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#1419396 - Tue Nov 03 2009 02:44 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: speedstick]
OHaraTree OHaraTree old hand Registered: Tue Sep 25 2007 Posts: 850 Loc: Lacka.Cnty, PA	I hate to sound rude but 14 possums that bring $10 comes out to less than .75 cents a piece. I cant justify the time and effort for that kinda coin.
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#1419434 - Tue Nov 03 2009 02:59 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: OHaraTree]
OldMink OldMink Honored Registered: Thu Nov 08 2001 Posts: 5978 Loc: Middletown, Pa.	Quote: I hate to sound rude but 14 possums that bring $10 comes out to less than .75 cents a piece. I cant justify the time and effort for that kinda coin. Ah! Are you in it just for the money? _________________________ I trap mink because I don't know any better
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#1419513 - Tue Nov 03 2009 03:46 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: OldMink]
tundragriz tundragriz veteran Registered: Thu Nov 20 2008 Posts: 1297 Loc: Montrose, Pa.	For me, I don't skin'em, wish I didn't have to kill'em, but depending on the trap it may be a necessity, and I look at them just like groundhogs in the garden. They have to go for the sake of bringin in a bigger and better harvest. Don't skin or eat the groundhogs either and they have more than 75 cents of meat on them.. _________________________ Stand up and be counted, join an outdoor sports organization Life NRA,Life PTA,Annual SCI
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#1419564 - Tue Nov 03 2009 04:25 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: tundragriz]
trapper0829 trapper0829 apprentice Registered: Fri Aug 21 2009 Posts: 24 Loc: Slocum, Pa 4E	i let the little fellers go but last year i got between 1.50 and 4.00 for the average to biggins. dont know where some of you guys are gettin .75 cents from. they are most certainly worth skinnin _________________________ "Big shots are only little shots that kept on shooting"---Christopher Morley
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#1419653 - Tue Nov 03 2009 05:28 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: trapper0829]
foxtrapperwoman foxtrapperwoman Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: Fri Sep 20 2002 Posts: 3584 Loc: MD/PA line,below york co	I don't have hoards of possums here. I think most are killed on the roads or the little ones killed by people's dogs, before the season comes in LOL. In fact one of my dogs killed a momma possum and at least 3 still furless kits, this last summer. There were probably more kits but the dogs may have eaten them. Probably got full eating the other dozen kits LOL, that's why they left the 3 mutilated ones laying around. As to possums getting caught again if you let them go, I caught a huge old female last year down in the meadow. I let her go. A few weeks later I was checking the fox sets in the dark with a big flashlight shined down there and looked for eyes glowing. I saw several pairs of deer eyes LOL ( and these deer didn't step in my traps and fire them off too much either- such polite deer), and 1 pair of greenish eyes down real low and moving slow. I watched these for a while. I figured I would catch whatever it was later that night. But I didn't. It was either that big ol possum or a semi feral cat that has learned to avoid foxy stinking spots. I did not catch the possum again either for the whole rest of the season. I think some possums might actually remember things for a bit LOL. _________________________ rooster, the other Foxbait
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#1419681 - Tue Nov 03 2009 05:41 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: Bob Jamison]
corey22 corey22 Honored Registered: Mon Feb 09 2004 Posts: 6563 Loc: Lackawanna county, Pa	Skin em and sell em, you only get $2-3 for them but it adds up if you are getting them often. _________________________ Is it October yet???
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#1419750 - Tue Nov 03 2009 06:12 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: corey22]
creamed opossum creamed opossum On the board Registered: Wed May 20 2009 Posts: 201 Loc: perry	Why waste them by just killing them? Skin them
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#1419849 - Tue Nov 03 2009 06:48 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: Bob Jamison]
mink man mink man old hand Registered: Wed Aug 15 2007 Posts: 984 Loc: Cambria, 2c, 2e	EAT THEM!!
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#1420001 - Tue Nov 03 2009 07:39 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: mink man]
Nittany Lion Nittany Lion Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: Tue Jan 22 2002 Posts: 2747 Loc: Slim Gut, PA	If you catch them and put them down you should use them. _________________________ If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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#1420006 - Tue Nov 03 2009 07:41 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: OldMink]
OHaraTree OHaraTree old hand Registered: Tue Sep 25 2007 Posts: 850 Loc: Lacka.Cnty, PA	Originally Posted By: OldMink Quote: I hate to sound rude but 14 possums that bring $10 comes out to less than .75 cents a piece. I cant justify the time and effort for that kinda coin. Ah! Are you in it just for the money? No, not a matter of money at all for me. I make a fine living. It was mentioned earlier in the topic about being able to get 10 dollars for 14 possums. My take on it was that taking those animals home and skinning them was not worth it for me. I dont care for the look or texture of the fur. Based on the math that was laid out earlier in the topic, doesnt seem worth it for me to haul that animal home and skin it if I have no personal use for it and it has very little monetary value. As I understand things, coon fur is worth little at the moment. I will continue to trap them because regardless of their sale value, I will use them for some ideas I have in mind. Hopefully I have made my standpoint a little more clear oldmink. Edited by OHaraTree (Tue Nov 03 2009 07:42 PM)
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