alaskanwhtail
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I was strolling through my photo gallery and thought I hadn't shared these photos with ya'll, the one of the auction is from my brother's gallery.
A few pics
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alaskanwhtail
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Guess his score, remember its from rundown farm country ,New York.
Justhunt87
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a solid 155 non-typical
Shoot2Kill
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Supertec...
I too live in Alaska. Every year there is an event in February called the Fur Rondevous held in Anchorage. There is always a fur and antler auction that has raw and tanned furs for sale as well as lots of moose and caribou antlers that have been confiscated by fish and game. The furs are bought from trappers I believe. I'm not sure what the raw furs sell for (including bear hides) but the tanned furs are pretty reasonable. There is about every kind of fox on the planet, lots of wolves, coyotes, wolverines..etc. The fox are pretty reasonable..60-100 bucks for average, but the wolverines and wolves start the bidding around 3-400 and end around 600. It just all depends on the quality of the hide.
The antlers are never very reasonable for the average guy to buy because of all the horn carvers up here. They buy antlers and tripple the price on them once they work their magic with their carving skills and they deserve every dime they make from them. Some of the carvings are unbelievable. Anyway, it's illegel to sell moose or caribou racks with the skull intact, so all antlers are sold split. Most nice moose racks are at least 3-400 bucks, with larger racks going for 600 and up. There is a huge market for antlers up here.
I found 14 moose sheds last spring...5 of them were from at least 60 inch bulls, and the rest were just average. I had a carver offer me 2 grand for all of them, but I couldn't part with them. You could make a lot of money up here if you were a die hard moose shed hunter!!
I too live in Alaska. Every year there is an event in February called the Fur Rondevous held in Anchorage. There is always a fur and antler auction that has raw and tanned furs for sale as well as lots of moose and caribou antlers that have been confiscated by fish and game. The furs are bought from trappers I believe. I'm not sure what the raw furs sell for (including bear hides) but the tanned furs are pretty reasonable. There is about every kind of fox on the planet, lots of wolves, coyotes, wolverines..etc. The fox are pretty reasonable..60-100 bucks for average, but the wolverines and wolves start the bidding around 3-400 and end around 600. It just all depends on the quality of the hide.
The antlers are never very reasonable for the average guy to buy because of all the horn carvers up here. They buy antlers and tripple the price on them once they work their magic with their carving skills and they deserve every dime they make from them. Some of the carvings are unbelievable. Anyway, it's illegel to sell moose or caribou racks with the skull intact, so all antlers are sold split. Most nice moose racks are at least 3-400 bucks, with larger racks going for 600 and up. There is a huge market for antlers up here.
I found 14 moose sheds last spring...5 of them were from at least 60 inch bulls, and the rest were just average. I had a carver offer me 2 grand for all of them, but I couldn't part with them. You could make a lot of money up here if you were a die hard moose shed hunter!!
alaskanwhtail
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This auction was held right in Fairbanks. It is the most anoying place I've been too. "I hearfivefityfivenity nity nity nity iear onefity. I could only stand it for like 35 minutes.
Shoot2kill nailed it, Supertec. Caribou also go for the high price as well, as there cut up into sections and carved into eagles. Pretty awesome stuff, to say the least. An exceptional wolf hide will go to 900.
Shoot2kill nailed it, Supertec. Caribou also go for the high price as well, as there cut up into sections and carved into eagles. Pretty awesome stuff, to say the least. An exceptional wolf hide will go to 900.
Shoot2Kill
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Alaskan...yeah, that's how the auctions go down here too. I think one of the auctioneers down here has half a brain. He starts the bidding at rediculous prices and never gets it up to where he started once the bidding is over. It's amazing to see the differnt kind of people that those things bring out. What time of year is that auction up your way?