Beaver Effort 2022-23
So an uptick in beaver price and sharp increase in demand. I was told by a random guy with a medium size business that some Australian hatter outfit bought up most all the beaver on the June sale, aside from the handful of high end goods purchased by the high enders. Hopefully for the trappers this is the start of good times for beaver price, tho i doubt it cuz i think the hatter market is very limited on the price it can/will pay…. I mean the price they want to pay!
Heard that some guys were averaging around the $20 mark. I see a number of GFW videos with Guy and Gary actively promoting beaver harvest, a very easy sell for them at this juncture. My understanding is that this Australian hat company processes hats and felt in the same plant thereby putting their competition at a disadvantage, but the others must have their felt! When things get expensive at auction, it creates an instant desire of buyers to gonto the country to secure the goods they need. Ive had several people ask me to buy beaver for them, but i tell them i suspect it wont pay to drive around collecting beavers unless you are buying coyotes etc (if you had a market for them) unless beaver price goes to $50 or even more. Surely at $100 a beaver there would be mountains of beavers to buy. Obvously $20 a beaver are dirt cheap and $30 would still be as well. At $40 i think the CDN trapper will maybe go locate his traps and at $50 be willing to go trap a bunch. At $70 i think guys woukd be getting excited. Question, where are you at regarding effort per price?
Ok, at $40, there will be some production and at $50 maybe serious effort???
So in light of the increase in beaver price and demand, will you target beaver and produce them? Or still too low of price?
In the spare parts category, castor price is down some from what i hear, to sell carcasses you either need a walk in freezer like trapper mikey or you target in spring???
Side question…. what are the outfitters willing to pay for beaver carcasses? Perhaps deals could surely be made where you promise outfitter X fall/winter carcasses and X buys them as you produce and freezes them hisself???
There are other folks interested in beaver carcass, might be willing to pay more than the outfitters??? And other goodies to sell if you have the market. One guy i talked to is happily done with coyotes and is making $100 a beaver on his big beavers, spare parts all in.
Anyways, the big question… are you going to increase your beaver production over potentially a $5 ave increase? Will there be beaver to buy this year for the travelling buyers that like packing beaver?
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