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Technically, if you trap and sell pelts, you are in business, even if you only sell one pelt. Hook up with a accountant to learn about the book keeping needed and what you can claim as expenses to show profit and loss on your tax returns. When I was doing it you had to actually earn a profit in 5 years to continue doing so. A way to make your hobby less financially painful.
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JD, I my case i hunt and trap Predators for just that Predator Control, Predators get about 50% of our Fawns and Exotics fawns and calves, plus about 40% of our game birds nests and chicks, most Predator hides in South Texas are not the Quality fur buyers want and not worth skinning. Rio7
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Technically, if you trap and sell pelts, you are in business, even if you only sell one pelt. Hook up with a accountant to learn about the book keeping needed and what you can claim as expenses to show profit and loss on your tax returns. When I was doing it you had to actually earn a profit in 5 years to continue doing so. A way to make your hobby less financially painful. Last winter I saved all my receipts for fuel, scents, new traps and a bunch of other things I could relate to it, as well as the receipt for what fur I did sell, down to my accountant. They said unless I made X profit, or lost X amount (or something along those lines it---can't remember the specifics) it wasn't worth even mentioning on my taxes. They didn't even look at my figures, as when I gave a rough estimate, they said I wasn't even close enough to making it worth the trouble.
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Nice pig Jpro. This being a hunting forum he has to weigh at least 375lb. And you probably should have had a 45/70 to shoot him with. 😁
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375 internet pounds is probably about 210-220 hands-on pounds, as best I could guestimate. I like it when they drop right in the lane, so you can simply run a strap through a hock and drag them out with the SxS.
As an aside, there was a shooting on the Refuge that joins my place about 10 days back. Story goes that two guys took hog dogs after a boar (not legal on Refuge) and the boar got one of the guys down with tushes working on his groin/inner thigh. Other guy panicked and shot the hog-wrangler through the upper arm and upper leg with a 17HMR FMJ. We were watching lots of blue and red lights head off down the badass muddy road to get to them. Guy had his pants all cut up by tushes and several extra holes in his arm/leg, but he lived. Not sure if they got the boar or not. Lol....
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Put a snare at Manny's Chicken pen, thought I would get another Bobcat?? this Stinker don't look like a Bobcat or Smell like a Bobcat. Rio7
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This one has been in a Hell of fight scars all over his head left eye poked out recently, wonder what the other one looked like?? Rio7
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Nutria control program
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Nutria control program Mike they have a bounty on them? What’s the best to slow them up?
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That looks like good shooting. Rio7
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Mouser in the Hay Pasture, last evening Another one. Rio7
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Nutria control program Mike they have a bounty on them? What’s the best to slow them up? The fur is no longer worth anything. They are not native and multiply like crazy. If you are participate the state run nutria control program the bounty is $6.00 per tail. We will ride through the marsh in the airboat to find them. I use a 22LR to shoot them. Small targets that are moving and shooting from the boat makes for some fun practice.
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Looks like a lot of offseason fun happening on this thread......
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Good work Everyone! Going on a nutria shoot sounds like a bucket list hunt for me.
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I have a friend that lives in Houma, La. that hunts the hell out of Nutria, i have been invited many times but have never gone, maybe i'll go this year, looks like a lot of fun. Rio7
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You ain't kidding! Nice work on the vermin guys!
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