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furbuyer.comby Moscow Hide and Fur |
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Moscow Hide and Fur has been buying furs and antlers throughout the western United States, and by mail from trappers and hunters nation-wide for over 35 years. Owner Gary J. Schroeder is known and respected throughout the fur industry, he is a former Hudson's Bay fur trader with 48 years of buying experience, and writes the fur market report for Fur-Fish-Game magazine.
This site, furbuyer.com, is our catalog and price list of items that we are currently interested in buying from hunters and trappers. Below you will find items we are buying, the quality and condition we need them in and the prices we are paying. Most items are listed alphabetically as you scroll down this page (Badger, Coyote, Deer, Elk, Opossum, Wolf, etc.). Birds, Snakes and Turtles are organized into their own sections at the bottom.
Visit our How We Buy Page for our address, shipping instructions, payment terms, etc. |
We only buy items that are legally taken and that are legal for you to sell. We reserve the right to refuse to buy anything from anyone at anytime. Visit our How We Buy Page for more information.
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At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Capes:We pay up to $40.00 for #1 quality capes, 15" neck and larger. |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Carcass:We will buy local carcass badgers at up to $30. |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse *We buy only Washington and Idaho bears. On Washington bears, we buy only hides with skulls intact, and claws attached. On Washington bears, if you remove the claws or skull from the hide you cannot sell the claws or skull. See Note: Idaho Black Bear CARCASS BEARS:Please do not bring us bears that are on the carcass! Claw Hulls:Hulls are discounted to $1 or less. Hull is the claw with the bone removed). Bought only from Idaho bears Claw Sets:Prices are per set of 20 claws, half fronts, half rears, from same bear. Length refers to length of longest claws. #1 quality only 3.00" - $150/set . 2.75" - $ 100/set 2.50" - $ 75/set 2.25" - $ 60/set 2.00" - $ 40.00/set under 2.00" - $ 30.00/set. Claws bought only from Idaho bears Gall Bladders:#1 quality, fresh, 2 oz and up only. $10/oz. We buy galls only from Idaho bears Hides - Rug Quality:Rug quality bears are worth more. These are heavily furred, have all claws, a good head, no major holes, and no blemishes, rubs, or weak fur. Measured from nose to base of tail. 7+ ft - $300.00 6.5 - 7 ft - $200.00 6 - 6.5 ft - $150.00 5.5 - 6 ft - $ 100 5 - 5.5 ft - $ 80 4.5 - 5 ft - $ 60.00 4 - 4.5 ft - $ 45.00 under 4 ft - $ 35.00 #1 rug quality bears with no feet but good capes are worth up to $10. Leg Bones:large mature bones only, uncleaned, $1.00 each. Bought only from Idaho bears Skulls:For #1 quality complete bear skulls that are not damaged in any way except the one tooth removed by the Fish & Game Department, we will pay up to $50. Bought only from Idaho bears Teeth:#1 quality extracted and cleaned canines, up to $7.50 each. Embedded in bone up to $3.00 each. Worn, cracked and damaged teeth will be bought at value, if any. Bought only from Idaho bears |
Sent-In: Items Shipped To Us
White beaver:If you catch a white or almost white beaver, case skin the animal, leave the feet and tail attached, and leave the skull in the hide. Freeze. Contact us. You may send us a picture. These animals can be worth $100 and as much as $200 |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Hides:We no longer buy beef hides. The market is so low that the labor costs associated with handling them are more than the hides are worth |
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Hides:We will buy fresh buffalo hides that are not cut up or have drags, scars, etc. We will buy tanned buffalo hides should you have some. |
Sent-In: Items Shipped To Us
CLAWS:Remove hair. Front claws up to 50 cents each; rear claws up to 25 cents each. |
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Claws:Hair removed, dried. $0.10 each |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Claws:#1 quality, L/XL dew claws - $25-$50each |
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Carcass Coyotes:We are not buying carcass coyotes at this time |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse Hides:WE ARE BUYING #1 QUALITY SELECT DEER HIDES FOR PRICES UP TO $20. Note that we will no longer buy any deer hides that are not suitable for hair on tanning. We will not buy skins that are sour or tainted, those with drag marks, big holes, multiple holes, those that have fly larvae, or skins without the neck attached. WE BUY DEER HIDES ONLY FROM SEPTEMBER TO EARLY DECEMBER. DO NOT BRING US ANY DEER HIDES AT ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR. Because of CWD restrictions we are not buying any hides from Idaho Big Game Units 11A, 13,14, 15, 18, 19, 23 WE BUY DEER HIDES ONLY THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR HAIR ON TANNING. (See our diagram for view of properly skinned deer). When skinning your deer make sure that you do not cut in such a way that the brisket is attached to the front of the front legs. Leave the white brisket fur attached to the hide behind the front legs. Leave long front legs attached to the hide. We will pay #1 price on hides that have up to two dime size or nickel size holes in the hide. Larger holes and knife cuts will be discounted. For #1 quality hides wil will pay the following: 60" from nose to base of tail: $20.00; 55-60" from nose to base of tail: $15.00; 50-55" from nose to base of tail: $10.00; Prices apply to white-tail deer, mule deer, and black-tail deer See Note: Hair-On Hides Legs:Adult: $0.50 each Fawns: $0.10 each. SALT FOR DEER HIDES:If you are collecting leather quality hides we have FREE SALT for you. This salt has been used to cure furbearers such as coyotes, fox, coon and hair on hides such as elk, bear, cougar, and deer. It has been used only once. Commercial costs are ~$300/ton and we are giving it to you. |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Hides:We are buying select quality elk hides for hair on tanning. THEY MUST BE FROM FRESH KILLS. We do not buy hides that have multiple holes or knife cuts, have drag marks, are sour or rotten, have fly eggs attached, or are mis-shapen. Must have complete necks and tails and long legskins. The brisket must be attached to the hide behind the front leg. Do not bring us hides that have the brisket area attached to the front of the front leg. No holes larger than quarter size. WE DO NOT BUY CALF HIDES. We buy hides from October through mid December only. DO NOT BRING US HIDES AT ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR. NOTE: WE NO LONGER BUY HIDES THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR HAIR ON TANNING.
