Buyers from around the country came to Columbus for the chance to purchase Montana furs.买家来自全国各地来到哥伦布为有机会购买蒙大拿皮草。

Many trappers in the state sell their furs at other auctions around the country.许多渔民在该国出售自己的皮草在其他拍卖全国各地。 So the Montana Trappers Association put together their first auction.因此，蒙大拿州渔民协会放在一起，他们第一次拍卖。 About a dozen of the top buyers in the country came to buy fur.大约12名的顶尖人士在该国前来购买皮草。

Fur buyer Alan Steel says, "It's just really competitive. There's so much money involved. You better have your grading right so you don't make mistakes, better be on your toes here."毛皮买家艾伦钢说， "这只是个真正具有竞争力，有这么多钱参与，你有更好的等级，你的权利，让你不犯错误，更好地对你的脚趾在这里" 。

Bobcat fur will go to coat manufacturers in Russia, Italy, Japan and several other places across the country.山猫毛皮会去外衣，制造商在俄罗斯，意大利，日本和其他几个地方，在全国推行。

The Montana trappers Association says bobcat may sell for 500 in some states but the Montana bobcat went for $600 to $800 or more.在蒙大拿州的渔民协会说，山猫，可卖500 ，在某些国家，但蒙大拿州的Bobcat前往为600元至800元，或更多。

"I actually paid a thousand dollars for one cat," says Steel, "it's a western bobcat and its good. It's a good bobcat.  Manufacturers like Montana bobcat." "其实，我付出了千元的一个猫说： "钢材， "这是一个西方的Bobcat和其良好的，它是一个很好的山猫。制造商如蒙大拿州的Bobcat " 。

Fur trapper James Halseth says, "On the bobcats, they're the pale, light colorless white belly with lots of spots. Them are the high dollar cats. And there are only a couple states where those are produced."毛皮器詹姆斯halseth说， "对山猫，他们正在帕莱，轻无色白肚同地段的景点。都是高港元猫，并有唯一一对夫妇的国家，这些都是产生" 。

They have 250 lots of fur here worth thousands of dollars.他们有250幅毛皮这里值得数千美元。 And all this creates an opportunity for the buyers and the trappers.而所有这一切创造了一个机会，让买家和渔民。

"Win - win situation, no one loses," says Paul Schmidt, President of Montana Trappers Association, "Everybody wants the Montana fur, so let's have one here. This is the best fur there is in the United States, right here right here in this state." "赢-双赢的局面，没有人输了，说： "保罗施密特先生的蒙大拿州的渔民协会， "每个人都想在蒙大拿毛皮，让我们有一个在这里，这是最好的毛皮是，在美国，在这里在这里在这个国家" 。

"They're out there harvesting the predator, free of taxpayer expense, get a pat on the back for what they do," says Steel, "Every year about $2 million goes into Montana's economy. "他们在外面，有收获捕食者，免费让纳税人牺牲，赢得八就回来为他们做什么，说： "钢" ，每年大约有200万美元进入蒙大拿州的经济。

And they say they could double the auction's size next year.他们并说，他们可能会增加一倍拍卖的大小明年。

The auction earned trappers $164,000.拍卖收入的渔民， 164 000美元。

The club gets eight percent of that and will use it to teach humane and proper trapping and getting information out about wildlife management.该俱乐部获得78 ％的表示，将用它来教导人道和适当的俘获，并索取资料，询问野生动物保护管理。