Wholesale tanning and rug service for the professional taxidermist

  • Over 35 years tanning for taxidermists
  • Rush service
  • Wet tan available
  • Wholesale rug head mounts
Taxidermists first

Tanning for the taxidermy trade

What we do

Tanning, rugs, and mounts

All services and prices
Tanning

Hair-on tanning

Fleshed, shaved, tanned, and combed by a crew that's been on the machines for over 20 years.

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Rugs

Rug service

Your choice of edge and felt, finished with a double felt border. Felt colors may vary.

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Full service

Head mounts

Tanned, mounted, and rugged, start to finish. Call for current pricing.

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New

Prep and specialty skins

Prep service, plus African and specialty skins. Call Kieran to talk through the project.

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A family tannery since the 1980s

Customers trust their trophies with us

We sit between the big outfits and the backyard operation down the road. We're big enough to take any size order and small enough that we handle every skin ourselves.

Our story

Turnaround you can plan on

90 to 120 days on most items, and rush when a client can't wait.

The same tan every time

Shops stay for decades because the product doesn't change on them.

We know our clients

We're a small shop, and the people answering the phone have been here for decades.

From the shops and the hunters

What our customers say

I've trusted Montana Rug and Tanning for all my tanning needs for 34 years. Truly first-class owners and service.

Ron ClarkOwner, Sochum Creek Taxidermy

Does great work and at a fair price. Have had tens of hides done the past 3 years and have never been disappointed.

Garrett O’DayGoogle review

We have been going to Jill now for 7 years and she and her crew do amazing work at a great price.

Rainy B.Google review
Before it comes to us

Handling a skin before it comes to us

Packing and terms
Taxidermists

Prep and shipping

  • Flesh it, turn the lips, eyes, and ears, and salt it as you normally would.
  • Don't over-dry it, and don't ship in plastic.
  • Shipping frozen? Call us first, and write OPEN AT ONCE on the box.
  • Cut the pads off bears headed for a rug.
Hunters

Fresh from the field

  • Keep the skin clean, fold it flesh to flesh, and freeze it.
  • Can't freeze it? Get it to us as soon as you can.
  • Please don't salt it and then freeze it. Table salt from the grocery store won't do the job.
  • If you're not sure, call us before you do anything and we'll walk you through it.

A quality product can't be made from an improperly handled skin.

Talk to Jill, Kieran, or Bobbie

That's 726-7847. What's the turnaround, and what will it cost? Call and we'll tell you. After hours or on the weekend, call or text to set a time.

Call the shop
Shop hours
Mon to Thu7:00 to 4:30Fri to SunBy appointmentAfter hoursBy appointmentDrop-offsCall first, please
Find the shop

Montana Rug and Tanning Company
34300 White Coyote Rd
Arlee, MT 59821
rugs@blackfoot.net