Bear processing in the Catskills

[TopGun270]

Does anyone know of any places to get a bear butchered in the Catskills? Just wondering thanks

[A Sportsman]

Same butchers that do deer also do bear. Though I hunt the catskills, I butcher my own game so i can't recommend one.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Find out before you go on the hunt who does it and there experience with it. If you are getting it mounted or a rug made, inexperience in the cutting and care can cost you the hide quickly with a bear. (learned the hard way). Find out how many they have done. Good place to ask may be a local taxidermist, they will know who has handled them correctly and who has botched them. Aside fro the hide handling the actual butchering isn't all that different that a deer. So about any could handle the cutting.

Edited August 11, 2014 by Culvercreek hunt club

[Mr VJP]

Mine was done by a guy who butchers deer in Bloomville, NY.  Forget his name.  The bear was skinned at the butcher by the guy who did the rug though.  He is Mark Fine from Spring Valley Sportsman in Delhi, NY.

The shop's # is 607-746-7500.  I was very happy with the butcher and the rug.