1 Sellers must call in to reserve a spot in the sale. Call in period will start five weeks before the fur sale and end two weeks before the sale. Exact dates will be set each year by the fur sale committee. These dates will be published in the trapper predator caller magazine, posted on the U.T.A. web site and sent in the form of a letter to each member of the U.T.A.
Information needed to reserve your spot will be your name, phone number and number of pelts per species.
If you fail to call in during the call in period you will not be allowed to sale.
2Seller must be a member of the U.T.A. before his/her fur is entered into the sale. Please have your membership card available to verify your membership this will speed things up at the check in table.
Seller may purchase a membership on sale day prior to entering fur.
3 Seller must read and sign seller’s agreement.
4 Bobcats must have the D.W.R. permanent tag before you will be given a lot
Number. Pelts should be lotted, prepped and ready to sell before you get your lot numbers. No pelt prepping allowed in the building. When you receive your lot numbers get them on your pelts and turn them over to the floor workers as soon as possible.
5 If your bobcats are tagged in Utah you will be allowed to sell one limit per member. Family membership will cover one limit per family member.
Exceptions to this rule:
1. Fur tagged from an earlier season.
2. Fur brought in by fur buyers. Must have fur buyers permit.
6 Sellers will be allowed no more than 3 single lots per species.
Lots of two or more pelts should be tied together before bringing them to the lot-tagging table. We will have string available for this. Do not use wire.
7 Absolutely no one except buyers and authorized U.T.A. fur sale workers will be allowed on the sale floor. No pictures will be allowed except those take by an authorized U.T.A. historian.
Failure to follow these rules could result in having your fur pulled from the sale.
Call in dates will be from January 16th thru January 30th
Numbers to call listed below.
Stan Bassett (435) 245-4508
Kent Fowden (801) 404-6511 or (801) 465-2268
Ronnie Hunt (435) 425-3287 Evening calls only
Herb Carter (435) 623-0718
Ken Madsen (435) 884-3482
James Butterfield (435) 220-0126
NTA Western Convention report
I was asked to report on how the NTA convention went in
Montana. The convention was held in Lewistown Montana. It is a fun and beautiful place to have a convention. The weather was really pleasant and it was just a nice time of year.
My family and I took a couple of extra days to get there and to get back home. We were able to see a lot of nice country as well as a lot of wildlife.
It seemed that the numbers of people that attended were down. However, the demos were well attended and there were few seats left that were not filled. I felt that the demos were excellent. I learned a lot of tips that I will try out this upcoming year. I think that maybe I recruited a couple of trappers that did demos to come to our convention next year.
There were a lot of vendors as well as tail gaiters that were selling about anything that you could want. As always there was the smell that goes along with a trapper’s convention (Lots of good lures and baits).
At the banquet they had a fur fashion show. Looking at those beautiful coats makes me appreciate the beauty of the furbearers that I catch even more. They had a good meal as well as a successful auction. At the auction they drew the UTA raffle for some traps. What was interesting about it was that earlier in the day Josh Lodge asked me when the drawing was going to be because he was going to win it. Well you guessed it when they drew they drew Josh’s name. Way to go! I would love some luck like that.
I want to thank my daughter Amber and son Cody for running the UTA booth. They did a good job and sold a lot of tickets as well as merchandise. While I am on my kids, they represented Utah trappers well by winning first place in the ladies and 12 to 17 year old trap setting contests. Of course it became a long ride home for me having to be reminded constantly that I did not win anything.
It was a fun convention for me. I was able to meet with a lot of my friends from all around the country. I feel very blessed to know such wonderful people and to be able to call them my friends.
Next year the Western Convention will be held in Wyoming. I can hardly wait.
