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I went rummaging in the "big city" today. In a neighborhood that when I was in jr and senior high was full of unionized meat packers, I came across a sale that was offering 3 piles of wooden mink boards at $5 a pile (about 5-6 boards a pile). I looked at them and thought about it. I have 3 mink boards and seem to do ok with the occasional mink I catch, I don't see me running a long mink line anytime soon with the fuel used vs. the price for wild mink. I told the gal I'd actually have to catch enough mink to fill the all the boards at one time. She wasn't overly amused. Now, if I could have gotten them all for $6, I would have bought all 3 piles. I did buy a dozen more new 110s at the end of last season so I might have to plant more of tRick's bottom edge sets in some creeks around here in early Dec. Who knows, might have need a couple of those board piles but I doubt it...

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"And God said, Let us make man in our image …and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, …the fowl of the air…and all the creatures that move along the ground.
Genesis 1:26

Now that is self restraint.

trappintime, I thought about you when I posted this today. I said to myself, "man, I wish I could have watched a master deal maker work this situation." Maybe all the boards would have gone home with trappintime for $6 bucks!!

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"And God said, Let us make man in our image …and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, …the fowl of the air…and all the creatures that move along the ground.
Genesis 1:26

Not even I could have got them all for $6 probably but I'd dang sure tried.
Just think with that many boards a person could start thinking of using them as shingles.

I would have snatched up that deal PC!

Even if you didn't plan on using them you may have made a profit by selling them on ebay. When mink were averaging $25.00 each 5 years ago that would have been a steal!

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Yeah, could be tRick, although my experiences on ebay is that weight and/or bulkiness can kill deals pretty quick from the cost of postage. I'd like to see $25 for a nice buck mink again. But, I think its going to be a while...

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"And God said, Let us make man in our image …and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, …the fowl of the air…and all the creatures that move along the ground.
Genesis 1:26