You Bear Slayers

[Rugergunsite308]

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At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse

*We buy only Washington and Idaho bears. On Washington bears, we buy only hides with skulls intact, and claws attached. On Washington bears, if you remove the claws or skull from the hide you cannot sell the claws or skull.
See Note: Idaho Black Bear

CARCASS BEARS:Please do not bring us bears that are on the carcass!
Claw Hulls:Hulls are discounted to $1 or less. Hull is the claw with the bone removed). Bought only from Idaho bears
Claw Sets:Prices are per set of 20 claws, half fronts, half rears, from same bear. Length refers to length of longest claws. #1 quality only
3.00" - $150/set
. 2.75" - $ 100/set
2.50" - $ 75/set
2.25" - $ 60/set
2.00" - $ 40.00/set
under 2.00" - $ 30.00/set. Claws bought only from Idaho bears
Gall Bladders:#1 quality, fresh, 2 oz and up only. $10/oz. We buy galls only from Idaho bears
Hides - Rug Quality:Rug quality bears are worth more. These are heavily furred, have all claws, a good head, no major holes, and no blemishes, rubs, or weak fur. Measured from nose to base of tail.
7+ ft - $300.00
6.5 - 7 ft - $200.00
6 - 6.5 ft - $150.00
5.5 - 6 ft - $ 100
5 - 5.5 ft - $ 80
4.5 - 5 ft - $ 60.00
4 - 4.5 ft - $ 45.00
under 4 ft - $ 35.00
#1 rug quality bears with no feet but good capes are worth up to $10.

Leg Bones:large mature bones only, uncleaned, $1.00 each. Bought only from Idaho bears
Skulls:For #1 quality complete bear skulls that are not damaged in any way except the one tooth removed by the Fish & Game Department, we will pay up to $50. Bought only from Idaho bears
Teeth:#1 quality extracted and cleaned canines, up to $7.50 each. Embedded in bone up to $3.00 each. Worn, cracked and damaged teeth will be bought at value, if any. Bought only from Idaho bears.

[Rugergunsite308]

I could see doing it if I was spring bear hunting in ID and passing Moscow on my way home.

[dilleytech]

I could see doing it if I was spring bear hunting in ID and passing Moscow on my way home.

Ya if you lived real close but wt those prices it’s just not worth the time or money.

[dilleytech]

Wow! I didn't realize it was $1k for a soft tan... That's all I want done with my next good one... I got cow elk soft tanned $200 each... My dad and I doubled one year we both drew tags... The few bears I had soft tanned there were $150-200 each... 2008-2012

My first soft tan was around 2016 and was 450. It was only a little more to get a shoulder mount done about that same time was when I got a 6.5’ bear rug done for 1,400$. Same person is now around 1k for the soft tan. I’m sure there’s cheaper if you shop around.

[Kingofthemountain83]

Wow! I didn't realize it was $1k for a soft tan... That's all I want done with my next good one... I got cow elk soft tanned $200 each... My dad and I doubled one year we both drew tags... The few bears I had soft tanned there were $150-200 each... 2008-2012

My first soft tan was around 2016 and was 450. It was only a little more to get a shoulder mount done about that same time was when I got a 6.5’ bear rug done for 1,400$. Same person is now around 1k for the soft tan. I’m sure there’s cheaper if you shop around.

Gotcha... My guy in Lakewood stopped taking in business 2012 I think... Broke my heart... So I had some saved up till I found a new person then my uncle messed that up... 

[Machias]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

[dilleytech]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

[ghosthunter]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

[Kingofthemountain83]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

I feel the same way... I've lost a few bears as well over the years... One was a monster too... We did our due diligence looking for them... The first one tore me up as a kid... My dad told me how many deer and elk fawns I saved no matter what if we found him or not... How nothings wasted in the wild... Took a while to grasp it... But I wouldn't go notch a tag over a lost bear or cougar in this state...   

[dilleytech]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

I agree but you can only legally shoot 2 a year. So I’m passing 100# bears early in the season. Last year I settled for two bears around 125# late in the season. Not a lot of meat but at least later in the season they had a good amount of fat. Wife shot two small bears also. Tough year for us.

