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    more like 16/18 coons per kilo unless you caught kits. sorry VC didn't see ya post
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    12-16 to a kilo in winter coat here and that's being really slack on the plucking.

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    Shit u have some big coons. I even pluck the ball hairs and still only get 20 to the kg
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    Been doing it way before you were born, and I'm sure they haven't grown any bigger.
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    Been a while since i done it but i pretty much just plucked the back and down the outsides, couldnt be Buggered trying to pluck round the belly and inside legs for Bugger all.

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    don't go any where near the balls,,,,,, Eww
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    Quote Originally Posted by kreepy View Post
    hey there everyone.
    i was just wondering how much hand plucked fur is going for. iv just started me and a mate for some extra cash.
    and i am in the north doing it on some farms around us.
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    When I set some traps last I had quite a few that had been set off but only had a piece of fur left in them is there a way to stop or minimize this

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    Quote Originally Posted by southernredneck View Post
    When I set some traps last I had quite a few that had been set off but only had a piece of fur left in them is there a way to stop or minimize this
    pretty difficult to know without seeing how you set your traps, I used to have mine a hands width from the tree, and the chain side to the tree, start the flour bait about 15 inches off the ground above the trap, other than that I have no secret method. Out of probably 100 traps I might have had 3-4 sprung with no possum.
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    Cheers that for that oneshot I've been starting my flour about a hammers length above the trap I'll try moving them out from the tree this weekend and see how I get on

 

 

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