Furbearer season

[Hangfire]

I know absolutely diddly squat about trapping or hunting furbearers so bare with me.

Do the hides / pelts actually bring in enough $$$ to where it's actually worth the time and effort to skin and tan the hides or is it more for the sport ?.....I seem to recall years ago that there was a bounty paid for coyotes, is it still that way ?

 

[Okie4570]

I know absolutely diddly squat about trapping or hunting furbearers so bare with me.

Do the hides / pelts actually bring in enough $$$ to where it's actually worth the time and effort to skin and tan the hides or is it more for the sport ?.....I seem to recall years ago that there was a bounty paid for coyotes, is it still that way ?

No worst fur market ever unfortunately. It's all about the tradition and out smarting them. Coons worth nothing, bobcats worth more to sell to a taxidermist than a fur buyer, coyotes are the only thing worth selling to a fur buyer along with badgers. If you have a very long route you'll eat your profits quickly with supplies and fuel costs. It is a hoot though, I'd still encourage you to give it a try though for the experience and almost all fur animals trapped are nest robbers and are hard on turkey, quail and pheasant hatch success.

 

[dlbleak]

Coons are the cheapest, easiest to get started with. A few cuffs and a bag of corn with a few drops of vanilla extract in the cuff. Coons are everywhere so you’ll have immediate success. Let the hobby/sport grow from there.

 

[dennishoddy]

I’m just working on thinning the population around the deer feeder.
I had one small area cleaned out of coons for about two weeks, then a pair showed up on trail cams, so reset the traps and have one of them gone. I’ll check them again today.

 

[MR.T.]

I've always used the big marshmallows in those DP coon traps with great success.
Just put a marshmallow under the trigger & one at the top. The coons will eat the one on the top & reach for the next one but will never get it out.

 

[BobbyV]

Everytime I see a bobcat it's before fur bearers season. I guess I need to get the predator call out.

Don't you still have to call the game warden for bobcat tags?




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[undeg01]

Everytime I see a bobcat it's before fur bearers season. I guess I need to get the predator call out.

Don't you still have to call the game warden for bobcat tags?




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Yep. Call the game warden or find a tagging location. The biologist station out at Arcadia always has bobcat tags.

 

[Okie4570]

Best cat furs are taken during late January and February, whether to sell for fur or taxidermy.

 

[BobbyV]

Yep. Call the game warden or find a tagging location. The biologist station out at Arcadia always has bobcat tags.

Gotcha . . . thanks.

 

[dennishoddy]

I sure didn’t want to see this in the DP today.
Maybe he was tired but I walked slowly up to him on the upwind side and popped him in the head. It never sprayed.