SQUIRREL TAIL RECYCLING
Mepps, manufacturer of the World’s #1 Lure, continues to ask hunters to save their squirrel tails. The tails are used to dress the hooks of Mepps, the original French spinner.
Mepps has been buying fox, black, and grey squirrel tails for more than three decades, and will pay up to 26 cents each for tails, depending on quality and quantity. The cash value is doubled if the tails are traded for Mepps lures.
“Hundreds of other materials, both natural and synthetic, have been tested,” says Jim Martinsen, Mepps spokesman, “but few materials work as well. Mepps is only interested in recycling tails taken from squirrels that have been harvested for the table,” Martinsen stresses. “We do not advocate taking squirrels strictly for their tails.”
Learn more about the Mepps Squirrel Tail Program.
Please note: It is illegal to sell squirrel tails in CA, ID, and OR.
To see the entire lineup of Mepps® products, or receive a current Mepps® Tackle Catalog, visit our web site at www.mepps.com or call 800-637-7700. Sheldons’ Inc., 626 Center St., Antigo, WI 54409-2496.
MEPPS SQUIRREL TAIL RECYCLING PROGRAM
Antigo, WI – Mepps® continues to ask hunters to save their squirrel tails. The tails are used for their hand-tied, dressed hooks of their world-famous, fish-catching lures. They’ve been recycling squirrel tails for over half-a-century.
“Squirrels are good eating and we can reuse their tails for making the world’s #1 lure,” explains Mepps® Communications Director, Josh Schwartz. “Consider harvesting squirrels for this year’s hunting season.”
Mepps buys fox, black, grey and red squirrel tails and will pay up to 26 cents each for tails, depending on quality and quantity. Plus, the cash value is doubled if the tails are traded for Mepps lures.
Schwartz reminds everyone, “We do not advocate harvesting of squirrels solely for their tails.”
For details on the Squirrel Tail Program, either visit our web site www.mepps.com/squirrels or call 800-637-7700.
For additional information contact:
Nik Kolbeck
nkolbeck@mepps.com
Phone: 715-623-7556
Please do not forget that the Francis Creek Sportsman Club is having their Squirrel Hunting contest on Sept. 25th. You must register on the 24th a Friday night from 5 pm to 8 pm. It will be a great weekend of fun for all.