Coyote price at NAFA

[Bullshop]

Yesterday was the final NAFA coyote auction for last seasons furs. They sold 107,000 coyotes in one day. Musta been like the Wall street stock exchange.
I had a dozen coyotes in the auction. I didn't do as good as I had hoped but didn't do bad either. My average was down a bit from last year but I did have a couple poor quality furs in the bunch. My high was $121.00 and 5 of my coyotes brought that sum. My low was $17.00 and well the way I feel about that is 17 bucks was better than tossing it out in the trash.
My take is about $100.00 shy of $1,000.00 for the 12 coyotes I sent and that includes $40.00 for the one badger I sent.
Last years check went to finance a new range finder that I am quite pleased with, it a Swarovski. This years check will go to upgrade my scope. I ordered the Bushnell 6-20x50 with the G-2 reticle.
Also built two new rifles for the job. A 22-250 Ackley with 27" length 9" twist barrel and for really long range shooting a 6.5x06 Ackley 28" length with 1/10" twist.
The 22/250 is getting 3440 fps from a 70gn boat tail I am swaging and the 6.5x06 Ackley is getting 3690 fps from the 100gn Hornady A-Max I settled on.
Cant wait for the first day of fall to start the new season.

 

[Rick]

107,000 coyotes, kind of amazing considering there seems to be more & more of them every year.

Not being familiar with this auction what does NAFA stand for?

 

[Bullshop]

NAFA stands for North American Fur Auction. This is where all the furs eventually end up after changing hands from the smallest buyers up. This is the last of three from last season. All three auctions had similar numbers and all sold out. Coyote is the hottest fur on the market and is the only item selling out.
All other fur has greater supply than demand and are being held over. Coyote is the only item that has greater demand than supply. At the previous auction in mid winter the high dollar for coyote was $160.00 Loosing Russia from the bidding has hurt the market a small amount but certainly has not killed it. Russia is a big player in the international fur market but they are out due to sanctions. I think perhaps they are bidding by proxy through another player.
Consider also that this auction is selling furs for all of North America not just the USA. Many of these coyotes come from Canada.
The Lord made me a hunter and the pursuit of coyote fur keeps a razor edge on my God given skill. Pursuit of other game is only harvest and offers little by way of personal satisfaction. The only other hunt that offers similar satisfaction is was stalking wounded Grizzly in thick cover. In such hunting realizing you have peed your pants is a good sign as it leads to the realization that you have survived.

 

[Rick]

NAFA - North American Fur Auction. That makes perfect sense.

Or . . . You peed your pants because you just realized that you may not survive. Tracking a wounded Grizzly sounds to me like a pursuit best left to almost anybody else.

 

[Bullshop]

""" Tracking a wounded Grizzly sounds to me like a pursuit best left to almost anybody else. """
To protect ones family from the potential danger puts a certain spin on the situation that will compel most to engage.

 

[freebullet]

I nominate the guy that wounded it, lol.

I'll provide cover fire from back yonder.

Only yotes I've seen looked pretty scruffy the last few years.

 

[Bullshop]

He did get my nomination to finish the job he started. He refused though and chose instead to "" Just leave it alone and let it die""". Since it was holed up in a 5 acre wooded lot between our properties and we both had small children I felt compelled to make certain that a bad situation would not turn worse.
The deed was accomplished at very close quarters with a Marlin (OL B00) 45/70 loaded with a BHN-8 500gn paper patched galena pill exiting B00's pre micro groove barrel at 1550 fps. The related tale is but one of several Ol B00 has witnessed when I may have moistened my panties. Ol B00 is a trusted friend that has accompanied me on many a walk about and has always kept a cool head under duress and saved my posterior from harm.
A good type of friend to have around indeed.

 

[JWFilips]

Daniel,
Glad you did well with your Coyote harvest this past season. I'm really liking your new gun builds. Would like to see photos when finished. I sure do love those long barreled guns ( but then again, I build 17th & 18th century styles so that is all I know ...longer is better!)
BTW your boolits are shooting great for me in my .223 & 243!
Jim

 

[Bullshop]

Hi Jim
Glad to hear those bullets are working well for you. I got a couple rock chuck kills this summer using the cast 22 and 24 calibers. Longest 22 cal shot was 449 yards and the longest 24 cal shot was 458 yards. The 22 was with my 22 Cooper with the NEI #2 design. The load uses a whopping 2gn of AA#2 powder and the bullet is loaded without a gas check. MV for that load in the Cooper is 1330 fps. The 24 cal shot was with my 6x45 shooting the RCBS 100gn at an MV of a smidge over 2000 fps.
Longest shot for the summer was with the new 6.5x06 Ackley but not with a cast bullet. I was checking my ballistic program with the load to see how close they meshed. The shot was 650 yards at a small young chuck. The data gave me the proper hold in mills and it was spot on. Even at that range the load with the Hornady 100gn A-Max at 3690 fps MV made quite a mess of the little bugger. This rifle/load combination will be for late next season when my shots get stretched to the max of my ability to hit. Its for the time when calling is no longer effective and coyotes must be hunted by spot and stalk.
With new rifles new ranging equipment and a new scope with an eminently usable long range reticle I feel a great level of confidence heading into next season. Lord willing I will be ready willing and able when that time arrives.

