Tanning?

[mark-edmonton]

Looking to get a few furs tanned! Anyone use a specific tannery they would recommend. With decent turnaround time

[philintheblank]

I used international fur out of Winnipeg. Kinda of a hassle to get the export permit from fish and game but it is cheaper than anyplace in Edmonton. Charged me $46 each for a 2 foxes with paws and claws. Buddy got a bear tanned at western fur that turned out really nice.

I would stay away from halfords, I took 2 coyotes there and got quoted 180 for both. Went to pick them up a few months later and the bill was $380 because all the extra charges like claws and face, case skinned. Even charge me for 'taxidermy prep' whatever that means.

[Pikes"R"us]

I've seen some stuff brought in from Halfords and it's not too impressive.. Even herd they mixed a guys beavers up... International is who we use. Good work, decent prices & turn around times.

[HunterDave]

Have you considered doing your own tanning, Mark? A $20 bottle of the formula at Halfords will do a deer sized hide. I did a deer hide hair-on just following the instructions on the bottle and it turned out great. Not very difficult either.

[mark-edmonton]

I have a bottle of that stuff, was unsure of how it worked!

[HunterDave]

Originally Posted by mark-edmonton

I have a bottle of that stuff, was unsure of how it worked!

I did a deer hide with the hair on about 6 or 7 years ago and it's still doing great. I scraped the whole hide with just a hunting knife and I was lucky to not put any knicks in it. The process involved soaking and fleshing over the course of 3 days, directions are on the bottle. I'm sure that the prep that you did to your pelts would have been much better than mine. The only thing about my hide is that it is still fairly stiff but I could fix that if I wanted to go over it with a wire wheel. When the pelt is semi dry you can run it over a rope to make the pelt leather soft, there are youtube vids on how that's done.

[nube]

Just took 5 coyotes and 5 foxes in today to Western Fur tannery
Got a bulk discount. $100 for Coyotes and $90 for fox.
Edmonton Fur tannery wanted $126 for both fox and Coyote and they wanted to cut the coyote head off from the ears and up? lol