JJ-Question

[George P]

When you are cleaning a bear skull for a customer does the price depend on the size of the skull. My friends and i have no experience with this and have just gotten one back,we havent picked it up yet. I was told it was size sensitive to the cost and wondered if that is the norm. I have no idea what it will score yet but am anxious to see.Thanks.

 

[JJHACK]

The cost is species related not size related in my business. All black bears are the same cost. I have cleaned two black bears over 23" now and the owners will not list them in B&C either one would be the new number one Black bear in the book, both came from the same island in Alaska, I know one of the guys. I bet there are more 23's out there that we don't know about too!jj

 

[George P]

I wonder why they wont list them? To each their own i guess !!thanks for the info.

 

[JJHACK]

One fellow thinks the organization is awful in that is ranks a fair chase stalk on a bear in the same catagory as shooting one from a tree while surrounded by dogs.

The other guy has a small moral issue which he does not want to have to argue about with the B&C judges. Nothing big just a stupid little thing that he does not care to deal with. Besides which lots of folks have record book animals and don't list them. I have a handful myself and have never listed a single one. jj