Selling Coyote Pelts in NW Nevada.....Looking for Leads

[MoneyWaster]

I’m currently living in the Reno/Sparks area of Northern Nevada and am interested in getting into coyote hunting next winter. What I don’t know is where I can sell skinned/processed pelts. I grew up trapping foxes, coons, muskrats and mink I’m Western PA, so I know how to process a pelt for sale. What I don’t know is who in this area purchases hides. If anyone has a lead, please let me know.

Thanks,

Lou

 

[DirtySteve]

Check to see if your state has a trapping association. They may have a FB page where you can post the question.. Montana has a trapping page and a Extreme Hunting and fishing pages that are good for such info..

 

[shb]

I’m currently living in the Reno/Sparks area of Northern Nevada and am interested in getting into coyote hunting next winter. What I don’t know is where I can sell skinned/processed pelts. I grew up trapping foxes, coons, muskrats and mink I’m Western PA, so I know how to process a pelt for sale. What I don’t know is who in this area purchases hides. If anyone has a lead, please let me know.

Thanks,

Lou

No local fur buyers in that area that I know of. Theres a nice sale usually the 3rd or 4th weekend of Feb in Fallon.

get on the Nevada trappers association website for more info.

 

[MoneyWaster]

Thanks for the leads guys. I appreciate it.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Try FHA(Fur Harvesters Auction) in Canada. They send representative to pick up fur in many states but I am not sure about Nevada. They get the best price for your fur but it comes with costs like shipping charges and commissions. The next auction is later this month so you may see the auction results on their website soon after.
Due to corona virus this auction is postponed until May.

 

[Monte F]

You do need a trapping license in NV to sell the pelts, a general hunting license is not required however. No license is required to hunt them and leave them were they lie. I can check with a friend who traps if there is a market here for the pelts.

 

[MoneyWaster]

You do need a trapping license in NV to sell the pelts, a general hunting license is not required however. No license is required to hunt them and leave them were they lie. I can check with a friend who traps if there is a market here for the pelts.

Thanks for the info Monte. I appreciate it.

 

[Monte F]

Got the answer from the trapper I know. $75. for a good one during the high. After expenses you make about $5.00 an hour, not even minimum wage. I think you would be doing this as a hobby!

 

[AWS]

Actually hunting is the Hobby, putting up fur is the Work and making $40- $75/hour isn't bad. It will sure pay for the gas for your Hobby.

I never could understand leaving $50-$100 laying on the ground. But then I was a trapper before becoming a predator hunter.

 

[MoneyWaster]

Actually hunting is the Hobby, putting up fur is the Work and making $40- $75/hour isn't bad. It will sure pay for the gas for your Hobby.

I never could understand leaving $50-$100 laying on the ground. But then I was a trapper before becoming a predator hunter.

AWS,

I grew up trapping as well. I just can’t kill an animal to leave it lying on the ground when there is money to be made. If it weren’t for the ability to harvest the fur, I wouldn’t even bother shooting them.

 

[vbirddogs]

What are the steps you go through to prep a pelt for a buyer? Do you need to flesh them out and salt them, or just clean them and let them dry? I've heard some buyers do like you to flesh them out because they have their own process of doing this? I've killed 42 this, year and I really want to start selling these pelts. Some of them are absolutely gorgeous. I live in CA and I've heard that the West Coast pelts are the most desired.

 

[MoneyWaster]

What are the steps you go through to prep a pelt for a buyer? Do you need to flesh them out and salt them, or just clean them and let them dry? I've heard some buyers do like you to flesh them out because they have their own process of doing this? I've killed 42 this, year and I really want to start selling these pelts. Some of them are absolutely gorgeous. I live in CA and I've heard that the West Coast pelts are the most desired.

I haven’t sold fur since the late 80’s, but back when I trapped you always got more for the pelts if you fleshed them and then put them on stretchers to dry. Maybe it’s different now. I don’t know.

Lou

 

[AWS]

To sell pelts at auction or hold them to sell them you pretty much have to prep them. Cleaning, fleshing and stretching. The better your pelts look the more money they are worth. There are a number of tutorials available to show you how it is done. Also there are shapes that the fur buyers want that's why there are dimensions for stretchers.

I just built a fur shed(just a tarp over a frame alongside the garage, when I was living in a tent I had a tipi that served as a fur shed up in WI. The past few years I've fleshed out in the field and just hung my pelts in the trees out here on the desert as my pelts were going to the tannery instead of auction. I'm going to start sewing fur.

We were using the trailer for a fur shed. These are going to the tannery so aren't cleaned

Fleshing out in the field

Basic pelting equipment

 

[AWS]

Ran out of space.

Different types of coyote stretchers, the wood one on the right is too narrow it is just for tannery stuff.

 

[vbirddogs]

To sell pelts at auction or hold them to sell them you pretty much have to prep them. Cleaning, fleshing and stretching. The better your pelts look the more money they are worth. There are a number of tutorials available to show you how it is done. Also there are shapes that the fur buyers want that's why there are dimensions for stretchers.

I just built a fur shed(just a tarp over a frame alongside the garage, when I was living in a tent I had a tipi that served as a fur shed up in WI. The past few years I've fleshed out in the field and just hung my pelts in the trees out here on the desert as my pelts were going to the tannery instead of auction. I'm going to start sewing fur.

We were using the trailer for a fur shed. These are going to the tannery so aren't cleaned

Fleshing out in the field

Basic pelting equipment

So, you don't salt them? Do you split the tails all the way or just part of the way and then strip them?

 

[AWS]

I slit the tail all the way. Strip it while skinning and then run a tail slitter down them if you don't the tail will rot, stink and the fur fall off.

The tail slitters are the red/pink tools in the picture, easy to use as they fallow the tail nicely.

 

[A_Gamehog]

I trapped for years, in the 70's-80's. Most fir on the west coast was sold at fir auctions held monthly. The main players back then were:
Gary Schroder from Moscow Hide and fir. https://www.hideandfur.com/ 208-882-0601
H.E. Goldberg out of Anchorage Alaska. www.hegoldbergfir.com
Call and find out where they have their next sale, or schedule a trip to your location. Most trapping associations are your best source of info on scheduled sales.

Here is your local trapping association and Fir Sale Schedules

http://www.nvtrappers.org/fur-sales.html

 

[wwbrown]

So, you don't salt them? Do you split the tails all the way or just part of the way and then strip them?

Do not salt any furs you intend on selling to a fur buyer, I should add that you can salt deer hides.

Freeze the furs if you do not know how to handle the fur properly. Do not roll the fur up in a ball and put in the freezer as the fur may insulate the center of the ball enough to delay its freezing to a point where the fur slips. You can freeze the unskinned carcass if you don't want to skin or don't know how to properly skin.

Thaw all furs before you take them to a fur buyer, it is not possible to fully determine condition and size of frozen furs/carcasses.

 

[TAJ45]

I enjoyed this thread. Never having any experience with furs, I found this enlightening awa interesting.

 

[boltfluter]

I used to sell my hides to NAFA in Canada and did quite well over the years. They have a world wide market.

Paul