 

[Pistolero]

Well, never did take any really serious bite-back type game with my Marlin .45-70, I did knock down a
good sized wildebeest with it with one good shot. Rem 405 JSP at 1750 worked well. I think the 405 or
even 500 cast would be better for the griz in close. May have chosen the Cor-Bon Penetrator FMJ FP
405 at 1650, too. That one penetrated a Cape buff end to end for Brian Pierce. . . .

Not sure if I would be able to go into the heavy stuff after a wounded griz, but with kids at risk, that
would sure tip the scales a good bit. Manly stuff, no doubt, not totally sure I'd be up to it.

I would trust the Marlin - now that the crossbolt safety has an o-ring on it. Cost me a really
nice impala. Boy is the CLICK of the hammer LOUD! And frustrating.

Bill

 

[carpetman]

Yes I go right in after wounded bear. Well ok, a racoon is very closely related to a bear, would that count?

 

[Bullshop]

Me and Ol B00 have partnered up on two Grizzly kills. The affor mentioned wounded bear and one other that was spot and stalked. The fair chase hunted bear was shot using the RCBS 525gn FNGC cast in ACWW at the same 1550 fps MV as the 500gn PP used on the other bear. I stalked to about 40 yards then because the sun had set I got down on my knees and gave a squeak on a predator call to get the bear to stand up. When it did it was looking right at me and perfectly silhouetted against the sky. I swung slowly left to right and when the big bead front sight disappeared on the bear I touched it off. There was one heck of a ruckus for about 30 seconds then all was quiet.
I filled the magazine and eased forward in the now near dark with the hammer cocked and my finger making love to the trigger. The first and only shot was dead center in the chest and the now good bear became many good meals.
Where we lived they didn't get into fish and ate mostly oats and barely from the surrounding farms and also blue berries that are plentiful. I always told my boys that when you get a bear that is blue on both ends as this one was it will be good eating. My wife prefers this type of bear to moose or caribou which were our other staples. There have been a number of black bears me and B00 have taken most using the RCBS 425gn at right around 1800 fps MV but only the two grizzly mentioned. Lots of moose and caribou too and mostly with the RCBS 425 but on occasion the RCBS 325 as well.
If I had to pic a favorite bullet for big game with a 45/70 it will likely be a paper patch bullet of about 400gn. Shooting PP I often use pure lead and you can generally find the fully expanded flat bullet under the hide on the off side. I recovered the two 500gn PP bullets I put into the wounded grizzly. The first shot put its lights out as if switched off and the second was an instinctive lever and fire that seemed to happen without my help. Both were under the chin coming straight on and both were recovered under the hide on the rump.
There was one really wild incident with a cow and calf moose where B00 saved my butt again but I will save that story for another time.

 

[Bullshop]

Hello Carpet Man
Are you the same Carpet Man the was formerly from "" The other cast bullet site"" ? If yes I am happily surprised to see your posting.
Your comment was I believe meant to be funny and it was but truth is any animal when cornered and its only escape is through you can cause you serious harm.
I learned that the hard way by trying to free a cuddly little cottontail bunny that had gotten its Achilles tendon caught on a low hanging barbed wire fence.
Poor little fella had dug a trench trying to run from the fence but kept getting pulled back. Now I am quite a fan of fried young cottontail but took pity on this particular rabbit. That is until it shredded my index finger trying to fight me off with its three remaining unfettered limbs. That left a lasting impression and set the unchanging policy standard of " give no quarter" when dealing with small seemingly harmless cuddly creatures.

 

[carpetman]

Yes, same one. I have purple martin houses and as a result get lots of undesirable English sparrows. The sparrows are nasty and akin to getting a mouse in your house. So I shoot (with air rifle) and trap sparrows. One time I had a female cardinal in the trap and reached in and caught her so she could be released. She chomped down on my finger and those sharp pointed beaks have lots of power. Makes sense as they can crack hard shelled nuts. I still release them, but don't catch them with my bare hands. BTW I have raided rattlesnake dens and that is exciting. Dan'l what's up with Junior? Last I heard he had gotten married and was living in San Antonio,Tx.

 

[Bullshop]

Jr is in Montana now. He is on the high line in Saco. Saco is between Malta and Glasgow on hi way 2. We have a place there in Saco that he is caring for. He moved up there to work in the Williston ND oil fields. Since all that is off for the time being he started working at a welding shop in Malta. He is trying hard to get his own welding business going with the help and blessings of his boss who is about to retire. He will be ready when the Keystone is approved.
Oh and BTW he and Amanda got married last month.