[dilleytech]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

I feel the same way... I've lost a few bears as well over the years... One was a monster too... We did our due diligence looking for them... The first one tore me up as a kid... My dad told me how many deer and elk fawns I saved no matter what if we found him or not... How nothings wasted in the wild... Took a while to grasp it... But I wouldn't go notch a tag over a lost bear or cougar in this state...   

Definitely not notching a tag on a lost predator. I wonder how many cougars got shot this year before people realized the season ended in October “in our unit” after the crazy stupid rule change for Cougars.

[Kingofthemountain83]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

I feel the same way... I've lost a few bears as well over the years... One was a monster too... We did our due diligence looking for them... The first one tore me up as a kid... My dad told me how many deer and elk fawns I saved no matter what if we found him or not... How nothings wasted in the wild... Took a while to grasp it... But I wouldn't go notch a tag over a lost bear or cougar in this state...   

Definitely not notching a tag on a lost predator. I wonder how many cougars got shot this year before people realized the season ended in October “in our unit” after the crazy stupid rule change for Cougars.

Yeah with the quota's updating on Thursdays I'm sure it happens...

[dilleytech]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

I feel the same way... I've lost a few bears as well over the years... One was a monster too... We did our due diligence looking for them... The first one tore me up as a kid... My dad told me how many deer and elk fawns I saved no matter what if we found him or not... How nothings wasted in the wild... Took a while to grasp it... But I wouldn't go notch a tag over a lost bear or cougar in this state...   

Definitely not notching a tag on a lost predator. I wonder how many cougars got shot this year before people realized the season ended in October “in our unit” after the crazy stupid rule change for Cougars.

Yeah with the quota's updating on Thursdays I'm sure it happens...

I think very few hunters check to see if cougar is open on a weekly basis.

[Kingofthemountain83]

The trapper in me cannot throw any hide in the bushes.  The meat is top priority, the skull always comes out and unless it is severely rubbed the hide is coming out, which means the hide is coming out because I don't shoot badly rubbed bears.    The last couple of years I've only had badly rubbed bears hitting my baits.  Part of that is the area I've been hunting due to my knees.  This year I have a spot I used to hunt that I am going to see if I can physically get back into.  If so, I will see much nicer bears this spring.  Had my first bear hit a bait last night.  Super foggy so it was hard to tell much about the size or the quality of the hide, but appeared to be decent.

I care so little about the hides the quality means nothing in the shoot or no shoot decision. Size does. Big bears have more meat. Bears are meat animals.

Honestly,

If it’s a legal bear, not a Cub or sow with cubs I could care less about size or hide at trigger time. Given the the circumstances today, I am pulling the trigger on every Predator I can.

I feel the same way... I've lost a few bears as well over the years... One was a monster too... We did our due diligence looking for them... The first one tore me up as a kid... My dad told me how many deer and elk fawns I saved no matter what if we found him or not... How nothings wasted in the wild... Took a while to grasp it... But I wouldn't go notch a tag over a lost bear or cougar in this state...   

Definitely not notching a tag on a lost predator. I wonder how many cougars got shot this year before people realized the season ended in October “in our unit” after the crazy stupid rule change for Cougars.

Yeah with the quota's updating on Thursdays I'm sure it happens...

I think very few hunters check to see if cougar is open on a weekly basis.

When I'm at elk camp... I don't get service... Depending on where we go for deer that's hit or miss... I'm not making a special drive to get service to check... I did check a few times last year just to see... The Skook closed rather early... Cause of Vail I assume... I wasn't in Vail... I probably would've still shot one if I seen it and said I got it in a neighboring gmu... But with my luck the damn thing would probably be wearing a collar...

[GeoSwan]

Heading out soon for Oregon spring bear. What do you guys do with the rug, claws, etc. if you have zero plans for taxidermy work? I don’t have enough room for another rug. Skull yes. Meat yes. Claws?? Curious.

elksnout

So did you shoot one?