Thread: Marten hunting
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Old 01-20-2022, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by KGB View Post
Martin has a very valuable fur, in Russia they make winter coats, winter hats and collars out of it. The hunters used to shoot it in the eye to preserve the fur, only few really good hunters were good at getting martens… My grandma was born in Siberia, I remember her telling me that.
Ahh, I knew about the value of the fur, was wondering why shoot and not trap. If you can shoot in the eye I guess that works too!
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