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Upcoming Events


ITA Fur Sale
March 12th - 14th, 2021

Elmore County Fairgrounds
​Glenns Ferry, ID


Our fur sales will all be at the Elmore County Fairgrounds in Glenns Ferry in  2021.  We will have check-in Thursday night, check-in all day Friday and check –in Saturday morning until 10AM.   This is only a one day sale (Sunday).  I am however urging as many people as possible to check in fur Thursday evening or Friday so the fur buyers will get a jump on grading.  It is right beside the freeway and easy to find and plenty of room. There is a couple older motels in Glenns Ferry and motels in Bliss and Mt Home if you need them.  We will NOT BE GIVING CHECKS AT THE SALE.  We will be mailing them 7 days after the sale. 
  • 5% commission for ITA members, 10% commission for non members
  • 1% charge for no sales
  • ​​Check in times are TBD

Previous Fur Sale Results Can Be Found Here 
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 March ITA Fur Sale Schedule
Thursday
  • 1:00 PM Set up tables 
  • 5:00 PM start checking in fur (if you show up before 5 we are putting you to work!)
  • 9:00ish PM stop checking in fur

Friday

  • 7:00 AM start checking in fur
  • Lunch on your own (food trucks outside)
  • Noon Don Sickels Wolf Snaring
  • 1:00 Justin Webb Wolf Trapping
  • 2:00 Cory Hatch Water Trapping
  • 3:00 Neil Cheeney Bobcat fur handling (Nevada)
  • 4:00 Billy DeMarco Cat Trapping (Oregon)   
  • 5:00 Jack Kelly Coyote Trapping
  • 6:00 Dan Helterline Wolf Trapping (Montana)
  • 7:00 Lane Abraham Bobcat Snaring (Utah)
  • 8:00 Joel Blakslee, Bill Illchek, Sam Henroid (Nevada legends roundtable cat trapping discussion)
  • 9:00ish PM stop checking in fur

Saturday

  • 7:00 AM start checking in fur
  • 10:00 AM stop checking in fur
  • 10.30 Justin Webb Foundation for Wildlife Management Presentation
  • Lunch on your own (food trucks outside)
  • 1:00 General Membership meeting.  Don’t miss this!
  • 2:00 Mike Ward Wolf Trapping
  • 3:00 Kenny Kimball Beaver Trapping
  • 4:00 Don Judkins/Jerry Taylor Professional Porky Hair/Castor handling
  • 5:00 Live Auction of donated items.  Auctioneer George Kortum. 
  • 6:00 Kevin Herman cage trapping bobcats (Colorado)
  • 7:00 Pete Espil kids water trapping (free prizes)
  • Fur Buyer bids in Saturday evening

​Sunday

  • 9:00 Gary Schroeder Prepping pelts for taxidermy and craft market
  • Posting results as soon as possible
  • 10ish reading bids, this could be noon if bids came in slow Saturday night
  • Shagging fur
  • No sales will be dealt with after shagging of fur
  • Cleanup/ load tables.  We need help!!

Detailed Information Regarding the Fur Sale

ITA members,
Hope everyone’s trapping season is going well. My season has been slow for coyotes but did manage to snag two wolves which is always a thrill. I’ve been in contact with the big buyers across the west. Coyote prices look extremely strong. I would even say it is even worth it to skin the partly rubbed coyotes. Cat market has softened some. A grade bellies are always in demand but it sounds like B grade bellies are down 50% and C grade bellies will be pretty cheap. Water animals are a tough market but always sellable. I have two buyers that are actually looking for rats and beaver but I’m sure prices will be tough. Castor is in extremely high demand. Porcupine guard hair is also in very short supply. If you have “odd-ball” animals it might be worth leaving the feet on some of them for the specialty market. Cross fox, silver fox, nice furred badgers, extra-large cats with bad bellies, odd-ball colored coyotes, otter, weasels, marten, ring-tail cats, kit fox, fisher, lynx and wolves. Obviously some of those animals are not legal for harvest in Idaho but we have members in several states mailing fur in. I’m not
saying do all your fur with the feet on but a couple specialty furs might bring you a few extra bucks. We will have horn buyers at the sale as well if you have horns to sell. It would also make it easier if you could give me a rough idea of the amount of fur you are bringing by early January. This will ensure I can get the buyers to come to the sale. As always I have been working hard for the past few months working on getting as many buyers as possible to the sale to compete for your fur.

Sale Logistics
Fur check-ins will start Thurs evening at 6 PM – 10 PM. Check-in will continue all day Friday 7AM – 9 PM and then Saturday morning until 10 AM, please plan accordingly. If you plan to bring a large lot of fur on Saturday please contact me in advance so we can have be ready to receive your fur and keep things moving efficiently. There will only be one actual sale day and that will be on Saturday. The problem is that we need to get as much fur as possible checked in on Thursday evening and Friday. We cannot get 1500 coyotes in Saturday morning and get it all checked in and graded by buyers. To incentivize early check ins (including mailed in fur) we will be giving away chances (tickets) for the door prize drawings. A ticket will be given to anyone checking in fur on Thursday and Friday. Prizes include ITA memberships, 1% off coupons on sale commission, ITA gun of the year raffle tickets, ITA hats, etc. One lucky person
will get a complete commission reduction coupon! We have been working on some fur sale updates that will drastically speed the overall fur sale process up.

Payment and Commission
Payment will be mailed within 5 business days after the sale. Commission is 5% for ITA members and 10% for non-members. 0% commission for no sales. You can mail me fur but it has to be in my hands by Tuesday at the latest, all cats/otters must have CITES tags. You cannot put a minimum on mailed-in fur. Also, any mailed in fur that doesn’t sell will not be mailed back, it will be held over for the next sale. Fish and game will be in attendance tagging bobcats and otter.

Additional Information
We are needing volunteers to set up tables, break down tables, help with the check in and I am asking everyone to bring one item to donate to help offset the costs of putting on the sale. Those donations could be old traps, tanned fur, raw fur, ammo, handmade items, stretchers, almost anything. I encourage folks to come to the fur sale even if they don’t have fur to sell. Great demos, live auction, fish and game speakers all membership meeting are just a small list of activities. Food will be available at the sale and RV camping is available at the fairgrounds (electric hookups available, no water available this time of year). Remember the ITA is putting on this sale to give trappers an outlet to sell their fur but this is also our biggest fundraiser of the year. The proceeds made from this sale go towards protecting, educating and enhancing trapping in Idaho. We will have another fur sale on March 14th and the exact same procedures will be followed at that sale. Thank you for all your support!
Thank you
Rusty Kramer
Idaho Trappers Association President
208-870-3217
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  • Home
  • Upcoming Events
    • Fur Sales
    • NTA Western Convention
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    • 9th Annual Sportsmen Banquet
    • 2021 March Fur Sale
    • 2021 January Fur Sale
    • 2020 March Fur Sale
    • 2020 January Fur Sale
    • 2019 March Fur Sale
    • 2019 January Fur Sale
    • 2018 ITA RENDEZVOUS -Salmon, ID
    • 2018 LIVINGSTON MONTANA
    • 2018 MARCH FUR SALE
    • 2018 JANUARY FUR SALE
    • 2017 6th ANNUAL ITA/FBU SPORTSMEN BANQUET
    • 2017 ITA RENDEZVOUS
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