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Post by whistlerwhittler on Jan 2, 2013 17:01:04 GMT -5
After a very windy pickup last spring Ernie Mosher gave me an extra bag so that next time I could fill it in the dry comfort of my home. So now I've got 6 beaver, 17 rats, and a 31" coon put up and ready to go into that bag.
I was thinking about putting the rats in a paper bag and then putting the paper bag in the NAFA bag (versus having them loose in the big bag). Does this make sense?
When I place the single coon in with the rest of the fur, should I tuck the tail inside the cased skin (kind of like I've seen with otter)? Or should I just leave it sticking out?
Just don't want anything to get damaged. Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2013 18:02:03 GMT -5
If you saw what they do with those bags, your stomach would turn....
First year I shipped, I laid all my furs in the bag as gently as possible and handled the bags with care. Heck there was at least 50 hours of fur handling in those 2 bags..
When I dropped them off, the guy threw the bags in the box truck, then piled many bags on top of them.
I stood there in disbelief!
I wouldn't put too much thought into it. I just keep my fur out skins separate from my skin out furs....
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Post by papabear on Jan 2, 2013 21:10:49 GMT -5
Dear Friends, I stopped by Mr. Ernie Mosher's new warehouse. Its a real nice set up and he now will be shipping furs from the warehouse to the auction house in big heavy duty cardboard boxes. No more loading bags into a tractor trailor. I can assure you your fur is handled with utmost respect and care by Ernie and his crew. Regards
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Post by whistlerwhittler on Jan 3, 2013 7:16:00 GMT -5
Thanks guys.
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Post by silverfox on Jan 3, 2013 9:18:00 GMT -5
this is my first season trapping since the 80's, looking for any advice on who, where would be my best bet for selling, ive noticed theres alot of options based on posts from you all (all hides are put up as close to NAFA standards as possible, fleshed properly, hides clean, put up on wood stretchers as per NAFA board sizes) im in the lewis county area and am not opposed to driving a good distance if its beneficial, thanks in advance for any and all input (also of note im in no rush as i have plenty of space to properly store and i trap again out of shear enjoyment, and the money just helps augment cost of trapping supplies) thanks again!
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Post by snoeblind on Jan 3, 2013 9:53:30 GMT -5
It's all preference. I ship to FHA. Many ship to NAFA and some locally. At auction you pay a commission and cut out the middle man. Markets change and world events can change it over night. The local guy who bought your furs on speculation in early December can stand to lose or gain based on that. For the most part I have greatly benefited at auction, especially on certain goods, fisher, otter, cats. In some cases by double or more than was offered locally. Although those are exceptions. Pick one and give it a try. It's always exciting to log into your account and see what you got for you items. A few years I have shipped to both just to see difference in price. Was happy with both. For what it's worth I ship to FHA mostly because of convenience(live pretty close) and personal friendship with the agent.
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Post by silverfox on Jan 5, 2013 9:04:55 GMT -5
thanks for the info, registered with NAFA yesterday as well as made the drop with Mr Mosher here in Lowville as the pick up location is only 4 miles from home!!
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