Until next time,
Stan Bassett
We gratefully thank the following who donated their wares and/or supported for our convention:
Dick Hane, Gary Slot, Mitchell's Furs, John Graham, Glen Hansen, George Kortum, Triple H Outfitters, Craig O'Gorman, Paul Grimshaw,Teton Trap Company,
Hall of Famerecipients were:
Dee Throcktmorton - Myton
Lavon Ross (Jr.) - Santaquin
Louie Dunyon - Stockton
Trapper of the Year: Cris Dew & Kent Fowden
Jr. Trapper of the Year: Laticia hunt
Director of the Year: James Butterfield
Presidents Awards: Jeril Carlson & Bob Madsen
Conservation Award: Ryan Foutz
Public Relations report: July, 2009
We had a great campout up at Miller's Flat. It was a little soggy from the rain, but only a few got really stuck in the mud. The shooting contest was a fun as always and the following is results:
Men’s Rifle:
1st Kelly Farnsworth
2nd Kevin Peacock
3rd Richard Wolf
Women’s Rifle:
1st Paige Farnsworth
2nd Deanna Butler
Junior Rifle 11 to 17
1st Justin Hunt
2nd Bowdy Steele
3rd Dusty Miller
Shotgun Adult:
Men’s
1st Gary Steele
2nd Kelly Farnsworth
3rd Richard Wolf
Women’s
1st Jody Carlson
2nd Deanna Butler
3rd Emily Loftus
Shotgun junior 11 to 17
1st Bowdy Steele
2nd. Dusty Miller
3rd Arnold Carlson
Shotgun sub junior 0 to 10
1st Dick Steele
22 shoot
Sub junior 0 to 10
1st Sterling Butler
2nd Clarissa Carlson
Junior 11 to 17
1st Kacey Farnsworth
2nd Arnold Carlson
3rd Kennedy Voran
Adult Men’s
1st Ron Voran
2nd Jeff Miller
3rd Dusty Miller
Women’s
1st Janae Wolf
2nd Jody Carlson
I had to leave early just as dutch oven dinners were getting done. Man, did I miss a feast.
I did stop and catch one of the most beautiful fish of my life on the way home. Other items of associations news are:
The UTA has reached an agreement with the DWR on the purposed otter plan.
The two most positive points are that we will be trapping otter in 2011 on a draw basis on the Green river Drainage and the D.W.R. has agreed to use the least restrictive trapping restrictions possible on all other otter transplant areas in the state.
President's Report:April 2009
The officers and election candidates met on Sat. April 25th to count ballots and hold a business meeting. The election results are:
Your new UTA Officers for 2009
Kevin Peacock - Pres. - phone 435-749-1953
Ronnie Hunt -VP. - phone 435-425-3287
Paul Jarvis - Sec. - phone 801-754-3739
Leroy Loftus - Treas. - phone 435-896-4866
Theron Taylor - PR. - phone 801-550-2765
Some other items of business were:
*A Weatherby 22-250 with scope was purchased as first prize for the raffle. Other prizes are being considered.
*A Fur Harvesters Education class will be held at the annual convention in Nephi. Please pre-register your potential students as soon as possible. John Fish and possibly Al Loris will be teaching the class. Contact one of them or contact Theron and he will forward the info for you.
*Otter re-introduction.
*Protected species vs un-protected species.
*Stan Bassett has been asked to represent the UTA on the DWR Beaver Management Plan.
*Implementation of a "Supporting Member" plan.
*Fur Sale committee and rule changes. More info to come on this.
Well here I am again sitting in front of this computer trying to write another President’s report, which is kind of stupid because as President you are allowed to delegate. But, someone told me if I did that, then it would not be the Presidents report. In the future I will try to find a way around that technicality.
We have been kind of busy this last month or so. I have been writing letters to the D.W.R. about the Otter introduction, the non-protected species issue, and the problem we had with them tagging cats at our fur sale this year. All of these letters seemed to fall on deaf ears. However we did receive some advice on how to proceed with getting these issues resolved from the head of the D.N.R. and we will be following up on this in the near future.
The 2010 fur sale was a good sale. As you can see by comparing this years stats to last years
(on this page down lower), the prices were good , and better than some had feared due to the economy.
Kevin wants everyone that helped to know how much the officers (and other members) appreciate all the hard work they did. There were just too many to name individually, but you know who you are.
The donated fur/scholarship program did very well and by adding a little $ from last year there is enough for 2 $1000 scholarships.
If you have a family member that qualifies for the scholarship, keep checking on the bottom of this page for updated applications and other information. I expect more info from Stacy Dew any time now.
It was decided to hold the summer campout up on Boulder Mountain in the last of June. More details will be coming on this.
Get yer shootin eye all tuned up. Ronnie Hunt says there will be a place to shoot there.
If any members know of a veteran or family of a veteran that needs some assistance or that can use some help, please contact one of the officers.
For me at least, the best part of any UTA function is seeing old friends and making new ones. I didn't realize what a good story teller Kent Fowden is. When you get him and Mike Pay together you better be wearing your waders.
Thanks to those who donated furs for our scholarship fund: Aaron Carter, Gary Slot, Chase Randall, Duane Hunt, Ronnie Hunt, Justin Hunt, Dillon Shepard, Jason Bailey, Brent Bailey, Sanford Randall, Kent Fowden, Clay Oliverson, Sheldon Randall, Kent Butler, David Bronson.
Thanks again to all those that helped in any way.
Theron
Here is a link to the fur sale report in PDFformat. It will automatically download the file to your computer. If you have problems, email me and I'll send it to you via email. tctaylor@wirelessbeehive.com
