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I was told the other day by my buddy that his fur buyer told me the reason the cat hides were so high this year was because its an election year and if obama or clinton wins they are eleminating the fur market completely. So there will not be anymore transporting furs over sees. Is this true is this country really coming to this?

have no idea if its true or not but with thse two democrats it really does not matter which one gets in if they do. Your gun rights, hunting rights, trapping rights....all out the window.

I don't think it's true. Those two would love to get rid of the fur market, but they won't because of what it would do to the animal population. They can have all the ideas they want, but they still have to answer to advisors. The Dept. of the Interior would not allow this because it would destroy entire ecosystems by throwing the numbers out of balance. Won't happen, but I will still vote Republican. Distemper, mange, and rabies would be a little more than just isolated insidents.

Spanky wrote:have no idea if its true or not but with thse two democrats it really does not matter which one gets in if they do. Your gun rights, hunting rights, trapping rights....all out the window.

My ass! Maybe yours... NOT mine!

Mason do you remember Claude Dallas?

He was a cat trapper.


Frog

if they really did try to get rid of the fur market the US would be loosing a lot of money the fur market is a multi million dollar market, not only would we the hunters and trappers get a kick in the gut so would the fashion industry i would hope they wouldnt be that dumb to do that but with them who knows

hey Frog. did you here he got out of prison? lol. and he was just right up the country from me.

And I heard that fur went up because the market with china opened back us or something.
Josh

Arkansas Frog wrote:Mason do you remember Claude Dallas?

He was a cat trapper.


Frog

Damn straight brother!

Josh Kunde wrote:hey Frog. did you here he got out of prison? lol. and he was just right up the country from me.

And I heard that fur went up because the market with china opened back us or something.
Josh

i remember in 78 when furs that yr helped me get a new toyota 4x4 landcruzzer I for 2 1/2 yrs I had saved my fur moneys and from pacific fur & wool who gave me top dollar in sacramento ca. trapper/hunters was sellen and japan was buyen from the usa furriers at record prices ! but in 79 wered all the coon and cat and gray fox go in the sacramento river valley/san joaquine valley an pacific coast range mtns an even in some parts of the high sierria nevada mtns ? Oh furries shiped em out over seas ! Its hard too make a young dog if ya kill of all the game he could be runnen but now can`t cause everbody got a piece of the pie ! It learned me a lesson a hard lesson.

jack

Hunting and trapping is a multi-billion dollar a year industry, and if anyone thinks any politician, regardless of party, be it republican or democrat is going to take all that revenue away, than you need to wake up because you are dreaming.

You are right. You know what you spend on your hunting supplies and then you know what you spend on your hounds.

Hunting and trapping may be a multi-million dollar industry, but look what happened in Washington State-" No bobcat hunting with hounds and no trapping with body gripping traps". A guy better enjoy it while he has it!

Personally I think the cat hides went so high this year because of the weather.. I didn't go to the sale, but heard there weren't half the cat there this year that there normally are.. Just what I think...

The fur buyer here said the high prices were weather related. with the big snows in Nevada and Utah the total harvest of western cats was less then half of average. And that the fur houses had a standing order for cats. This let the fur buyers buy the bobcats for a higher price they knew they could sell them no gambling on there part. This seems to ring more true to me then all the rest of that BS. dgarrett

Personally I think the cat hides went so high this year because of the weather..

The fur buyer here said the high prices were weather related.

I find more common sence in those two comments then believing that its politically motivated.