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Originally Posted by Dean2
Thanks, learned something today. I am amazed there isn't a long line of guys buying up moose hide, if you can make that kind of money from them. Even with the work that Brain tanning involves, that is really good pay if you do 4 or 5 a month, heck, 1 or 2 is still a pretty good living.
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It has always baffled me why hides of big game are allowed to be wasted. Even tanning just one hide pays for the year's hunts.
One year I had hunters save me their moose and elk hides and I had 10 moose hides and 3 elk commercially tanned. I sold those hides for double the cost of tanning and the fellow that bought them made many pairs little booties for new born infants. I was happy, the buyer was happy and the new born infants were comfortably happy. It didn't have to be about the profits but rather the utilization of a great natural resource.
Even tanned fish skins have good value. Some fish skins tanned are worth up to 50 bucks each. A strong durable leather for fashion or accessories. So 10 lake whitefish skins tanned could be worth up to 300 bucks.