Quote Originally Posted by wicklundrh View Post
Friday November 6th-

Two More Coons last night. I need to head to the fur buying as my freezer is full. I have 8 coons I will sell (keeping 2 plus 2 grinners). I also have a couple deer hides

Disappointment at the Fur Buyer:
Raccoon prices are the lowest I have seen them. Due to the trade issues with Russia, no one is buying furs right now. Buyer is only buying them for the meat to be sold into dog food and other lures. Prices running from $1.00 to $5.00 each. Deer fur is the same way. $5.00 for a nice buck fur. I ended up leaving with 17 dollars in my pocket. Two years ago, it would have been $140.00! It doesn't even pay for fuel. I will not be trapping coons this year on other farms. It isn't worth it to me and the animal will be worth more in a few years. I'm not going to do it just to do it.

More bad news: Muskrats are way down from last year as well. Went from $8 to $2.50. I have a prime area that is overloaded with them. Unfortunately, no sense wasting the time to trap them! What a shame
I coon hunted for 20 years with dogs. At one time years back a big coon would pay $25. I sold to J.C. Moiles in Owasso. I pulled in his yard one day with a truck box full of coon, he pulled them out into a wheelbarrow at $20. each.That was when fur prices were high. I made almost as much hunting as I did working. Just thought I'd share a memory with you.