Hi-Ho Hi-Ho It's off to market I go

[roninflag]

I bet coyotes from around alpine have some great fur. 

[cjl2010]

On 3/8/2019 at 4:56 PM, standman said:

I sold all my coyotes last week for $70 each. 

I don’t know anything about furs. What all is involved in going from a dead coyote to what you have there?

[PRDATR]

4 hours ago, cjl2010 said:

I don’t know anything about furs. What all is involved in going from a dead coyote to what you have there?

First thing is skinning.

 

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=AZOFXL3MJZHl-gT5gI7gCg&q=how+to+tube+out+a+coyote&oq=How+to+tube+out+a+coy&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0j0i22i30l2.1205.8662..11980...0.0..0.226.2388.11j10j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..35i39j0i131j0i22i10i30.az0F8pbfiK8#kpvalbx=1

[Delw]

1 hour ago, PRDATR said:

First thing is skinning.

 

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=AZOFXL3MJZHl-gT5gI7gCg&q=how+to+tube+out+a+coyote&oq=How+to+tube+out+a+coy&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0j0i22i30l2.1205.8662..11980...0.0..0.226.2388.11j10j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..35i39j0i131j0i22i10i30.az0F8pbfiK8#kpvalbx=1

Thanks for that link. he made it look simple

[PRDATR]

3 hours ago, Delw said:

Thanks for that link. he made it look simple

They are a bit stinky.

[photofool]

13 hours ago, PRDATR said:

They are a bit stinky.

Stinky is in the nose of the beholder

[brademan76]

So how did the auction go?

[photofool]

 

5 hours ago, brademan76 said:

So how did the auction go?

 About what I was hoping for ,an average of $50 each . The sale wasn't that great. A lot of the cats & coyotes the buyers wouldn't take. they were just buying 

the best. A lot of disappointed folks there.

[brademan76]

Interesting. Bummer that you didn't get a higher premium, but still nice to recoup a little for something you obviously enjoy.

[standman]

7 hours ago, brademan76 said:

So how did the auction go?

I took three cats to the sale. Didn’t sell one, had a much higher offer from someone not at the sale, sold the other two for $900 and $820.  Good stuff sold really well.  Fur that was below average didn’t sell well at all.  

[standman]

[CatfishKev]

Was the below average stuff that didnt sell just poor specimens or due to inferior processing?

[standman]

3 minutes ago, CatfishKev said:

Was the below average stuff that didnt sell just poor specimens or due to inferior processing?

Some of both.  Poor furred animals will not sell at all.  Just can’t make a bad animal look good no matter what.  Good fur that is poorly put up still sells, but not as good as if it was showed off as good as it could be. 

[brademan76]

23 minutes ago, standman said:

I took three cats to the sale. Didn’t sell one, had a much higher offer from someone not at the sale, sold the other two for $900 and $820.  Good stuff sold really well.  Fur that was below average didn’t sell well at all.  

Wow, I had no idea bobcats down here brought that much.

[standman]

Just now, brademan76 said:

Wow, I had no idea bobcats down here brought that much.

Desert cats usually don’t.  They just don’t get the heavy longer fur like a flagstaff, rim, or white mountain cat. Desert cats need to be taken in late December and January to reach their full potential.  They can bring pretty good money. An earlier taken desert cat is too flat and short of hair, therefore worth very little.  There are other factors also with all cats that make a difference.  The wider and whiter the belly with clear black spots is what you want. Also a $50 average on Arizona coyotes is pretty darn good. 

Here are the three cats that I took up there...

the one on the right I didn’t sell. As you can see it doesn’t have the whitest belly.