan 1, 2020 19:27:41 GMT -6
Jerry Clower said a lynx is a 'souped up bobcat'..............knock him out John....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 9:20:00 GMT -6
Jerry Clower said a lynx is a 'souped up bobcat'..............knock him out John.... I always though a Lynx was far more magnificent animal than a Bobcat. |
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Post by ebenezer on Jan 4, 2020 11:47:16 GMT -6
Jerry Clower said a lynx is a 'souped up bobcat'..............knock him out John.... I always though a Lynx was far more magnificent animal than a Bobcat. They just had a better PR agent. |
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Post by greybeard on Jan 17, 2020 12:16:16 GMT -6
And, a new kind of nuisance critter (for me anyway) tried to test the conibear....   Otter  Odd where he was caught..across the rear part of his body...you can see the crease of the conibear right ahead of his rear legs. |
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Post by bulltrader on Jan 17, 2020 18:57:15 GMT -6
Tell all the fish in your pond goodbye. The otters will clean a pond out
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Post by greybeard on Jan 17, 2020 19:51:45 GMT -6
I've heard that, but dead otters don't eat much....... What I don't understand is how he seemingly got 3/4 the way thru that 330 before getting trapped...unless he backed into it. Dave..thoughts? The jaws on the conibear had him where you see the arrows.  |
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Post by dave on Jan 18, 2020 8:29:01 GMT -6
Otters often get caught well into a conibear. They are sleek fast moving critter in the water that are nimble and naturally try to avoid obstructions (the trap triggers). Beavers are bigger and slower moving. Beaver swims with it front feet forward and uses them to brush sticks out of their way. Otter swims with it front feet back along it side and offers a much smaller frontal area as it swims. The way that you position the triggers on the trap will have an effect on how deep the critter get through it before being caught. I liked to take the trigger wires on a new trap and wrap them around each other one wrap. I had less broken triggers when I did that. Then I would bend them out at about a 45 degree angle each way to form a V. That seemed to work best for me.
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