Here is my podcast Our Numinous Nature, where I went and covered The West Virginia Fur Auction speaking with the likes of trappers, graders, buyers and members of the West Virginia Trappers Association. While I'm a hobby trapper at best, I love the history and partaking in these folkways. Here's the episode synopsis & thank you for checking it out:

The West Virginia Fur Auction is an annual fur, root, skull & antler consignment sale in Glenville, West Virginia. After a reading about the first fur-trade explorations over the Alleghenies into West Virginia in 1671-74, we head into the auction with in-the-field reporting on the modern fur, root, meat, gland and oddities markets, interviewing the likes of trappers, fur hangers, graders, buyers and members of the West Virginia Trappers Association. Many grew up trapping and we hear how meaningful it is to continue the very trade that founded America. From protecting endangered species to supporting natural materials over synthetic textiles, the trapper is discussed as an environmentalist. Throughout are charming moments like a young lady demoing how to skin a noxious skunk or what to do with a raccoon's pecker bone. As the buyers stand around the racks of bobcat pelts, piles of beavers, boxes of skunks and deer horns, we find out what they're looking for whether they specialize in garments, felt, costumes or oddities. As the auctioneer rattles off the bidding, you've got a front row seat to the fascinating world of American fur.

Reading from The West Virginia Encyclopedia by Philip Mallory Conley

To learn more about the West Virginia Trappers Association: Wvtrappers.com