For hides that are suitable for hair on tanning we will pay the following: 90-100" from nose to base of tail $50; 80-90" from nose to base of tail $35; 70-80" from nose to base of tail: $15. WE BUY BOTH COW AND BULL HIDES.
Because of CWD restrictions, we are not buying elk hides from the following Idaho Big Game units: 11A, 13,14, 15, 18, 19, 23 |
Sent-In: Items Shipped To Us
Baculum:Penis bones, #1 quality, up to $1 each |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Carcass animals - subadults:We are interested in buying lawfully taken subadult animals that are about a foot long plus tail. Must have good head, good feet. Freeze whole. Ship November through March. We will refund freight costs. $30. Carcass adult cross fox, up to $50 |
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Raw, salted skins prepped for Taxidermy:If you know how to skin and prep grey fox for taxidermy, contact us as WE WANT YOUR SKINS. |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Hides:We will buy fresh hides killed from November through March. Larger sizes only ( no subadults). We want only nice white hides and multicolored hides, preferable those with spotting. $10 tops |
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Skulls:We buy nature cleaned horse skulls for up to $20, depending upon condition |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Hides:We buy freshly killed whole hides, with full necks and tails attached for hair on tanning. Leave complete legskins attached to the hide. WE BUY BOTH BULL HIDES AND COW HIDES. These cannot have any drag marks, cannot be sour or tained, cannot have fly eggs layed on them, and must not be cut up or have large or multiple holes. They must be skinned in such a way that the brisket area remains attached to the hide behind the front leg. We do not want hides that have been skinned in such a way that the brisket is attached to the front of the front legskin. We pay for #1 quality hides as follows: 90-100 inches from front end to base of tail $75; 80-90" from anterior end to base of tail $50; small size hides including calf hides, will be purchased at value as long as they can be tanned hair on.
BECAUSE OF CWD RESTRICTIONS WE ARE NOT BUYING ANY MOOSE HIDES FROM THE FOLLOWING Idaho Big Game Units: 11A, 13,14, 15, 18.19, 23. |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Carcass:Carcass otter, with CITIES tags attached: up to $50 |
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Carcass:Larger sizes, #1 quality, fresh: up to $10. We will not buy carcass porcupine from which the guard hairs has been pulled, carcass porcupines that are rotten, or those that have intestinal material on the hair and quills. |
Sent-In: Items Shipped To Us
Skins:We will buy some stretched and dried prairie dog skins, winter quality, #1 quality only, must have feet attached. Will buy 25 @ $5.00 each. Contact us if you can fill this order. |
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PENIS BONES (Baculum): Larger sizes only, uncleaned $0.35 each. |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Carcass raccoon:We are not buying carcass raccoon at this time |
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Hides:August--February, hair on quality, fresh, no holes, black, brown, grayish and mixed colors only; up to $15. We do not buy sheared sheep with short wool. |
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Carcass animals. We will pay up to $2 for carcass animals. Can be white, brown, or graybacks. Those with belly taints severely discounted. Must be unthawed at time of sale |
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Carcass:up to $300 each for black and white wolves. Browns up to $150. Note: Must bring in fresh and killed from October through January. Those with mange, broken hairs on shoulders, big holes, etc. are at value. Remember that the skulls and claws on a wolf are of value. If you cannot get your carcass wolf to us quickly, remove the intestines and stomach as these are the cause of most slippage. The skulls and claws on a wolf are worth up to $84, depending upon size. Must have Idaho Fish and Game tag attached |
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Grouse Feet:Dried, in standing position: $0.50 each |
At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Beards:10+" $5 each |
Sent-In: Items Shipped To Us
Skins:#1 quality prairie rattlesnakes 25 inches and up, with rattles @ $0.42/inch. MUST HAVE RATTLES ATTACHED. Big southern/Texas diamondback skins $0.50-$0.75/inch, must have rattles attached. |