Anyone here plucking possum fur? Is it still a thing? Have not heard of anyone doing it since the covid.
Got a few kilo's of hand plucked fur that I wouldn't mind selling. Had no response from my buyer.
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Anyone here plucking possum fur? Is it still a thing? Have not heard of anyone doing it since the covid.
Got a few kilo's of hand plucked fur that I wouldn't mind selling. Had no response from my buyer.
Try Stuart Bracegirdle Ingelwood Taranaki he was buying
still happening,price bounces between 80-110 $$$$ per kilo
Not much buying of hand plucked going on around here.
Basically bush fella reckons they want Machine plucked as they can blend it better?
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Yea but like everyone who plucks can afford to go out and buy a machine plucker just push the little ones out of the market
There is only one agent buying some hand plucked for a small market in the country that I am aware of.
Unfortunately not in the south island.
Hand plucked must be from greys not darks. Something to do with the dying process.
So what changed if that's all they buying I have 15kg of unusable fur atm
mate sold mixed color hand plucked less than month ago in Timaru....
Well there ya go,, awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Sounds like things are getting moving again.
Thanks guys for the info:thumbsup:
Sounds like the best days of the industry have passed, costs of fuel and ammo are up too. Oh well it was good while it lasted!
I'll contact the bloke in Inglewood.
Get an air rifle. Won't cure the fuel costs but will slash your ammo.
I'm paying just under $30 for 250 rounds of decent pellets. If was using .177 would be about the same for 500 pellets.
No impact effect mind.
Shots have to be well placed.
I took some wool into Taieri Wool & Skins yesterday, I asked the fella there about possum fur. He said they're paying $90/kg for hand plucked, but he reckoned machine plucked isn't worth anything at the moment, they won't pay for it. He does trapping and spotlighting on a private farm in milton in his spare time, reckons he got $550 from one weekend a fortnight ago. He said possums down here seem to have their winter coat already.
He reckons Taieri Wool & Skins are the main buyer for fiordland possum fur, so they get heaps of the stuff.
Mate sold hand plucked last week $100kg I don’t know who he sells to lives in mid Canterbury
rivers to ranges in rangoon are buying.
the skin tanning place in invercargill put a add out the other day looking to buy skins $15 to $18 for 1st and second grade .
Sold some h/p mixed colour yesterday. $75/ kg
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Pic from Basically Bush in Woodville today. $95 for hand plucked.
Just got home to find that the dog found my stash and redistributed it around my spare room. Silly me for leaving it in reach, but bloody funny all the same
North Canty Rivers to Ranges FB post today...
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getting there,but bloody cold out there tonight.
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Same here starting to make a dent on farm so good sized possums Attachment 226641
Anywhere in Otago/Southland buying
you could try the wool buyer in gore , sorry not sure which one it isQuote:
Originally Posted by Dama dama
but one of them was buying .
Ecofx advertising in todays paper wanting fluff.
$100 kg machine and hand plucked.
Skins$10-20
Ph 07 8738130
Will be a few people thinking about dusting off the traps., especially with interest rates increasing and recessions etcQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Skins as in dried or green? Thanks for the heads up.
Not sure sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
pissing down tonight,so Mrs Coon is just looking at the last fur jackets I took off her mates.
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anyone in the waikato?....
5 posts upQuote:
Originally Posted by BMF
Ecofx
$100 now at Basically Bush.
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Took a bit of fluff dwn there today.
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Got a break in the weather (at least tonight anyway) still blowing like a hooker though.Set a few traps oh the sheltered side of some trees up high on the river bank.
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Saw a few while setting the traps in the dark.
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Far out, business must be good when you get your own road sign.
Bit more fluff.
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The weather was better last night.
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Got a few in the traps this morning.
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Keep on coming.
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That bag is full.
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I have three full bread bags of fluff...,they'll be turned into cash soon....
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Bet the rain.
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How many possums to fill up a bread bag and how much weight do you get?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
