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Fox skins worth nothing.

#1 Post by tracker » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:18 am

Just a headsup for anyone who hunts foxes and sells the skins. I had a long convo this arvo with the main buyer of fox skins on the east coast. He has NO plans to buy ANY skins this year as the last big international auction in Copenhagen was a major dud. The best blue skins were getting US$6. He reckons it is PETA that is stuffing it all up. Me and my mate have nearly 1000 skins and it looks like they will be going to the tip this year. :(

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#2 Post by GrahameA » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:44 am

Mick

May I suggest you tan your skins and take them to a Medieval Festival. They were selling quite well on the weekend at the Abbey Medieval Festival.

Some had been turned into hats and I was tempted to buy one - centre section was tapestry and the rim was fur. Other had been made up into Davy Crockett caps - and were very popular with kids,
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#3 Post by longbowinfected » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:13 am

Not a bad way to at least get a return after all that work taking their birthday suits off......let alone putting up with the smell....memories....dad and my brother and I would always go out on a Saturday night and whistle up foxes. The really friendly people in the congregation moved out of the pews at church the next morning and let us take their seats...very quickly...funny that.

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#4 Post by tracker » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:00 pm

Thanks for that fellas, I never really thought I've tanning them and selling them as individual items.

Time to put the thinking cap on. A Davy Crocket thinking cap perhaps? :mrgreen:

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#5 Post by TomMcDonald » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:07 pm

tracker wrote:Thanks for that fellas, I never really thought I've tanning them and selling them as individual items.

Time to put the thinking cap on. A Davy Crocket thinking cap perhaps? :mrgreen:

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#6 Post by kerrille » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:06 pm

http://www.hidehandler.com/fur_quivers.htm this is what a yank dose with skins maybe itll give you a few idears he sells then over here and gets some serious dough for em.


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#7 Post by ichiban » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:48 pm

could always use em as string silencers and that sort of thing, how thick are the hides cause i may want some
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#8 Post by otis.drum » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:40 pm

tan them and keep them for another year. fox skins have always gone up and down.

some of the suggestions above would be great ways of getting rid of a few. i'd love to see some full fox back quivers where the arrows feed through the mouth like i think kerrille posted.
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#9 Post by matt61 » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:16 pm

Hi Tracker I have a recurve that has beaver fur string silencers and they work great,I was wondering if tanned fox skin would work as good and make a bit of market for the skins, how good would it be to shoot a fox with your bow with fox fur silencers in the string. :)
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#10 Post by tracker » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:47 pm

Some interesting ideas there.

I don't think turning them into 100,000 string silencers would impress my mate... lol.

Suggesting that we spend $25000 to have them tanned would make him shoot ME! :mrgreen:

My post was more about letting anyone else who actually tries to make money off them know what was going on at the moment.

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#11 Post by Blinkybill » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:59 pm

Hi Mick,
If you want to get rid of any, I'd gladly buy a few from you. Just let me know when. :)

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#12 Post by Jacob.Hogan » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:23 pm

Yeah, I'd buy a couple too probably...
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#13 Post by ole_silver » Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:47 pm

Hi tracker,

i would like to buy a few if they end up on the market mate..


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#14 Post by terryzac » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:35 pm

put me down for a few to if you go that way with them
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#15 Post by stringnstik » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:09 am

another idea for you.. rabbit fox same diff?
http://www.primitiveways.com/rabbit_skin_blanket.html

right I want 50 :lol
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#16 Post by Brett Finger » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:27 am

i use Artic Fox fur strips for string silencers, and it works a treat!
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Re: Fox skins worth nothing.

#17 Post by jedwards » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:50 pm

hi trackker
i remember when i was still at high school a mate and myself paid for a trip to tassie for the whole of the christmas holidays by selling fox skins.
we borrowed my uncles a5 browning shot gun get a loan of all the fox terriers in town and stick them in a scubby creek and shoot the fox's.
i think we were getting $20-25 a skin they were the good old day's
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#18 Post by ichiban » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:31 am

well if you guys have one or two that have been tanned etc i would be happy to get some pm me with price
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Re: Fox skins worth nothing.

#19 Post by Jeffro » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:12 am

id buy 10 off you for my mate who makes quivers and then more after that probably
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#20 Post by tracker » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:22 pm

To everyone who's mentioned in here or by PM that they'd like a few skins... just give me a little while please.

I'm in Thailand,till the middle of December at least, for work. As soon as I get back I'll thaw some out and dry them and let everyone know they are available.

Sorry for the delay.

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#21 Post by Coach » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:04 pm

tracker wrote:
I'm in Thailand,till the middle of December at least, for work.

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