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Plore
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frank
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Posted - 12/05/2007 : 23:15:30
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Paul, that furharvesters.com is a great site. That is the site I got my skinning instructions from. It not only tells you how to skin a criter but it also gives you the sizes of the boards to use to put it up. This isnt much of a problem with muskrats as most people use wire strechers, but with the other criters it is best to put them on a board (mink are even sized different by sex).
I have to addmit that I have learned a lot this year. This is the first year I have put up a fur all the others I have sold in the round (whole criter). I have also learned that mink are some cagey little buggers. I have had them walk right up to my trap and not gotten them. I'm still trying though. I'm hoping my sucess will change this weekend on the mink.
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
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teamasc
Forum Admin
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 Posted - 12/06/2007 : 07:35:20
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Moved this out of the ASC Membership specific threads so any non-ASC member who happens through this board, can benefit from the info.
Todd Alexander
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talexander@team-asc.com
www.team-asc.com
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Plore
Junior Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2007 : 10:23:39
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Yea the whole thing has gotten my interest as well. Especially the Raccoons. I see where you can get $10-$30 for a fur. I know the landowner in Hillsdale has big problems with too many coons getting into his chicken coops, barns, etc. When he has time he said he'll go out and shoot 5-6 at a time. There's a couple fence lines that run to his barns and the coons travel that all the time. Bet you could clean up there on the coons.
Paul Lorenc
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B King
Administrator
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Posted - 12/06/2007 : 14:36:19
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I remember the good old days. After I graduated from HS I was on apprenticeship and going to college. Money was tight but coon hunting helped me make it. I made more at night, then I did with my full time day job at 50 hours a week. Of course this was a short season up north. If longer, I would have done well until fur prices dumped. I more then covered the cost of my Walker hound's food for the year.
Glad to hear the prices are coming up.
Bob King
ASC Out Of State Coordinator
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frank
Average Member
690 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2007 : 19:50:20
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Paul, the best I have heard of is about10-15 dollars for coon. I know when I got into coon hunting you where lucky to get 5-10 bucks and that was on a prime big boar coon. I'm hoping the weather breaks so I can catch some coon's.
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
(810)347-5292
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frank
Average Member
690 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2007 : 13:00:27
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Well guys, my catch so far has not been very good. I have caught 5 muskrats in 12 days of traps being in the water. I have 3 traps set for coyote/fox that I'm going to pull tomorrow 12-12. As of yet the mink have eluded me and my traps, I have learned that these little criters are not as easy to catch as it would seem.
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
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frank
Average Member
690 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2007 : 20:34:59
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Well I got a nice suprize when I went to pull my traps today. I had caught a nice sized boar coon. I did find that I had lost 1 trap and had a critter get out of a different one. I'm not sure if the traps are firing early and not catching the animal or what is going on. As the ice was bear I could not tell what happend to the trap that I'm missing, it is wiered that the stake and all is gone and not just the trap. I looked in the sorounding area with no luck finding either the trap or the stake?
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
(810)347-5292
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wbaie
Junior Member
297 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2007 : 09:36:43
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frank
Average Member
690 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2007 : 18:40:04
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Still the 104 property but as of right now all my traps are sitting at my house. I havent decided if I'm going to place any traps over the weekend or not. I did notice a ton of rabbit tracks on unit A, on both the east and west sides of the unit in the woods. Willy I think if you where looking for a place to run your begaels (sp?) this would be a good place. If you decided to come up that way and don't mind some company give me a call, although I'm sure you hear that alot lol. Even if you don't call I'm sure you could find a ton of rabbits in this place the tracks where every whear, I didn't see any on monday when I was looking for them but I didn't have a dog with me. Any how if you go hunting good luck and have fun.
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
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Don Dolph
New Member
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Posted - 12/15/2007 : 21:14:38
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nice work Frank, I hope you get a few more coons, the birds & ducks will thank you
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frank
Average Member
690 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2007 : 22:07:29
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Folks, I have someone messing with my traps out on 104. "I DO NOT THINK IT IS A MEMBER" These people are acessing the property from the field by unit F. I have placed a sign on a log stuck in a snow bank untill I can get it into the ground. If your out there and see someone please get a lisince plate number for me. I believe they took a mink out of one of my traps. I have seen their tracks on 2 different days, the first day was sunday and then again today I seen their tracks. Today they checked my traps prior to me getting there I could see where they followed my tracks to each of my traps.
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
(810)347-5292
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B King
Administrator
333 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2007 : 22:09:21
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I would bet this person is also sneaking in and hunting.
Too bad you could not follow there tracks to where ever they live.
Bob King
ASC Out Of State Coordinator
bking@team-asc.com
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wbaie
Junior Member
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Posted - 12/19/2007 : 12:15:51
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B King
Administrator
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Posted - 12/19/2007 : 12:48:33
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He would just follow the tracks to the tree and steal it. If there was no snow that would work. He might even be doing it after dark. With snow all he has to do is follow the tracks.
Bob King
ASC Out Of State Coordinator
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frank
Average Member
690 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2007 : 17:32:11
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He is going in the the early afternoon. I seen him come out the first time he was there. He wasn't there today but if he comes back I hope to catch him.
Frank Manning
LandManager North/East
frank1968@tds.net
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