Proper disposal?

[BoxMN]

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It's all good Bob, big hug.

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Now that's a good Dr. Phil moment

We usually butcher ours up north, and put them on buddies farm, but I brought a deer home this year, and I just bagged it up (head one bag, ribcage another, and legs/scraps another) and put in garbage. I think they took it but haven't checked yet. They took my neighbors ribcage and he didn't even bag it up!

[PerchPounder]

if your looking to get rid of buck capes in good shape check out your local taxidermist they are always will to pay! for good looking capes that have been properly removed. other than that we take ours to hides for habitat and the rest goes to the critters at my friends farm.

[PerchJerker]

I have a good friend that used to work in the hide business, and I know enough about it to let you know what happens to the hides.

That company buys the majority of the hides in this area, and when I say this area I mean something like the 3 to 5 state area. They place their own drop bins at places like FF and pay FF a small fee for each hide collected, they buy hides from the so-called fur traders, and they buy hides from from organizations like MDHA and their hides for habitat program.

The hides get scraped and salted here, then get sent overseas for tanning and cutting and sewing, then get sent back here as deerskin gloves. They're sold at places like FF, Gander, Bass Pro, etc.

The guys that are giving you a pair of gloves for your hide are obviously getting more for the hide than they're spending on the gloves. In most cases those gloves come from the company that's buying the hides.

I thought it was a pretty interesting business and thought you might like to hear about it.

[Hammer Handle]

We actually sell our hides. The $$ we get pays for the wrapping paper for the meat and maybe even more.

Most places won't buy them...but being my dad was an ex-butcher...we have some "ins".