Trapper & Predator Caller

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There are many ways that trappers can sell their fur. Some trappers sell their catches in the round and others only skin it and sell it green. But to truly get the most money for your fur the best method is to stretch and dry it before selling. It’s

Trapper & Predator Caller

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The biggest bulk of the fur in North America is harvested in November and December, but most commercial fur seasons usually run into January and February. But, November and December are the biggest months, so by now you can say that most of what will

SHOWDETAILS PARIS LONDON

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PARIS March 4, 2018 Givenchy has joined the faux fur ‘movement’, confirming that moving away from animal fur is not just a passing trend but an important stance throughout the fashion industry. Clare Waight Keller’s new collection opened with a serie

Trapper & Predator Caller

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If you have followed this market report for a while, you are well aware of how tough the conditions have been in the fur world. After a spectacular year in 2013, with record prices for almost every species we trap, we began a descent caused in great

Trapper & Predator Caller

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Porcupines don’t really attract much attention from trappers, they aren’t at the top of many lists of species to pursue. But, there is a surprisingly strong market for the long hair found along their backs, for their quills, and to a lesser extent th

Los Angeles Times

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - New fur coats and mink shawls could soon face extinction in California. State lawmakers in the Assembly on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would outlaw new items made from the fur of undomesticated animals, incl

Fashion Quarterly

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When Donatella Versace and Gucci’s Alessandro Michele declare a trend needs to end, the fashion world drops the offending item faster than it takes a runway model to change backstage. “Fur? I’m out of that,” Versace told The Economist’s 1843 magazine

Trapper & Predator Caller

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Nowadays most fur trappers do all of their own pelting, and for good reason. There’s pride in processing your catch, not to mention a better looking check, too. But, along with careful knife work there are other steps that count just as much and need

The Pastel Journal

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Step 1: When using a light-colored surface, I begin with an underpainting to block in the lights and the dark masses. This step can be done with either water-based ink or watercolor (adding rubbing alcohol for faster drying) or with pastel. Step 2:

ARCHAEOLOGY

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RECORDS OF VOYAGES TO South Georgia, and other islands in the South Seas, make clear that millions of fur-seal pelts were exported from these remote locations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. What became of these pelts once they were sold

Science Illustrated

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The sea otter has the densest fur of any animal. Every square centimetre of skin includes 140,000 hair follicles, making the fur 100% waterproof. In comparison, humans have 100 hair follicles per cm2. Black holes – extremely massive objects in space

SEW NEWS

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GET HOLIDAY READY WITH THE DECEMBER ’19/JANUARY ’20 ISSUE OF SEW NEWS. FROM CUTE SEWING-THEMED ORNAMENTS (OF COURSE!) TO FAUX FUR STOCKINGS TO HACKS FOR HOLIDAY PARTY LOOKS, THIS ISSUE IS PACKED! LOOK FOR IT ON NEWSSTANDS NOV. 12, 2019. ■

Outdoor Life

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THE GOAL OF ANY FUR-TAKING cartridge is simple. We want a round that will instantly incapacitate the animal we shoot with it while doing little or no damage to the pelt. On top of that, it should do that every time, on every animal. The reality isn’t

Trapper & Predator Caller

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With recent changes to the fur market, especially the closing of one of the largest and oldest auction houses in North America (North American Fur Auctions), trappers and predator hunters are looking for the best way to market their fur for the top d

Watercolor Artist

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one of the features shared by most mammal species is that their bodies are covered in structures known individually as hairs and collectively as fur. The furry coats of animals come in many different iterations—long or short; solid, spotted or stripe

SEW NEWS

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Nothing says fall like plaid, but this season try elevating the style (and warmth) of your look with a little touch of faux fur! A little goes a long way with this trend. Trim the collar and cuffs of your coat with some extra fuzzy fur, matching the

Literary Hub

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The first time I tried to meet Drew Reed, the most prolific beaver mover in the state of Wyoming, I was thwarted by a sick goat. Reed and I had made plans to rendezvous in Jackson, the tony resort town south of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Pa

SHOWDETAILS MILANO NEW YORK

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Whoever thinks that fashion is just about pretty dresses on the catwalk, needs to think again. The Milan shows said much about the current times. If we could have the intellectual honesty to overcome the cultural prejudice which the sector suffers fr

Muse

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Life at the Earth’s poles is brutally cold. Yet animals still make their homes there. How do they survive? “For us, really cold temperatures and ice and snow present challenging conditions, but for the animals that live there that’s exactly what they

Los Angeles Times

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Lily Costa paced the aisles of Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills, her long French acrylics stroking the pelts. Her son Zhivago was getting engaged. The family would cement his betrothal with a fur for the bride. The mink was

Trapper & Predator Caller

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Life is not easy in the fur world right now. Every auction season we keep thinking that we have hit the bottom of the barrel — only to realize that the market dropped again. Every time we keep thinking that things will turn around, and really, how mu

Woman's Weekly

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My faux fur coat is from Topshop. I’m really into creams, caramels and beiges at the moment, and loved the colour. My jumper is from Zara – my favourite store – and my black jeans and boots are also Topshop buys. My bag was a gift. My smile. I don’t

Pets Magazine

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This self-cleaning Slicker Brush has an easy to use push button slide that helps to lift the fur from the brush for easy cleaning. It also has a charcoal-infused head to help prevent the growth of bacteria. Throw in bristles designed to gently detang

Trapper & Predator Caller

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A slight wind of optimism blows over the fur trade right now, maybe the first warm wind after a long cold winter that has seen prices decline steadily since the exceptional boom year of 2013. Every year since, prices have declined more and more. If t

Muse

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Ever wondered why people have no fur to keep us warm? As a species, humans first developed in Africa, where our ancestors lived in tropical forests. Climate change that occurred more than five million years ago likely forced humans to adapt to living

NPR

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“The writing's on the wall for the end of fur,” says Kitty Block, Humane Society of the United States' CEO.

Trapper & Predator Caller

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“It’s difficult to turn a $300 bobcat into a $1,000 ‘cat, but it’s really easy to turn a $1,000 bobcat into a $300 bobcat!” These words have been spoken to me in various ways over the past several decades by some of my trapping mentors. Another golde

Harper's Bazaar Australia

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THE USE OF GENUINE FUR has long been the fashion industry’s most divisive conversation. Those ‘for’ will argue that the real deal is natural, biodegradable, sustainable and a $62 billion industry (according to the International Fur Federation in 2017

Hong Kong Tatler

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Before we look forward, let’s look back. How did your career begin? After fashion school, I worked for a couple of different designers, like Marc Jacobs in New York and Givenchy in Paris when Riccardo Tisci was there. Then I started my own company;

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles will become the biggest city in the United States to ban the sale of animal fur, under a new law backed Tuesday by the City Council. The new ordinance, which will go into effect in 2021, makes it illegal to sell, manufacture