Yukon Mike
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End of season picture from yesterday. Trapping wolves in volume is not a one man show, so to catch this many (and 5 more were salted and boxed) there is Trapper Steve, two assistants to keep up the bait piles, and I'm the skinner. He caught almost all of them in January when it was the coldest. Once it warmed up, the baits weren't as attractive. The lynx and wolverine were incidentals, the coyotes I shot. There was a big auction on the 26th offering about 900 wolves, average price was about $150. Yikes . Last year was not great for fur prices on anything but coyotes really, so it will be interesting to see what these wolves bring.
Mike
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