October is a good month for planning your trapping season, so make plans to have fun and catch some prime fur. With cautious optimism, we should continue to see our markets slowly recover, and with a bit of luck, some fur animals will advance in price. [Read More]
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Fur Market Report Summer 2024: Cautious Optimism As We Plan for Fall 2024
Probably the most important wild fur sale of 2024 happened just a few months ago in North Bay, Canada, on March 22 to 24. Considered “extremely successful” by Fur Harvesters Auction Inc., the major points were increases in prices for most wild fur species except coyote and red fox. [Read More]
Fur Market Report April-May 2024: Subtle Changes Noticed in Fur Trapping This Spring
The talk around the watering hole lately has been about a few fur items selling particularly well, along with gear, lures and other items. Our fur market expert dives into all of the details here. [Read More]
Fur Market Report January 2024: What Will the New Year Bring?
The late date of the 2024 Chinese New Year is giving us a chance, COVID is almost a thing of the past now, and there is reason for cautious optimism on the fur market. [Read More]
Fur Market Report December 2023: Prices to Keep in Mind This Season
It is always quiet on the fur market front when harvesting seasons are on. Most trappers are busy in the fields and forest chasing furbearers, and on the buying front, there is always a lull, a slow time in the trade. [Read More]
Fur Market Report November 2023: Prices to Expect As Trapping Season Begins
Beavers remain the safest bet for respectable fur market prices — and this is good news for a lot of trappers! [Read More]
Fur Market Report October 2023: Beavers Are Worth How Much?
Many trappers have been talking about beaver prices in the fur market. Small beavers, large beavers, damaged beavers, all selling at prices much higher than we have experienced in the past few years. [Read More]
Fur Market Report April-May 2023: COVID, War, China & Russia Continue to Influence
April and May are months of reflection and planning. Quality skins are the last ones to lose their value when the fur market dips, and the first one to regain it when markets recover, so a strategy aimed at quality is much better than one aimed at large numbers of sub-prime skins. [Read More]
Fur Market Report December 2022: Bobcats and Beavers Remain the Bright Spots for the Season
We will soon enter into another season of international fur auctions. We all hope that now that the COVID crisis is behind us, we will soon see the end of the Russian war, and that peace brings oil prices down — and fur markets up! [Read More]
Fur Market Report November 2022: Beavers and Taxidermy the Focus for 2022-2023
Fall is now in full swing and most trappers know what to expect market-wise. Times have been tough in terms of fur prices for many years now. Enjoy your time in the field — there is much more to trapping than just the profit! [Read More]
