Confiscated hunting and fishing equipment auctions

Confiscated hunting and fishing equipment auctions

The DNR will be having an auction of confiscated hunting and fishing equipment on Saturday April 28, 2012. The auction is open to the public. Items being offered for sale include, but are not limited to: firearms, bows, tree stands, fishing rods and reels, tip ups, traps, trail camera, depth finder, spotlights, scopes, spears, hand ice augers. There are 309 firearms, 72 bows, 236 other items, and 37 firearms being sold for parts.

Please note: Anyone purchasing a firearm will be required to pass a background check.

The auction is being held at:

Hiller Auction Service
10785 261st Avenue
Zimmerman, MN
http://www.hillerauction.com/apr28.html

Inspection of items is available on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and at 8 a.m. the day of the auction. The auction will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Once the auction begins there will not be any access to the firearms.

All equipment is SOLD AS IS, including all defects or faults, known or unknown. Items cannot be returned once they have been purchased. Buyers may bring their own cases or there will be cases available for purchase to transport firearms.

A list of firearms and bows being offered for sale is available by visiting the auction website.

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Sweet. Now I can get some of my stuff back.
DT

I’ve seen your “stuff”, let it go.

Holy Cow do they confiscate alot of firearms

Looks like there are some sweet guns on there. Too bad every time I go to an auction the item goes for double its value. I went to buy a Tahoe one time and it went for double book.
DT

wow, that’s a lot of gear. hopefully the auction pays for a couple salaries

Carbon Element bow. Thats a kick in the nuts to loose at 1200 dollars for the bare bow new. Stupid hurts!

Looks like alot of hillbilly bob stuff –

Where are the cars and boats?

Cant fix stupid – I guess.

web site doesnt say if you have to be there or if you can bid on line.

Picture ID req. to obtain bidding number.

I’m guessing you must be there.

probably hot to begin with

Wonder why they are having it in Zimmerman? You would think they would have a better turnout if it were closer to the Twin Cities.

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Wonder why they are having it in Zimmerman? You would think they would have a better turnout if it were closer to the Twin Cities.

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You must never have been to Hiller’s Auctions before. That place gets PACKED.

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You must never have been to Hiller’s Auctions before. That place gets PACKED.

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Nope, never been to Hillers auctions before. But I’m sure there are plenty of facilities closer the the Twin Cities that could handle pretty large crowds too.

I’d be interested in hearing from anybody who goes about the prices. I only know one guy who went to this DNR auction before and the prices were crazy.

I’m pretty turned off when it comes to firearms auctions. I just haven’t been to any lately where the prices weren’t crazy or the reserves weren’t ridiculous. It seems like there’s no middle ground, either the sellers have crazy ideas that old beat to hell stuff is worth a fortune and new stuff should sell at or above SRP, or I end up bidding against the one guy in the crowd that thinks every gun is worth 30% more than its book value.

Between the credit card fees that every auction house wants to charge, and sales tax, this auction adds 10% to the hammer price. That’s pretty steep considering that list is full of guns that in average used condition will be worth less than $300.

Grouse