American Racoon Fur for Tying Flies

[BilletHead]

9 hours ago, tjm said:

 

I haven't trapped since '18-'19 season because of no market. A lot of people will tell you the ranch mink farmers is what killed the wild fur market, and they may be right , there was lot of over production just before the prices fell.

            Could not be farther from the truth,

  What killed the market is the bleeding-heart anti-fur wearers. It is not the thing to wear now. Let's not use a sustainable animal but go to synthetics. Thing is there now there is a carbon footprint in manufacture process to make that clothing. Let's recycle what we throw away?  Is this totally feasible? Doubt that really. Next thing you know with global warming we will all be able to walk around nekkid. No worries the furbearers will inherit the earth and things will be out of balance. The deer will hide in fear with no wild turkeys and quail to be found. The only game birds to survive will be the doves that are able to roost in trees.🤣

[tjm]

I think it pretty funny that the green people wear plastic clothes and drive electric cars both of which have gigantic foot prints, but that's getting into politics. I also laugh every time I see a trapper wearing ball caps or billboard caps made of plastic and complaining about people not wearing fur. A felt hat isn't a big impact on the fur market because a single hat  doesn't take much fur, but it does have a small effect. It's like a cotton farmer wearing polyester clothing. It wasn't PETA it was us that chose to abandon natural  fabrics.

[fishinwrench]

Yup, it was YOU GUYS buying into the lies and succumbing to the BS.... that has everyone buying new boats with 4-stroke outboards.   

There isn't even another choice NOW !  

Nice work dumbasses !   Hope you enjoy your glorious 6-7 years before you are forced to buy another new one.    😅 

How much CLEANER is the water now?  Anyone even checking?   Hell no!  🙄   Zero independent thought anymore.   Everyone has to be told what/how to think.     Sickening.

[jdmidwest]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Yup, it was YOU GUYS buying into the lies and succumbing to the BS.... that has everyone buying new boats with 4-stroke outboards.   

There isn't even another choice NOW !  

Nice work dumbasses !   Hope you enjoy your glorious 6-7 years before you are forced to buy another new one.    😅 

How much CLEANER is the water now?  Anyone even checking?   Hell no!  🙄   Zero independent thought anymore.   Everyone has to be told what/how to think.     Sickening.

The water quality has went down, too much urine from all the boaters out there now.

4 strokes are the way to go.  How many could do the math and mix a 50:1 2 stroke fuel mix up now?

[tjm]

Actually our much cleaner water is due to Jimmy Carter selling our industries to China more than anything at the consumer level.

[fishinwrench]

14 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

How many could do the math and mix a 50:1 2 stroke fuel mix up now?

True that.   I recently got called "old school" for manually balancing a checkbook register. 

"Who writes checks anymore" they said.   🤷‍♂️ 

 

 

 

Heck, if I had one of those sexy @BilletHead pens...... I'd write even more of them.  😁

[tjm]

10 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

  How many could do the math and mix a 50:1 2 stroke fuel mix up now?

Don't need no math, the 50:1 oil all comes pre-measured to fit a gallon can or five gallon can or what ever you have. The tough mix that needs math is 16:1 because all the oil is bottled for 50:1.

[fishinwrench]

3 minutes ago, tjm said:

Don't need no math, the 50:1 oil all comes pre-measured to fit a gallon can or five gallon can or what ever you have. The tough mix that needs math is 16:1 because all the oil is bottled for 50:1.

Oh God😳   Please shut your mouth.   Surely nobody wants a 4-stroke chainsaw.   

[BilletHead]

17 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

True that.   I recently got called "old school" for manually balancing a checkbook register. 

"Who writes checks anymore" they said.   🤷‍♂️ 

 

 

 

Heck, if I had one of those sexy @BilletHead pens...... I'd write even more of them.  😁

           Must have not wanted one too bad or you would have got in the drawing. 😁

[jdmidwest]

9 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Oh God😳   Please shut your mouth.   Surely nobody wants a 4-stroke chainsaw.   

I have one.  It runs off my 4 stroke Predator generator.  I use an electric pole saw and chainsaw at the farm trimming stuff up.  Those gas eaters are too fickle and waste my time.  I only break out the gas guzzler when I need some real power.

I can count on less than 1 finger any little weedeater engine, chainsaw or polesaw engine that has run every time I picked it up without screwing around with it for a while.

But, that generator starts on the second or third pull.