Rocky65 6 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'm from American and just joined here. I do a lot of trapping: mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, bocat, fox, coyote, possum. We trap these to sell the fur or to reduce varmint problems. I'm curious how common trapping is over there and is there a lot of it done for the purpose of selling fur. If so, what are some examples of prices paid for particular furs? Quote Link to post
mole trapper 1,646 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Far too politically correct over here to sell fur, we used to get great money for Fox uni early eighties, then it died a death because of the antis. Quote Link to post
CharlieSlade 14 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 It is predominantly done for reduction of foxes, rabbits, squirrels, rats, hares and mice but with the rabbits and hares it is also done for the meat Quote Link to post
Rocky65 6 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 They usually won't let us trap or snare game animals such as rabbit and squirrels over here. Quote Link to post
nod 285 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Can trap as many rabbits and your squirrels as we like we don't want the grey squirrels they are killing our reds Quote Link to post
Rocky65 6 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Up until the 1970s we used to have almost all Grey squirrels in Illinois. Then the Fox squirrels began moving westward and crowding out the greys in the 1980s. Seems like the population has about balanced between the two over the past 20 years. Quote Link to post
EDDIE B 3,126 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I'm from American and just joined here. I do a lot of trapping: mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, bocat, fox, coyote, possum. We trap these to sell the fur or to reduce varmint problems. I'm curious how common trapping is over there and is there a lot of it done for the purpose of selling fur. If so, what are some examples of prices paid for particular furs? Welcome aboard Rocky65! I take it your trapping season starts soon, you must be looking forward to getting out, and setting some traps! There is no trapping season over here! As said already, most trapping done in this part of the world, is done to keep problem species in check! When it comes to gray and red squirrel, unfortunately there is no natural ballance occurring here, and red squirrel numbers are very low, and grays are everywhere! Therefore, we must trap gray squirrel all year round, to try and reduce numbers,! Or ideally, eradicate them altogether! No hope of that I'm afraid! Quote Link to post
Rocky65 6 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I'm from American and just joined here. I do a lot of trapping: mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, bocat, fox, coyote, possum. We trap these to sell the fur or to reduce varmint problems. I'm curious how common trapping is over there and is there a lot of it done for the purpose of selling fur. If so, what are some examples of prices paid for particular furs? Welcome aboard Rocky65! I take it your trapping season starts soon, you must be looking forward to getting out, and setting some traps! There is no trapping season over here! As said already, most trapping done in this part of the world, is done to keep problem species in check! When it comes to gray and red squirrel, unfortunately there is no natural ballance occurring here, and red squirrel numbers are very low, and grays are everywhere! Therefore, we must trap gray squirrel all year round, to try and reduce numbers,! Or ideally, eradicate them altogether! No hope of that I'm afraid! Thanks, its good to be here. Trapping season starts in about a week. However, they start the season a bit too early so I usually wait another week to make sure that the fur is fully prime. The prices are supposed to be starting low this year, so I'm not sure how much trapping i will be doing. Our fur market is supposed to be driven by demand in Russia and China. So, prices can fluctuate considerably. Last year Raccoons were as high as $25, muskrats were $10, and mink were $25. Much, much lower this year. But I love to do it enough that I will put out at least a few sets. 3 Quote Link to post
shropshire mole 190 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) Rocky, Hi and welcome Do you have to set your traps in a tunnel, natural or man made to protect non target species, or do you simply put traps up and catch whatever comes along? Do you have to check traps daily? Over here we check traps every 12 hours, legal requirements Is it correct that the Grey Squirrel is classed as Game in the US? Edited November 4, 2014 by shropshire mole Quote Link to post
lurchers 2,598 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Welcome mate but some people over here say the greys are killing the reds off but thats not true mate.the reds diet is pine cones and its down to our ignorance why the reds are dieing off as if there is any spare land ie connifers it is bulldosed and houses built thats why there is no reds.thats why there is more reds in scotland because of the forestry Quote Link to post
nod 285 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Shropshire mole that's not correct about checking traps every 12 hours 3 Quote Link to post
Mr Muddy 141 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Do you have to check traps daily? Over here we check traps every 12 hours, legal requirements What the?......When did that become a legal requirement? Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 So Lurchers, what's giving the Red Squirrel the pox then ? The same pox that the Grey Squirrel is immune to. Statements like yours are what's ignorant and is anti fodder. 2 Quote Link to post
pestie100 5 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I'm from American and just joined here. I do a lot of trapping: mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, bocat, fox, coyote, possum. We trap these to sell the fur or to reduce varmint problems. I'm curious how common trapping is over there and is there a lot of it done for the purpose of selling fur. If so, what are some examples of prices paid for particular furs? Welcome aboard Rocky65! I take it your trapping season starts soon, you must be looking forward to getting out, and setting some traps! There is no trapping season over here! As said already, most trapping done in this part of the world, is done to keep problem species in check! When it comes to gray and red squirrel, unfortunately there is no natural ballance occurring here, and red squirrel numbers are very low, and grays are everywhere! Therefore, we must trap gray squirrel all year round, to try and reduce numbers,! Or ideally, eradicate them altogether! No hope of that I'm afraid! Eradicate them altogether !!!!!!!! Jesus, I thought this was a pest control forum ?..? Why the hell would total eradication benefit anyone here ? Don't you like money ? Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Do you have to check traps daily? Over here we check traps every 12 hours, legal requirements Who on earth told you that? There is NO legal requirement to check traps every 12 hours in the UK. Quote Link to post
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