Thread: Possums

All you guys have been really helpful, thanks!
I know guys that know a lot of farmers, and I've contacted the doc incase I'm allowed to trap in a reserve closer to home.

So what parts of the possum should I pluck? Sniper mentioned that I shouldn't get too much belly fur, I'll only be plucking the belly a bit in the winter.
The head fur is definitely too short, but what about the tail? Is tail fur too thin or short?
I also want to make the most of the possum corpse. Apparently you can sell the carcass to have it made into fine cuisine in China or something. What else can I do to make a profit off the buggers, other than selling the fur?

Originally Posted by Pativis

All you guys have been really helpful, thanks!
I know guys that know a lot of farmers, and I've contacted the doc incase I'm allowed to trap in a reserve closer to home.

So what parts of the possum should I pluck? Sniper mentioned that I shouldn't get too much belly fur, I'll only be plucking the belly a bit in the winter.
The head fur is definitely too short, but what about the tail? Is tail fur too thin or short?
I also want to make the most of the possum corpse. Apparently you can sell the carcass to have it made into fine cuisine in China or something. What else can I do to make a profit off the buggers, other than selling the fur?

Sorry mate for sounding like an asshole here, but have you seen a possum before?

They are grubby buggers - piss, cum and lovely smelly sex gland stuff will ruin the fur on the belly. Oh and babies live inside the female's pouch - you need to pop it's head off/stand on it/kill it some other way after you've killed it's mother. The fur on the tail is coarse and tough.

Eat the carcass yourself if you're hungry enough...

I've never had a close look at one, I used to shoot them with a cousin at night when I was young.
Talking about the carcassess you saw on that walk, how many hunters do you reckon are like that? The cousin I mentioned almost got shot by a drunk with a gun who thought he was a deer walking down the road wearing a high vis jacket.

Originally Posted by Pativis

All you guys have been really helpful, thanks!
I know guys that know a lot of farmers, and I've contacted the doc incase I'm allowed to trap in a reserve closer to home.

So what parts of the possum should I pluck? Sniper mentioned that I shouldn't get too much belly fur, I'll only be plucking the belly a bit in the winter.
The head fur is definitely too short, but what about the tail? Is tail fur too thin or short?
I also want to make the most of the possum corpse. Apparently you can sell the carcass to have it made into fine cuisine in China or something. What else can I do to make a profit off the buggers, other than selling the fur?

if your doing this part time id just sell the fur mate.Fur buyers don't want fur under 10mm long ie belly fluff ,and tail fur is corse and easily picked up buy the buyer.theres farms all along the edge of willies out the back of upper hutt and up behind the haywards.thats close enough for a city slicker isn't it?.im guessing you need proof of TB free carcases id imagine to sell the meat.good luck.