I bet you thought that trapping and killing beavers had ended long ago, but you would be wrong. Beaver fur is still used to make felt. It is primarily used to make Stetson hats (cowboy hats) and some Women’s Hats. The fur makes the hats water repellent. With the prices of the hats in excess of $300 each it does not look like the killing of beavers for their fur will end soon.
So how many beavers have to die for one hat? It takes about 4 pounds of fur to make one hat so it would depend on the size of the beaver.
I did a brief search of the internet and could not find any place that bred and raised beavers for the fur trade so I can only assume that wild beavers were still being trapped.
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For those of you who think of deer as shy and nonaggressive then you have never lived in deer country. I have been only a few feet away from one of my own dogs that got attacked by a deer. At the time I did not know that she had a very small fawn nearby and she was being protective.
To show you what a deer can do and as a warning to stay away from them and keep your pets away from them when they have a fawn in the area, I found this video which will act as a warning. The people filming the video have no idea what the mother deer is capable of until after they filmed it.
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Our horses had been enjoying the unusual warm weather by sunbathing on the cold ground, but today the temperatures have been dropping and the next wet weather system is suppose to hit us tomorrow.  We are suppose to have snow on Sunday and Monday. When and if the snow hits I will have my camera ready for one horse’s reaction to it. You see, we have one horse who has never experienced snow and he is a highly reactive horse. I also promised to send the former owner a photo of him in the snow when it happens.
Of course during the very cold weather my dog does not want to venture outside too much either. When he needs to go out to do his business, he wants to come back it right away instead of wandering around. He tends to be just like me on these colder, fridged days…….I want to stay by the fire, except I also turn on the home theater sound system with the TV, pop in a DVD, grab a thick blanket and relax before the power goes out. Yes I live in that type of area.
Keeping my fingers crossed that the power doesn’t go out and all is well for the snow storm we are suppose to get.
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