Critter skins

[Rocco 0]

My road kill days are long past and the neighborhood trapper is just a legend these days. But I find myself groping for the odd ground squirrel, beaver, woodchuck. etc pelt and coming up with scraps or empty-handed. Is there a clearing house that sells tanned, unripe, quality, hides from such critters?

 

I once was great pals with a furrier (krzhnar) in Belgrade Yugoslavia, I'd bring him a bottle of Johnny Walker Red, we'd talk for an hour or so over some sips of his homemade raki, and I would leave a bit muddled but with bags full of odds and ends from his work. Great stuff but I rarely knew the english word for the animals it came from and I would not want to swear an oath there was no poaching involved.

 

Rocco

[agn54 0]

This guy has some really good stuff at good prices

 

http://www.flytyingfurs.com/

[Mickalo 0]

I'd also recommend Coffins Creek furs use them allot. plus he's in my neck of the woods. great people to do business with.

 

Mike

[bluegill576 0]

I have used coffins creek before and the only problem I have with them is the price of the shipping, but otherwise it is good.

[feathers5 0]

I used Coffin Creek Furs. Like 'em a lot. Good people.

[Steve P 0]

I normally use Moscow Hide and Fur, I haven't used the others mentioned but have heard good things.

 

Steve

[JSzymczyk 0]

If you can find a taxidermist near you, sometimes they will give away a treasure trove of furs. Some are small trimmings from animal mounts, and others are things laying around which people have abandoned.

[bowfin47 0]

Try Michael Hogue at Badger Creek Fly Tying - http://www.eflytyer.com/index.html

 

Michael always has a good selection of furs, both on and off the hide. I find his site a little tough to navigate, so here is the "Materials" page that contains the furs:

 

http://www.eflytyer.com/order_info/oi_bmaterial.html

 

And here is the general materials page:

 

http://www.eflytyer.com/order_info/order_info.html

 

Bowfin47

[creekhound 0]

Ive also gotten furs from coffins creek have no problems, like em too.