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 **How can you come off on the good side?**

**Many people wonder if there is a good side to possum hunting and sometimes they think if there is no profit then there is no point. If you pluck the opossums then you can make a large profit from the fur. You need to pluck the fur from the back and sides, but not the head, tail or belly. The fur is at its best and longest in the winter, but it must be clean. ie. not gritty or wet. This downgrades it. The fur is used for lovely soft jerseys when it is mixed with merino wool. The skin can be used for lamp shades and the tails can even be used for ROPES! You can eat the meat if there are no talon baits or other types of poison in that area as the poison goes into the meat and you can get poisoned too. Baits are a good and often effective way to kill possums, but then you have no proof of how many died.**

DID YOU KNOW? Opossum guts on roads dissovle tar causing potholes?