Is there any value in coon furs

[FarmboyBill]

Im just wondering.

[fishhead]

Not yet but they will be once they prime up.

[Wolfy-hound]

I was recently pricing various furs online and raccoon furs tanned and ready for use are pretty pricy.

Of course, they did look like good heavy winter pelts, so waiting for the fur to be prime would probably help.

I don't know what the raw prices are, of course.

[farmerDale]

Where there are cold winters, the furs get very heavy and yes they have a fair value these days as the fur market has rebounded the last couple years...

Sale results for 2012 crop were in the 30 dollar range. This depends on where you are, as coons vary more than many other critters in fur quality based on region.

Wait until November for prime fur. At least here.

[uncle Will in In.]

There is a season when it is legal to hunt cooc. Some of the main fur buyers around here would rather buy the whole coon instead of the skin. They have them skinned by a man who knows how to get the best hides and sell the carcuses to a man from Chicago who loads them in his new Caddilac once a week and takes them there.
I have a friend who puts all he gets in a deep freeze until the season closes, then takes bids from fur buyers for the whole lot.
I've heard of people whole freeze roadkill coons until open season and sell them, but a good fur buyer can tell they don't have their winter coat, and pays very little for them.

[Usingmyrights]

I'm curious as well. I know about 5 years back buyers were paying $15 for a prime hide from FL. There was a local buyer for meat and a couple other parts got sent out to someone else. So $22-25 a coon depending on size. Then it went down to $5 a hide. The same guy sat on his hides at least one year, I think two, waiting for he market to go back up.

[DaleK]

http://www.furharvesters.com/results...e/june13us.pdf

[Badger]

They averaged $8.00 to $12.00 at last years Chandler Ok fur sale.

[edcopp]

It depends on how little ($) you are willing to work for.

[copperkid3]

I understand that to the coons

that formerly owned them,

there is a GREAT value to them.

[FarmboyBill]

And would be of more value IF they were bullet proof lol.

[rags57078]

They need to be prime , not full of holes another words dispatched right , if your going to skin the make sure you do it right , fleshed dried and boarded is another thing you want done right . One last thing most guys talk about their top dollar they get and not what they avg

[grasser]

We got $5 last winter for them.
This was the whole coon, not skinned.

[FarmboyBill]

who bought them?

[grasser]

A local fur buyer.
My father in law butchers deer and the guy that buys the deer hides would pick them up every few days. My 3 boys made a few bucks trapping a few coons we'd take over.
I'm sure if you ask around you'll find out who the local buyer is.

[Oldcountryboy]

Originally Posted by fishhead

Not yet but they will be once they prime up.

Yes, it's best to harvest coons here in Oklahoma in late December and Januari. Thats when they are fully prime for winter.

Originally Posted by farmerDale

Where there are cold winters, the furs get very heavy and yes they have a fair value these days as the fur market has rebounded the last couple years...

Sale results for 2012 crop were in the 30 dollar range. This depends on where you are, as coons vary more than many other critters in fur quality based on region.

Wait until November for prime fur. At least here.

Originally Posted by Badger

They averaged $8.00 to $12.00 at last years Chandler Ok fur sale.

Yep as farmerDale mentions, it depends on where you are. The northern states have better pricing on their hides cause they are more prime then ours down here in Oklahoma. Ours is considered as semi-heavy and usually only gets prices like what Badger has mentioned.

Also, the northern states trapping/hunting season starts a lot earlier then ours due to colder temperatures and they are usually already flooding the market with furs before our season down here has started. This drives the price down for us. However, they have passed a law that if you get written permission from the wild game department, you can over winter your hides and sell them early the next fur buying season as soon as it starts. This helps the fur harvesters here in Oklahoma to get better pricing on their hides.

[Shygal]

Originally Posted by copperkid3

I understand that to the coons

that formerly owned them,

there is a GREAT value to them.

LOL
I came on here to say the exact same thing. Now I'm really scared

[FarmboyBill]

Specially with winter coming on. Racoon coats were much in demand in the 20s

[TedH71]

Always wanted to own a raccoon coat. Where would I find one?

[FarmboyBill]

On a raccoon?