harder to get quality capes big birds are not seen so much cheap crap.cakes on ebay good for fishing (you can find some good deals)

 

I was thinking why not raise a few, but It looked to me like they were difficult, ornery things to raise. I am sure someone here knows more about the subject.
Michael

 

I was under the impression that wild ones are endangered species therefore every pelt we get has to be pen raised. So there would be a low supply for a moderately high in demand product

 

Not sure, but usually pelts that are used for fishing, BEP, Golden Pheasant, Silver Pheasant etc, are several years old (sometimes up to 5) before they are killed and skinned.

That's a lot of work.

 

I´m sure you are aware of the fact that wild junglefowl are an endangered species and the reason one should always ask for certificate when shopping online, whether from the breeder or CITES. As previously mentioned, to breed these to have perfect nails probably takes years and lots of space and high quality food. A few hundred bucks is actually pretty cheap considering all this

 

words of wisdom (after using the same cape for six or seven years now)...

"if you want to dance, you have to pay the band."

eventually you'll find you're just wasting them. :roll:

 

Mitch literally owns the world's supply of these birds.
He doesn't need them but he likes the control he feels owning them.
He GAVE me a AAA grade cape a week after joining the Drake, he didn't know me at all. He gave another to Vito I think.
The thing is, he sets the price.
And he's a real shyster unless you know him.

 

The birds are very difficult to raise.
There is some info about them in my article
http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2012/10/25/alvin-by-vern-o/

 

Thank you for the link. From your article:

These birds are so sensitive to human contact, that disrupting their daily routine can send them into days of sulking or even suicide.

I had no idea they were that hard to raise.

 

just got a big pile of tying stuff through an auction. going through the stuff I found a JC cape which paid for the entire lot by itself. Good score !

Now I have two capes I will hardly use :hihi:

I also have more hooks then I know what to do with, some high end tying tools amongst all the other materials



I think JC is partly so pricey because they know us fisherman will pay the piper for them. Same goes for BEP