>>867813100% agree, anon.
Still, you're running lines and doing HARD work wading through marsh and shit 18-20 hours a day for only 6 weeks. It's a lot like working on an oil rig. 6 weeks for ~$50,000..........
..............but not when 'rats are only $2.95 each or whatever the last fur prices were. Fucking coons down to TWO-to-SIX DOLLARS?!? In 2014 the Chinese bought all the fur everywhere and prices were awesome, but we won't see prices like that for a long time.
On the other hand, martin, wolf, wolverine, lynx -- the long-line trappers in northern Canada, Russian, Finland, etc. -- many of those guys don't have to work 18 hour days all winter. They literally have locked-in prices and fur contracts with Fur Harvesters and NAFA. That's a completely different world from trapping muskrats.
So yes, one should not quit their day job to go trap. But, if the Chinese and Russian economies start doing awesome and major fashion houses showcase fur on the runway like they did prior to the 2014 season (pic related), it might be worth it to take a vacation from work and bust your ass on the trapline for a few weeks.
