What do you do with your deer hides?

[92python]

What does everyone do with their deer hides? The hides for habitat drop off spots seem to have gone away.

Some of the guys I hunt with trade their hides in for choppers or at least they used to.

Does anyone know of a hide for habitat drop off in the metro and does that money really go to habitat?

[orchdork]

Capras, Hwy 65 between old Hwy. 10 and new Hwy. 10. Yes they do buy habitat with the proceeds. It is a great deal for the hunters in Mn and I have often thought that they could take it farther by selling the products from the tanned hides by marketing them with the Hides for Habitat logo. Choppers, Gloves, Hats, vests, jackets etc. I would buy them. How about you?

[89Bronco]

orchdork that's a great idea. I'd get some choppers from them.

We bring ours to the Hides for Habitat box at the Short Stop in Buhl, MN.

[metrojoe]

The MDHA lists them all for the entire state on their web site.

Here is the list for the west metro.

A & M Liquor

Hwy 241

St Michael, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 612-497-3601

Ace Hardware

Hwy 55

Rockford, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 612-477-5820

Alford's Service

Hwy 10 & I94

Rogers, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-428-2205

Big Lake Lumber

Hwy 10

Big Lake, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-263-3400

Buffalo Bob's Bait Shop

Downtown

Buffalo, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-684-0938

Country Lumber

12575 Oak View Ave

Becker, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-262-4444

Ebner's Bait

17015 Hwy 10

Elk River, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-441-1550

Evergreen Taxidermy

Hwy 12

Montrose, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-675-3741

H & H Sports Shop

Hwy 55

Maple Lake, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 320-963-3818

Holiday Station Store

13017 Main Street

Rogers, MN

Open:

Phone: 763-428-4549

Jack's Marine

Hwy 12

Howard Lake, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 320-543-2715

Jack's Marine

Hwy 12

Cokato, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone:

Little Jims

Hwy 55

Annandale, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 320-274-5297

Marathon Station

405 3rd Street SE

Osseo, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-420-2321

Quick Shop

West Hwy 55

Rockford, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-477-4430

Southfork Recreation

Hwy 12

Delano, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-972-6242

Spur Station

19905 Cty Rd 10

Corcoran, MN

Open:

Phone: 763-420-2321

Suman's Outdoors

112 East Broadway

Monticello, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-295-3222

Walmart

Hwy 25 N

Buffalo, MN

Open:24 hrs

Phone: 763-682-2925

[fivebucks]

There is a Hides for Habitat drop box at the Gander Mtn. in Minnetonka at Hwy 7 & 101 also.

[Mark Christianson]

Does the money really go to habitat?

Yes, it is money that is put to good use in several ways.

Last night I was helping salt and stack hides with the West Metro MDHA chapter. So far our chapter is up to almost 2000 hides.

Some of that money in recent years was used to purchase a Plot Master(food plot implement for use behind and ATV) and it can be rented for I believe $25 for 2 days of use. It was nearly fully utilized last spring.

Also, some of the money is used to help purchase food plot seed. If you look on the MDHA HSOforum, they have a few different blends of seed for sale. The West Metro chapter pays for half of the price of the seed, in order to offer it to the public at a greatly reduced rate.

I put it to use, and had some great results at our farm.

[MikeYager - Suzuki]

I get mine tanned dark brown. I have had one jacket made and plan to have another made soon. Maybe even a gun case. I currently have about 5 and just sent one last week.

[shortfatguy]

i usually give mine to hides for habitat but this year a fur buyer is doing the hide for gloves trade so im going to get some new gloves!!

[jbjr]

I think I have seen signs at Fleet Farm that hides can be dropped off there.

jbjr

[woodview]

Suzuki, wondering where you get your hides tanned? I've got a couple things I want to make but it's been a lot of years since I've had one done.