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RustyOlRanger4x4 08-22-2004 03:30 PM

Price on bear tanning?
 
I was watching bear hunting on tv earlier and I was curious about how much does a bear cost to have it tanned like for a rug? Bear is about the only thing I would ever consider going to pay to hunt somewhere I doubt ill ever do it but it would be neat. But I was just curoius as to what someone would expect to pay for tanning one?

M.Magis 08-23-2004 06:35 AM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
A good quality rug will cost anywhere from $125/linear foot, and up from there.

RustyOlRanger4x4 08-23-2004 04:18 PM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
Thats about what I expected thanks

Western MA Hunter 08-24-2004 08:35 AM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
The bear rug i'm having done now is $125 per foot. Then there is extra cost for the head depending on how you do it (open or closed mouth). I think mine is close to 7" and I'm having it done on black background with the mouth open for around $1200.

RustyOlRanger4x4 08-24-2004 12:48 PM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
Thanks for the info maby ill get to go bear hunting one day....

ArcticBowMan 08-24-2004 06:18 PM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
I've had two rugs done for right around $700 each. Both were quality work, and one was with open mouth, one was closed. Both bears were blackies, at or just above 6'. If you are just wanting a hide tanned, then you could expect about $40-$50 a foot, depending on how much work is left for the tannery, ie. fleshing, turing eyes, nose, ears, lips, claws, etc.

Western MA Hunter 08-25-2004 12:40 PM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
Wow... i wish we had those prices around here...

RustyOlRanger4x4 08-25-2004 05:21 PM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
If I ever got to go shoot one and had a rug made it would be the most expensive thing I own :D

gopher slayer 08-27-2004 09:29 PM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
my brother got a bear done and it cost him $850CND

Pro-Line 09-12-2004 08:04 AM

RE: Price on bear tanning?
 
M. Magis...I'm in Ohio, too and one of the best rug makers in the country is in Ohio. They do hundreds a year, and they are $79/foor plus $100 to skin out the head and feet.

I've had 2 rugs made there and a life mount. They're awesome and fast. They have ALL been back in 6 months. One rug was back in 2 months.


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