This ironically takes place during the colder months, but as stated, temperature has less bearing on the process.Īs such, fur trappers (and those who utilize fur garments) get the most benefit (and value) from harvesting furbearing species at their peak primeness. While many believe this is triggered by cold weather, it is actually caused by a process known as photoperiodism defined as a physiological reaction to the amount of daylight in a 24 hour period. The animal’s fur reaches its peak when the fur is thickest and the hair is at the longest. The underfur is protected by hair (commonly referred to as guard hairs). A prime fur is a hide that has thick, dense “underfur” - a cottony layer beneath regular hair which insulates the animal during winter months. There are times of the year that animal hides hold value over other times, which is known as “primeness”.
Whether you plan to sell the hides to a prospective fur buyer, or keep and tan the hides for your own personal use, these basic points will assist with ensuring the resource you’ve taken is ethically utilized.įor the sake of brevity I’ll be focusing on coyotes - however the same basic rules apply to most fur-bearing predatory species commonly found in the United States. So, to address the “I shot it, now what do I do” inquisitive nature of social media, I’ve prepared some quick pointers on ensuring salvage and maximum usage of your hunting result. Fur trappers are the primary user-base for this practice, however, a resurgence in predator hunting coupled with public attitudes towards wanton waste of wildlife (from both non-hunters and the hunting/trapping communities) has prompted new popularity in fur handling activities from others in the broader hunting community. For those species that aren’t commonly hunted for human consumption, the usage of the animal’s hide and other remnants are recognized as an acceptable practice when properly regulated. I will say, as a sustainable-use supporter looking at this topic from an ethical hunting angle, if you are going to take the time to hunt, stalk and “take” a predator species - you should make every attempt to utilize the remains of that animal.įur handling is the process of removing a hunted animal’s hide for the usage of the fur pelt. The reality is that various segments of society attach different values to coyotes and other hunt-able predators. In contrast, a growing sector of the public is sensitive towards the hunting of predators - mostly steeped in a subsistence hunting mindset ( if you don’t eat it, you shouldn’t kill it, sort of thing). There is a large cross section of our North American society that feels there is a strong need to reduce abundant populations of predators for a myriad of reasons most of which with regard to impact on hunt-able game species, livestock protection, and safety concerns. Predator hunting, or sometimes lumped in as general “varmint hunting”, tends to elicit debate and criticism in many circles. With well over a decade of pelt handling experience as licensed trapper, I figured what better topic to discuss for our broader hunting community.
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Many hunters are eager to pursue various predatory species once the freezers are full, and while many are skilled in the art of hunting predators, they may not be as familiar with how to maximize the usage of their quarry.
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