Fur Sale Today

[NightRunner 0]

Went to a fur sale today and took a few pics, this is a small one.

opossum

 

 

Mixed bag of Reds, coons and coyote.

 

 

 

more reds, coyote, coon. few mink.

 

 

here's a few mink. Eat your hearts out. HAHA

[DUCKWING 302]

INTERESTING PHOTOS THERE MATE

 

HOW COME THE MINK/ POSSUM SKINS ARE INSIDE OUT ........... YET THE FOX / COYOTE SKINS ARE RIGHT WAY ROUND ?

 

SO THEN ............... WHAT TYPE OF PRICES DID THEY MAKE ?

[victoria vixen 0]

Although not my photos, I can tell you that O'possums, mink,raccoon,muskrats,otter and skunk pelts etc. are stretched and dried fur side in (skin outside). While foxes and coyote are dried with the fur showing as are bobcats ,martens and other longhaired furbearers. That is the prefered way here in North America and Canada.

[NightRunner 0]

I would think someone who has trapped alot would know this in greater detail VV.

 

 

HOW COME THE MINK/ POSSUM SKINS ARE INSIDE OUT

 

Certain animals are put up different ways for grading and drying. Coon, possum are very greasy, once they are placed on a stretcher what is known as a window is cut on the belly side. You can see that U shaped cut in some of the animals. This allows the grader to see what primeness the fur is. By also looking at the hide he can tell if there is damage, late being rubbed early being blue, tick marks holes and how well they were handled.

 

Mink also has a small window but here they are looking for if the saddle is left on and how well it was handled. That is the redish part of the hide. Mink are thin skinned when tanned if the saddle is not on, there will be slippage.

 

 

Coyote and fox are stretched skin side out then turned fur side out in about 24 hours then fully dried. These are graded by the primeness, some look to see how high the fur is compared to the ear. Generally they can see the damage as they overlook the pelt, snare damage will sometimes have a ring depending on how they got caught, bullet holes they can be sewn up sometime depending on the damage.

 

You might ask well do they go through everyone with a fine tooth comb no, the lot is looked at, then layed out. A grader will go through them if he see's there all evenly put up then he begins to look for damage. that is how they can determine an average price for each. They are looking for the amount of usable hide.

 

There are many other styles of auctions some the buyer does the grading, others they are graded on by a grader and then bid on.

 

I'd like to state I am by know means authority just what I have seen over the years. That is a brief tip of the iceberg as to the fur market.

 

This might give you an idea on a very large worlwide auction.

 

www.nafa.ca

 

Here is a shot of sorting cats.

[snareman 3]

Went to a fur sale today and took a few pics, this is a small one.

opossum

 

 

 

Mixed bag of Reds, coons and coyote.

 

 

 

 

more reds, coyote, coon. few mink.

 

 

 

here's a few mink. Eat your hearts out. HAHA

theres not many mink there , and we have plenty big mink over here that can go to 61/2 lbs.

[NightRunner 0]

I have the part of my mink in the freezer, I'll get them put up in week with another pic to follow. 6.5 pound mink is huge,a big buck here would be 4.5 pounds. I also don't have a huge population of them here.