I try not to figure out an hourly wage for my hobbies that have a potential revenue stream but I know when it comes down to when it truly feels like work and its almost for nothing, I'll shut it off for...years(?) if necessary. I haven't laid out a mink after Christmas line for about 3 years because even though I like outwitting those silky little devils in their romps through snow banks, I couldn't justify the gas involved to get me around the country-side and that was just at the beginning of the wild mink price collapse. Same way now with anything steel, unless I see parts off of an item that have more than scrap value to them. Likewise with my Cu, its going to get banked unless I truly need some cash. Too much (probably ineffective on my part) work involved to let it go at $1.20 a pound. Someone has written that #2 Cu is going to flatten out at around $1.20 for a national price. Well, that's already here in my area.
I watched some guy the other night skin out a coon in less than a minute and half (he had mechanical help) and then his buddy chimed in that, yeah, he skinned out 27 masked bandits in an hour the other night. Now, I certainly need to up my game with just a knife and a hanging gambrel, but that just sounds like flat out humping work. Is there any fun left to it?? When it just becomes a grind unless the money is just flowing like milk and honey, then I'm out. If that what you solely do to make money and its just a grind and there's no fun involved (this isn't aimed at anyone in particular), then I truly hope you find some enjoyment in other means. Nothing wrong with good hard work that's tough as long as a person can walk away and enjoy the times when they're not working. Money isn't everything...
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