ANTIGO, WI—-Mepps is asking anglers who squirrel hunt to save their squirrel tails this fall and donate them to the company's squirrel tail recycling program. The company uses the tails to dress the hooks of its lures.
Mepps has been buying fox, black and grey squirrel tails for more than three decades, and will pay up to 26 cents each for the tails, depending on their quality and quantity. The cash value is doubled if the tails are traded for Mepps lures.
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sounds like a chance to stock up on sum agularies.
from what I understand they dont want any thing special done to them, (NO SALT AND NOT TANNED) only dried.
I might have to see what I can do to score me a lure or two.... if my math is right I need 6 chipper dinners to get me one lure... sounds like a fair traid.[cool]
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I have sent Mepps tails before- but for the cash (my tails paid for the .410 shells used to take the squirrels). I don't hunt so I could sell the tails but rather because squirrel meat tastes could (especially in stew). I do think it is a nice reward.
When they recieve your tails, they put them in a pillow case, and wash them. The tails that don't fall apart get used (and you get paid). They even had a pay scale for partially usable tails. If you send them enough, they may even pay for postage (check the Mepps website for details). They recommend not saving therm for too many years- to prevent decay it the tails. They also say the winter is the best time to ship them, and if I remember right, they even recommended keeping the tails cool after severing them.
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