Re: Average time for bear hide return
Originally Posted by
KodiakHntr
If the taxidermist doesn't do the tanning himself (and not many do, most of them ship to a commercial tannery) then you will be a year+. The tannery generally does hides in batches (ie bears together, deer together, etc) so you will be waiting for the hide to get done whenever they have bears scheduled to be done. Then it goes back to the taxidermist and he probably does his stuff in batches as well, ie all the sheep, all the deer, all the elk, etc...
A popular taxidermist who has lots of work won't be a quick turn around.
Yup, they also usually don't send any bear hides off to the tannery until July
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