Author Topic: opossums (Read 578 times)

.17HMR · « **on:** October 12, 2005, 10:02:00 AM »

Are the opossums and skunks going to be worth anything. Because I like to take all my catches but I dont really want to take the time to put the fur up if their not worth anything.

cotton jonas · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2005, 06:57:14 AM »

there is good money in skunks fur aint selling bad and the quill is doing real good for trading for lure or supplys.
i am gonna catch it for this but possums aint worth skinning i toss em

Bogmaster · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2005, 09:42:37 AM »

Shame,Shame,Tony---you are headed for Hades in a handbasket.
17 check with your local buyer.Last time I trapped in Missouri,the buyer was paying a buck a possum,on the hoof.
Some have done much better with them on auction.
Tom

cotton jonas · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2005, 02:59:20 AM »

i know a guy here that put all his big grinners last season and shipped em to FHA thinking it would help with gas money lol he got .50 cents for the best ones he had

fishdaddy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2005, 01:11:02 PM »

i sold possum on carcuss in ohio last year 1.50 for the big ones im skinning them this year.

fish.

jim-NE · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2005, 03:06:38 PM »

Seems like most seasons for me skinning and putting up possums netted me about the same cash that rats did, and I rarely pitched a rat just because they weren't worth much. I sold a lot of stretch rats for < $1.00 for several years, and possums brought me about the same or a bit more if I put them up.
Possums take a bit of finesse with the scraper as they seem to be just about the thinnest skinned critter I put up, but once you get the hang of it they certainly don't take much time or effort. I'd much rather gently push off some possum fat than break my back on a tough old beaver or coon. They certainly aren't as easy to put up as rats are, either.
But, for the effort they generally net me a decent return.
Also, historically it seems like I received much more for a large silver than I did a black one. Smalls and kits were worth basically nothing no matter what color they were.
Is this somewhat true for the rest of you from other regions?
Jim-NE

muslmutt · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2005, 08:17:30 AM »

A couple years ago I found a coon hunter that did all of my skinning for me. The deal was he got all the opossums I caught(37 grinners that year). Best deal I ever made. He wouldn't do the yotes though.