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Before the pandemic, coyote pelts fetched up to $120 each. The price has tanked to around $35. Marten pelts were up around $150 before the pandemic and now sell for less than half that amount. Lynx pelts were as high as $300 and are now less than $100. Other players in the garment industry, Gordon said, snapped up some of the excess product on the fur market. But that didn’t shore up the industry for long.Article content“The majority of manufacturing that’s done with fur garments is done in China,” he said.
Gordon and his wife Karen host fur buying tables around the province. Trappers bring in their catch and an offer of purchase is made. A recent series of these events included stops in North Battleford, Meadow Lake and Prince Albert.Article content