I have a friend who already has a bear rug and he got a bear this year .It was alot smaller than his bear rug he already had.He wanted to know the cheapest way to tan it.I think most tannerys are in Montana.I always took my racoons to the taxidermist but it was way more than the tannery was.I got a price of $300 to tan the hide and $160 a foot for a rug.I figured someone on here would know.