Ohhhh great. I'm one that still has fur there. Left messages both ways already phone and email but still waiting for a response. I had sent early this year so id be surprised if anything was done yet but fingers crossed. I've only used GNF since I started trapping so does anyone have any input on tubari? I don't know if I will have any other options to send from their location or if that will be it. I hope this process goes well for everyone. I only had otter and badger there so maybe there's hope.

It sounds like GN has a deal worked out with Tubari for dressing g the goods at GN prices. Not sure how fast the turn around will be.

You have other options for tanning. Moyle in Idaho being one of those. www.moytown.com. Their turn around time has been fairly fast recently.

If you have goods at GN, you should have the option of where they are sent for dressing. You should also have the option of getting the raw goods back.

I imagine they are swamped with calls and emails right now. Lots of unhappy people. Send them an email with all the details and give them a few days to respond. It will take awhile for them to sort out this mess.

Look on the bright side - it sounds like every one will get their pelts back. It could be worse - tannery (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) down without notice and everything is gone. Poof!! Sounds like GN is at least trying to make things right.

Good Luck to everyone with goods there.

Hope things work out Ok for everyone even if it takes some time. When National Superior in Chicago burned down some years ago the furs were lost along with some of the records. I had beaver and red fox there and it was a mess to reach a settlement.

I just got my call half my order is done I ask them to send me back all my fur they said it will be a week or two before it gets sent out, lady was very nice on phone and said they are not closing just regrouping

I wonder what "regrouping" means..........

Thanx you Beaver trappers!

Wissmiss, I remember reading one of your posts about great northern fur a year or two ago. Well I decided to send them some bobcats. The turnaround time was only 90 days or less. The only problem I had with them is they lost my paperwork that was in the box, so they were unable to call me. After 3 weeks of not hearing from them I called to make sure they revived them, they did and apologized for the mishap. Anyway I was extremely happy with the bobcats.
Thanx wissmiss

FYI: if anyone is worried about getting your pelts back, put your initials in the leather with a needle.

I sure hope they get it together...

At this point, it doesn't matter to me if they ever get it together.
Fool me once, shame on you..........

I received my 'other then beaver fur" that was finished on Friday. The quality was like Moyles.
Supposed to get my unfinished beaver soon after.

I sent an e-mail to GNF last night, requesting that my fur be sent to Tubari (if not completed already). I received a prompt e-mail response that stated, Tubari and GNF will be working together and an official announcement on "how things will be put together would come mid to late June".

I don't know this from the horse's mouth, but since I work at a Job Center, I know that right now with the unemployment rate at an all-time low, we have DOZENS of businesses in every one of the 72 WI counties shutting down simply because they cannot find people who need jobs, or those who are unemployed, are unreliable and not good workers. A business like a tannery must need hardworking, reliable production workers who show up every day for their shifts and work hard. That description doesn't fit the next generation of high schoolers who want a $30/hour job right out of high school. I know Dave said they were so far behind because it was hard to find good workers, and even the wonderful receptionist Michelle had to leave the front desk to go help out some days, which is why phone calls or emails were missed.

It's easy to jump on a business, especially when they have your fur still, but Dave is as good as they come so he will make it right. It's sad to see such an amazing tannery having to close doors simply because people don't want to work these days!

I called thursday or friday of last week and spoke to Michelle . She was nice , polite and very helpful . She stated that they are in the process of sorting everything out and shipping the finished furs to their customers . Anything that hasn't been processed/finished will be sent to Tubari or back to the customer . I can't remember if she said they would send the unfinished fur to a fur dresser of your choice or not , I was a little distracted while I was talking to her . My fox , fisher , coon and rats are supposed to be in the mail on their way to me . My beaver and mink will be sent to Tubari . I should know within a week or so if its all good/true . It sounds like they are trying to do the right thing .

Hopefully their 're-group' works out. At 1 time GNF sure was great.

I talked to David at the FTA in VA last week. He was manning the Tubari LTD. booth and display of tanned fur. Very nice display and I was glad to see it there. Tubari is offering sheared hand plucked beaver and their sample was nothing short of phenomenal.

From our discussion, it is my understanding that GNF is now a part of Tubari LTD even though neither brand has updated their websites to reflect this. Dave was certainly representing Tubari LTD at the show.

I, too, have fur that I sent to GNF last year that I have not gotten back yet. Dave apologized for the delay and assured me that they were working through the backlog and would get it tanned and get it back to me.

The one thing I am taking from this thread is that even though we don't like it we should be grateful that fur is tanned, dressed etc. in countries with higher UE, lower wages and more work ethics. What would be the back log of domestic and wild fur if 60 million pelts per year needed to be processed in nations like the USA? I don't have fur at any tannery but it seems to me if people don't want to do the work we need to accept the higher costs and slower turn around times.

Bryce

It will be interesting to see if David is at our Fall convention this year.
He and his office assistant Michele are good people and I wish them the best.

Did anyone ever see an announcement from Tubari or Great northern on the status of the fur?

Has anyone got any fur back from great northern since they stopped production?

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David was at the FTA in VA and at the NTA manning the Tubari LTD display. I am not sure what other shows he has scheduled but I know he is planning to come to NC in September under the Tubari LTD banner.

I spoke to him this weekend about the partially completed order that I have at GNF. Everything was done except the beaver and will be shipped this week. The beaver is at Tubari being processed and will be shipped when completed.

GBD would you by any chance have David's phone number because no one has answering the phones there for the past two months?

Thank you for posting the link.

Does anyone know what those circumstances are? I wonder if they got into some regulation trouble or some silly government technicality.