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| Thread ID: 26497 | 2002-10-29 02:58:00 | Very OT - Possums | nz_liam (845) | Press F1 |
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| 94025 | 2002-10-29 03:30:00 | > > Only if its a good price. Some rip off artists want > > $50 - $60 a pelt up here in Suckland! If they're > > cured and tanned, then I'm interested. No carcasses > > through the mail though - NZ post won't like that! > > > I shall ask, i shall email you when i know who's > still doing it. I haven't been up to 'e ol' town in > tha hills for a while know, but the contacts are > still there > > Perhaps you could email me what your preferances are, > color is something that should be stated (redder or > darker) and what you prepared to pay. I'm not fussed on colour, and depending on the quality of pelts, I'll pay up to $20 each... :) my email address is in my profile... cheers |
honeylaser (814) | ||
| 94026 | 2002-10-29 03:31:00 | >do you think it has ever occurred to DOC to put a bounty on possums. DOC did used to do that, many of the hill folk from the old town were supplimently thier income with this. To the best of my knowledge they haven't done this for some time though At $1 a possum we'd have been able to afford new tyres and everything! |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 94027 | 2002-10-29 03:36:00 | When one of the hillbillies had a possum skin blanket making thing going, some of the growers would come back into town with more weight in possums than the weight of the fertiliser they left with! So the bounty could work, i think only $1/possum was paid |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 94028 | 2002-10-29 03:40:00 | Hey, Leave us West Coasters alone!!!!! :_| |
Veale (536) | ||
| 94029 | 2002-10-29 03:41:00 | > DOC did used to do that, many of the hill folk from > the old town were supplimently thier income with > this. To the best of my knowledge they haven't done > this for some time though Yes I remember my grandfather (82) saying they did something like that, they used to get 2 bullets for each possum or something, though I think you’d have to offer something a bit better then that nowadays. Cheers Liam |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 94030 | 2002-10-29 03:45:00 | >Hey, >Leave us West Coasters alone!!!!! ?:| I love the coast.. i'd never live there again, but there are reasons why i call Millerton home, even though it's near a ghost town these days .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 94031 | 2002-10-29 03:51:00 | Isn't it about time we found a market to export them to, like they did with deer? How about we convince the Chinese that possum parts are an aphrodisiac? |
crozier (2004) | ||
| 94032 | 2002-10-29 03:55:00 | Yea exporting the skins would be good, but someone would probably have to setup a sort 'possum exporting & marketing board' for it to take off. Cheers Liam |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 94033 | 2002-10-29 04:00:00 | For a wee while someone pushed the idea of possums skin rugs and possum skin blanets... they were items that tourists were paying 4 figures for! Unfortunatly the industry moved at "coast pace" (sorry Veale, but thats just how it is) so it died in the real world.. Proves however that it can be done. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 94034 | 2002-10-29 04:27:00 | >>> I remember when I lived in Orewa Damn - I used to live in Orewa :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
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