I trapped the first week again, not for the money, but to show my wifes younger brother and two cousins how its done.(they come all the way from Milwaukee) I ended up with 18 raccoons, 1 fox, 1 mink, 1 opossum, 1 muskrat,6 skunks, and 3 cats.
2 coon @ $20
4 coon @ $12
6 coon @ $7
2 coon @ $4
1 coon @$2
These prices were for unskinned coon. Last year they said they only dock $1 a piece for unskinned coons, so I'm not wasting my time.
I sold the first 15 coon I caught on the third day of the season because I had heard the prices were going to go down fast. Haven't heard what's happened in the last week or two.
I got $2.50 for the rat, $8 for the mink, skinned the fox and gave it to the wife's cousin because he's always wanted to get one tanned. They didn't want the skunks or the grinner and unlike Bonker, I released the cats unscathed.
It's fun, but it definitely cuts into the bowhunting time. I will probably only do it again next year if the in-law city slickers come back for trapping season. It's all they talk about at Thanksgiving and X-mas so I know they enjoy it.
My buddies dad sold over 200 coon after the first two day! He hits it pretty hard.