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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 149049" data-attributes="member: 367">I miss the good old days of fur prices.&nbsp; My dad taught me when I was real young and then he gave me all his traps and quit trapping.&nbsp; &nbsp; There were a couple years I'm thinking 69-70 maybe when I sold a few rats for Christmas money for $ 6.25 and when I sold more later they were $ 7.50&nbsp; otherwise rats varied 3-5 bucks.&nbsp; &nbsp; A&nbsp; nice male mink would fetch $ 45 and they were abundant , Like Trapper62&nbsp; said Mink were easy to trap up in the hills,&nbsp; we have quite a few ponds and small creeks with open water .&nbsp; When trapping muskrats once in a while the mink would kill and start eating a trapped rat so set another trap in the house and catch the mink , I always thought that was a good trade.&nbsp; 10-12 mink was about normal and maybe a couple coons if I was lucky.&nbsp; &nbsp; My dad had farm rules , Let weasels and female mink loose that was always spooky and sometimes a 3 ring circus and always had to fetch a perfect stick for the job. .&nbsp;&nbsp; I ordered books from state library how to trap Coyotes and tried and tried never caught a coyote,&nbsp; only fox.&nbsp;&nbsp; Did all the trapping on the farm and hunted fox on the prairie.&nbsp; &nbsp; The local Dakota hide and fur , AKA Porter brothers&nbsp; fur buyer liked me , It was fun to wheel and deal on prices like I watched the old hillbillies do and I think he would jip them and pay a premium to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; FWIW,&nbsp; Back then I was told that Turtle Mountain mink were among the best mink in the world , don't know if it was true or not.- - - Updated - - -$ 100 bounty plus pelt money you might make a little spending money but that's about it .&nbsp;&nbsp; unless they lifted the law, and let you hunt&nbsp; with airplane&nbsp; I'd bet you could make some serious spending money.&nbsp; Uncle was a farmer so was my dad so on nice days thy would fox hunt , I don't know how many they would get a year but it was a lot .&nbsp; If I remember right they could carry 6 on the plane 3 on each side.&nbsp;&nbsp; When it was cold enough they didn't have to tie them just pull the wet tongue out and stick it on the plane .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 149049, member: 367"] I miss the good old days of fur prices. My dad taught me when I was real young and then he gave me all his traps and quit trapping. There were a couple years I'm thinking 69-70 maybe when I sold a few rats for Christmas money for $ 6.25 and when I sold more later they were $ 7.50 otherwise rats varied 3-5 bucks. A nice male mink would fetch $ 45 and they were abundant , Like Trapper62 said Mink were easy to trap up in the hills, we have quite a few ponds and small creeks with open water . When trapping muskrats once in a while the mink would kill and start eating a trapped rat so set another trap in the house and catch the mink , I always thought that was a good trade. 10-12 mink was about normal and maybe a couple coons if I was lucky. My dad had farm rules , Let weasels and female mink loose that was always spooky and sometimes a 3 ring circus and always had to fetch a perfect stick for the job. . I ordered books from state library how to trap Coyotes and tried and tried never caught a coyote, only fox. Did all the trapping on the farm and hunted fox on the prairie. The local Dakota hide and fur , AKA Porter brothers fur buyer liked me , It was fun to wheel and deal on prices like I watched the old hillbillies do and I think he would jip them and pay a premium to me. FWIW, Back then I was told that Turtle Mountain mink were among the best mink in the world , don't know if it was true or not. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] $ 100 bounty plus pelt money you might make a little spending money but that's about it . unless they lifted the law, and let you hunt with airplane I'd bet you could make some serious spending money. Uncle was a farmer so was my dad so on nice days thy would fox hunt , I don't know how many they would get a year but it was a lot . If I remember right they could carry 6 on the plane 3 on each side. When it was cold enough they didn't have to tie them just pull the wet tongue out and stick it on the plane . [/QUOTE]

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