Thread: The Oldies possum trapping 2021

Only if you stand to close to the plucking machine.

well back when I was young dumb and full of c%* I helped a mate skin out 600......that was a marathon effort,and the carrying of pack is another consideration....you can only fit and carry so many before you need to dump them at vechille AWAY FROM FLIES and go back to carry on....some guys got speeds in 15-20 second area,speed skinning from rear...I was between 30-45 seconds...round up to minute with big redneck greys included.....can still do it,just not as many LOL.hobnail boots were awesome as would grip the little huas feet allowing decent pull on skin.
My family survived some tough times by the selling of possum pelts.....Kinleith pulp n paper mill on strike for couple of months is one that comes to mind....a man has to pay the bills and feed the family...my self ,I payed my own way through highschool with possum skins,they were averaging $6 green then so was easy money.

120 traps set today, I can hear some chains rattling already. Watch this space tomorrow.

@berg243 have you ever seen the wee lollie bags stapled to trees with oddfellow lollies in them?????

Boy... we know we aint 47 today, even tho we may look it. Tahi

Shit they are pretty hard to count on the back of that ute. How many you end up with @BeeMan looks like a good haul

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quick there is one in bottom of the photo that has escaped with its fur...strange ginger one...

Good effort there team,enjoy yr rewards.

71 @kukuwai, even more tomorrow tho, had the most traps we have ever had sprung. 1 bloody cunning possum running around with a stick setting them off Hahaha didn't even see that ginger bastard Micky Duck, hanging around for a feed.

Plucking update for Wednesday remember the bad barkbiting tree, this is it. Todays tally.

Trichosurus-Vulpecula

Cute little sod eh??

Only used to find them dead as a do do, heaped on top of each other, when using cyanide. back in the 70's

End of the week. Dog tired. The block. . The end

Great effort you old fellas

Interesting the fur pricing you are getting from Dawson's. Here is a copy of a text i got from Basically Bush a few weeks back...

buying fur tomorrow Friday 12noon until 1pm. $85kg hand plucked and $90kg machine plucked.

They told me they prefer the machine plucked as its easier to blend?

What are you getting for the bodies out of interest?

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Great effort you old fellas

Interesting the fur pricing you are getting from Dawson's. Here is a copy of a text i got from Basically Bush a few weeks back...

buying fur tomorrow Friday 12noon until 1pm. $85kg hand plucked and $90kg machine plucked.

They told me they prefer the machine plucked as its easier to blend?

What are you getting for the bodies out of interest?

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$2-20kg