Tanning A Bear Hide | Brain Tanning | How to Soften, Brain and Smoke Hides

Sadly we had a young nuisance bear that kept coming around and had to be disposed of. Normally we gift our hides out but this time our friend wasn't available so I took the reins. I have never tanned or worked with bear in general. I just so happened to take a sheepskin tanning workshop so I thankfully had a little bit of information on what to do. This is my journey with our bear hide.
If you are new to hide tanning there are some great resources out there. These are some of the people that I hae taken workshops through or have gleamed some insight from.
Mara of Fern and Roe https://www.fernandroe.com/
Adele of Metis Caron https://www.instagram.com/metiscaron/...
Kanina https://kanina.ca/
and the Ron Nail series is extremely informational    • How To Skin A Deer with [Ron Nail]  

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