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muskrat, $45 for coyote, $50 for fox
and beaver, and $60 to $65 for mink.
Ford was well pleased with the
average of $71 he got for each of his
mink pelts last year, and while the
price was unusually high, it was actu-
ally low compared to the price Ford
got for his first mink pelt in 1949.
"I was averaging $15.90 a week in
a furniture factory and I got $42.50 for
my first mink. I guess that's what got
me trapping." That, and a love for the
outdoors.
A self-taught trapper, Ford doubts
that either of his sons, Bill or Ken,
will carry on the trade, although they
do help with skinning and scraping
"I was averaging $15.90 a week
in a furniture factory and I got
$42.50 for my first mink. I guess
that's what got me trapping."
occasionally. Ford's wife, Doreen,
drives the chase vehicle when Ford
takes his boat down the rivers in
spring to trap muskrat.
With the help of his sons, Ford
also operates a brood fish farm and
hatchery and two growing farms, from
which 245,000 pounds of trout were
produced last year.
But trapping, he says, is a profes-
sion that requires dedication and com-
mitment. Trappers attracted only by
the money, he adds, will be sadly
disappointed. Market prices depend
on fashion and consumer attitudes as
well as supply and demand, he says.
As an OTA director, Ford, along
with other trappers, is helping to im-
prove trapping practices and present
trapping favorably to the public. Al-
most all trapping regulations are set or
initiated by trappers, and they deter-
mine the length of the season, which
often varies yearly depending on the
availability of various species.
A workshop is held each year for
trappers to promote better fur handling
and humane trapping practices, and
trappers are required to take an exten-
sive night course before they get their
licence. Topics include pelt handling,
humane trapping, and conservation.
"Trappers will shorten the season
if the numbers are low," Ford says,
"They like a happy medium and will
stay in the middle of the road, taking
surplus, but not delving into breeding
stock."0
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