Wolfdog91 6,271 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 So I'm just curious,anyone happen to make anything out of fur over there ,at least for personal use ? I know y'all arnt allowed to sell anything but always seems a real shame it just gets thrown away. Not really into wearing fur stuff myself but seems it could be used for something. I mean here even squirrel tails are used for various things. Anyway not saying anyone's right anyone's wrong just curious as usual. Thanks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Wolfdog91 said: So I'm just curious,anyone happen to make anything out of fur over there ,at least for personal use ? I know y'all arnt allowed to sell anything but always seems a real shame it just gets thrown away. Not really into wearing fur stuff myself but seems it could be used for something. I mean here even squirrel tails are used for various things. Anyway not saying anyone's right anyone's wrong just curious as usual. Thanks I heard @kingonce made a fur paragliding suit in the hope to blend in and catch a rabbit but his pet Presa locked on to him and proceeded to buck him half to death over the leather sofa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,892 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 I know a few old boys who tie their own fishing flies...they never refuse the odd hare mask, deer fur ,feathers...some of the older members used to make some money on the fox pelts yrs back... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLATTOP 3,676 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Lot of the scooter lads who are all mostly old now love a foxtail hanging off the back of their scooter. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,137 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 37 minutes ago, Daniel cain said: I know a few old boys who tie their own fishing flies...they never refuse the odd hare mask, deer fur ,feathers...some of the older members used to make some money on the fox pelts yrs back... Same here D C, still give a bit of fur and feather I find on my walks, to a few fly fishing lads I know. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 4,502 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Old fella I worked with as a kid had an old Brock pelt nailed to the inside of his fly tying shed door .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,182 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 48 minutes ago, Daniel cain said: I know a few old boys who tie their own fishing flies...they never refuse the odd hare mask, deer fur ,feathers...some of the older members used to make some money on the fox pelts yrs back... Thatd be moi too 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Here ye go, Wolfie. Maybe not quite what ye looking for. But, a glimpsed insight none the less. Prices for a few skins, at least. 1962 in england. Noticeable they don't even list fox. Wonder why? Skin & Feather Buyer ~ Early Sixties | Pest-Control-Papers PEST-CONTOL-PAPERS.BOARDS.NET https://s19.postimg.cc/mte6f9xjn/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, FLATTOP said: Lot of the scooter lads who are all mostly old now love a foxtail hanging off the back of their scooter. My sisters first husband had one on his biker leather jacket in the 80s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 3,179 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 I still sell squirrel tails and magpie wings. Its a shame actual pelts aren't worth anything though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,329 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 U.K. fur normally stars Ben Dover ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,276 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 9 hours ago, Tyla said: I still sell squirrel tails and magpie wings. Its a shame actual pelts aren't worth anything though Used to be jays wings back in the day along with squirrel tails and hares masks for the fly tiers, Fox pelts at £15/£25 each deer a ton a piece, rabbits 50p clean at the gamedealers or 25p bruised at the zoo, radio collars on Fox’s were £25 on top of the pelt and ear tags £5 each even trout used to fetch a £1 each round the pubs a weeks work on site would get me £50 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,881 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Last thing Britain's fox population needs is a value of their skins....would only give the rifle men a bigger incentive to do even more 'pest control innit mate.....' on dairy farms 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,276 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 36 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said: Last thing Britain's fox population needs is a value of their skins....would only give the rifle men a bigger incentive to do even more 'pest control innit mate.....' on dairy farms Wasn’t much value to them with holes in and guns were not really of any use for a urban hunter, used to mostly snare and lamp them with the dog, Bristol always had a huge urban population would be lamping in the middle of town in parks when everone else was pubbing and clubbing and snaring on school fences and round the perimeter fence if I was working on a building site, you could make big numbers without ever leaving the city 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,639 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 53 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said: Last thing Britain's fox population needs is a value of their skins....would only give the rifle men a bigger incentive to do even more 'pest control innit mate.....' on dairy farms I reckon it'd go the other way. They'd be forced to use small calibres and have to get much closer. It'd be too much like hard work even with thermal, and most would just not bother trying for the skins. It's not worth joining the badger cull for the shitty few quid a head that's offered, can't imagine the skins of anything in this country would ever make decent enough money to motivate anyone to make an effort beyond what they already are doing tbh. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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