Anyone use Montana Rug and Tanning?

[Bluumoon]

Anyone have experience with Montana Rug and Tanning out of Arlee, MT? Looks to be a well established business, owner answered the phone and answered all my questions without hesitation.

 

[BowMan86]

I shipped a tanned bear hide there from Alaska this past year. The finished product was great and I am happy overall. I did have some communication issues and the timeline kept shifting. They use a separate taxidermist for the head and then they finish rugging the bear. The answer that I got was the taxidermist kept delaying it. It went from 3-4 months to 6 months, and then to a year. But again overall product was great.

 

[deer310sg]

Yep my taxidermist uses them. That's where he sent my bear hide to be soft tanned. Great job!

 

[Bluumoon]

I shipped a tanned bear hide there from Alaska this past year. The finished product was great and I am happy overall. I did have some communication issues and the timeline kept shifting. They use a separate taxidermist for the head and then they finish rugging the bear. The answer that I got was the taxidermist kept delaying it. It went from 3-4 months to 6 months, and then to a year. But again overall product was great.

Thanks for the feedback. Any change you have a picture of the face? My local taxi does great work, but sig more expensive.

 

[BowMan86]

Thanks for the feedback. Any change you have a picture of the face? My local taxi does great work, but sig more expensive.

Not the best pics, already dark here and high up on the wall. Hopefully it gives you some idea.

 

[Quicksilver]

Anybody have a ballpark price for a hide just to be softened/tanned by them?

 

[deer310sg]

Anybody have a ballpark price for a hide just to be softened/tanned by them?

I believe mine was around $600. 6'3" bear back in 2018

 

[Nick Muche]

Great product, cheap, fast. Never mount a bear with an open mouth. Closed or slack jaw.

 

[Nick Muche]

Not the best pics, already dark here and high up on the wall. Hopefully it gives you some idea.

Nice! Archery? Doesn’t look bad at all.

 

[Bluumoon]

Not the best pics, already dark here and high up on the wall. Hopefully it gives you some idea.

Looks great. That'll work for me.

 

[BowMan86]

Nice! Archery? Doesn’t look bad at all.

No, gun. First time ever bear hunting. May try some bow hunting this year in the sound.

 

[JohnKingMT]

Anyone have experience with Montana Rug and Tanning out of Arlee, MT? Looks to be a well established business, owner answered the phone and answered all my questions without hesitation.

They are the bomb! Have several elk that they have done, and also my sons first deer. He “helped”’skin it and they stitched all the holes and made it look amazing.