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A guy only needs so many bear hides laying around. If I ever shoot a really Nice cinnamon I’ll get it tanned but I wouldn’t get another rug done, one is plenty.I keep all the skulls. Currently at 22 and working on a really weird collection. I took the claws off my biggest bear to have 1 set but might never keep another. Just not that cool on a black bear.
Quote from: dilleytech on April 18, 2026, 10:12:34 AMA guy only needs so many bear hides laying around. If I ever shoot a really Nice cinnamon I’ll get it tanned but I wouldn’t get another rug done, one is plenty.I keep all the skulls. Currently at 22 and working on a really weird collection. I took the claws off my biggest bear to have 1 set but might never keep another. Just not that cool on a black bear.22 bears and not one was a "really nice cinnamon"?
I've shot a good number of bears and been present for probably over a dozen other bears killed. Most of the time the hide gets packed out, but most of those generally end up in a freezer till the freezer dies and the hide gets tossed. Skull are almost always done up. I have a couple skull in the freezer that I was thinking of putting in a crab pot and letting the ocean clean them up. We always talk about bringing/selling bear hides to Moscow Hide and Fur (they take only WA and ID bears), but never seem to make it over there.