Ready, Set, Go!…Trap Beaver!

[@ryanallen6083]

Without you guys I wouldn’t have anywhere to take my furs! Thank you so much! Can’t wait to see you again!

[@TadFrickert]

I agree 5 or so dollars for beaver is a joke. They aren't worth the work at 15.00 each

[@johnnymartin9795]

most fur trapping aint worth the work and the effort it takes but it is super fun if your not relying on the money. in most cases doesn't even pay for the fuel

[@billc3405]

Don't trap to many beaver let the market be hungry for fur. They drop the price 25% fur is to cheap

[@Trythis837]

The biggest problem with wild fur is that there isn't enough of it. The big manufacturers in asia are buying a billion dollars worth of mink a year and doing huge production runs with it. When they look at wild fur and see lots of 1000 similar raccoon here and there it isn't worth tooling up the factory. If we had 5 million raccoons they could make an industry out of it.

[@billc3405]

@Trythis837 well getting 5 million raccoons in the hay days of the fur market would be almost impossible of not impossible. 500,000 raccoon was the biggest collection ever at a international fur auction I believe. I was at that sale in person

[@Trythis837]

@ well China puts out about 50 million pelts a year of mink, fox and raccoon dog. The fur industry is absolutely booming. If we want to compete with ranch fur we need the highest possible volume of a consistent product in order for it to be viable to make a run of garments big enough to supply their demand. They want to make a coat that they can sell 100,000 units of and to do that they need 100s of thousands of pelts that look the same.

[@Trythis837]

@ by limiting supply you're rendering the fur basically useless to the commercial buyer and actually causing prices to crash.

[@billc3405]

@@Trythis837 with wild fur it has never been or worked that way. You have any idea how many pelts it takes to make 100,000 coat that all would look the same.

[@284Winchester]

Oh goodness. It’s about to get real now around here 😂

[@Scott-n5j]

Going to be around the port Jervis area of NY

[@natureswildplayground]

Can’t wait to test out the beaver lure we made this year

[@chrisbeerstecher9608]

the prices don’t really seem like they favour the trapper. All that effort for a couple bucks a pelt.

[@mikepuckett8086]

Not going to trap beaver until the market comes back

[@noelking7215]

A beaver cowboy hat is 600 dollars up to about 1200 dollars. Seems like somebody is making money, but it ain't the guy w/leaky waders and an aching back.

[@billc3405]

@@noelking7215 well said

[@bumpkinrocks]

There really seems no point with the low prices.

[@oldadthomas]

Thank you

[@eefbhoff]

Golly-- the main question is what is the price for beaver ?

[@sylaskrezel6048]

Greetings from Poland 🙏

[@gaylekuchta7619]

What is a green beaver? Unprocessed just skinned?

[@frez777]

correct

[@danewinge9164]

We want longer and more buying videos.

[@noelryan7943]

Any plans to come up to Maine?

[@GFWmarket]

No plans for this season.

[@goldfalconoutdoors4325]

I sold 3 blanket beaver this fall for $18. They were non target catches and not prime. We’ll see what I get come spring I guess. I usually catch around 75 of the. Last year was a $32 average. I don’t see that this year. Lucky because we got a great muskrat population and I can make money on a $3 average but not a lot

[@frez777]

I heard squirrels were getting $5 each!!!!

[@pensnut08]

I got a lake full, but the closest stop to me here in GA is 4 hours away.....

[@gaylekuchta7619]

re you looking to have the ponds 🦫 beavers trapped ?

[@lylefrost1996]

why dont you ever go to maine?. we have great beaver up here

[@BamBam_Sportscards]

Do y’all ever come to Mississippi?

[@jasonteebo1437]

Whats the price looking like ciz from everything ive seen ots about half of last yr

[@Bonepile-q5v]

Just like ginseng. The harvester gets screwed over real good so the buyer can get rich. This guy is an obvious crook.

[@Jak1481]

When and where do you come to Michigan

[@Raised-Right]

The routes are on their website

[@jefffilloon4766]

Great video. Thank you Gary for letting me film in Bath New York. It has been watched a ton. Keep fur alive

[@roberthealeyjr8151]

See you in port j. Ny

[@GKSox]

Sure .... trap beaver hard he says ... so GFW can cut the price another 30% as they already have !! What happened to "the buyers warehouse is full and that main buyer is only buying a limited amount of only 2XL size beaver ??? I've sold you nearly 300 beaver in the past 2 years ... and cutting the price over 30% is just unfair ! Waiting for your reply.

[@loneranger8293]

Sell tp FHA if you can. Better price.

[@colinhautala6274]

Better off tanning them and selling them that way or making gloves/hats out of them the prices they are giving makes it seem like there not worth much. I wondering what they make off each of them

[@frez777]

not much, which is insane.

[@gregreinhart5928]

Beaver put up at Iowa averaged 9 bucks.

[@pyroheep7497]

Sad,lotta work from beginning to end with them.Trapper for most of my life.A guy should be able to make enough to pay expenses and alittle extra.Im thinking fur may come back alittle but the stockpiles need to get cleared out.

[@frez777]

@@pyroheep7497 no market for it these days. They'd rather use plastic fur, made from oil

[@eduffy4937]

Hold out, starve the market. Get paid later.

[@dennisdial7872]

Not worth it

[@charlesviner1565]

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