i have a offer for a black bear taken spring i believe,it is about 5by 5 ,salted ,and is capable of making a rug,the other one has no paws or claws on it same thing its salted but not mountable,either bear has slippage or big skinning cuts,but it is rubbed on the back part where there leg brushes up against there back part of there stomach,but any way he offered me $125 for both,would it be worth it or let it pass thanks
ps -these were taken in new york in the southern zone ,by pennsylvania
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Evidently "grab and run" hasnt seen our fall bears, hahaha! By the way, that rub mark where the leg touches may indeed be called the groin, which seldom is haired well. Get a good look at the bears and the permits before buying. Hope they suit you well!
....I don't think I would give that much for them.
I have had nothing but problems with springbears. You never know how long the animal was left before skinning. Sometimes the guild feel it is nessesary to wash the blood and dirt from the skin and thereby giving a nice home to millions of bacterias. Most of the time the hide is not properly fleshed and the lips, ears, eyes, and nose split and they will slip after you get it tanned. Also, you say the skins are salted, but are they Dryied? If not they are sitting in the bacterial juices that the salt pulled out and are proabably in a plastic bag as well so the juices are not dripping all over the freezer. I would not try them unless you are positive they have been taken care of from the moment they have been killed.