I'm interested in hearing opinions from anyone who has used USA Foxx to have fur products made from their furs. What did you think of their fur products and customer service? Am thinking of sending some furs their to have some things made. Thank You!

I have had good luck with them. Had a hat made and a number of furs tanned. They have done good for me.

Thank You for the reply! Was it recently that you had the work done by them?

I had experience with original owners....not good... didnt get my furs back....New owners not sure heard bad reports though. I wouldnt take a chance.

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A few years back on here you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting someone that was VERY upset with them.I never dealt with them and won't because of this.

i sent them a BIG silver western badger to tan about 15-16 years ago. got back a wormy looking black one, small with a bald spot. dont use them for anything is my advice. they wouldnt make it right. said i got back the one i sent. they are crooked as a dogs hind leg

Yep!
Especially with at least six other reputable Tanneries that many of us have used as well as about half a dozen other places that make products with our fur.

I live in Duluth and have used USAFOXX for numerous hats and beaver choppers and my buddy had a beaver blanket made with coyote trim. Their workmanship is absolutely excellent. I think most of the problems were as a result of the previous owner having very poor quality control of fur as it came in and I don't think he cared. He lost a bundle of my fur and some I didn't get back so he just traded me some of his fur instead, which I was not happy about but I knew I wasn't ever getting my own fur back. If it wasn't for the new owners I would have reservations but the two brothers who bought the business are doing a excellent job and I am about ready to have them make me another beaver hat.
Gary J
edit I don't think they tan anything in house, it's all sent out to various tanneries. I've had them send some out to tanneries and I've also brought in my tanned fur that I had tanned at Moyles in Idaho. The advantage for me is if I just drive to their store, I don't have to pay shipping charges both ways sending to a tannery myself.
Gary J

It would be best if you checked out who owns and operates the company now and who owned it years ago. To give a bad rap to someone that had nothing to do with the problems ,just isn't right. Stop and think,if it was your business would you want to suffer for what someone else did--years ago?
Tom

.. what are you doing swingin dead cats around? .. you need to get a job or something lol

They did good for me. Maybe a bit slow, but, excellent work, that's held up for work.

Don't listen to know it alls that heard this and that, but have no first hand experience.

Its an Iowa Sporting event....only they get it !

The latest was just a year or two ago. The first time was probably 25 years ago I sent some muskrats to them to have something made for my mom. Then probably five years ago my son had a hat made and then I've just sent random hides to them to be tanned.

I have had excellent results with them. Don't have a lot of things made but have used them over a good many years and have never had any problems. I have also sent folks that have bought fur from me to have tanned and to the best of my knowledge all have been very satisfied.

USA FOXX always put out a good finished product. However, Wayne's crew did a terrible job keeping people's fur straight.

I hope they've changed under the new regime. Buyer beware.

years ago they did a good job on a #5 mountain man hat for me. i sent several people to them along with furs to have similar hats made. i cant say i would recommend any more. after an extremely long (longer than they said it would be) time, the finished product was at best inferior. unacceptable. and a bad attitude on the phone when questioned about why.

I dont know who Wayne is but the badger I sent was valuable on the fur market. I suspect it was sold. Either after it was turned into a hat to be peddled at a "mountain man rendezvous" or something, or put in the fur pipeline. Good badgers always have value even when nothing else does.

If honest people own that company now I have to wonder how they got mixed up with the crooks. Birds of a feather flock together. I don't flock with that sort.

Danny, I can't tell you how many times I've heard your story. For me, it was coal black beaver I caught through the ice...several of them. I got back reddish brown junk. That was it for me...never again!

I'm sure it helped Wayne buy a fancy new watch or gold ring.

Wow, that would be horrible

I gave some cats and otters to a friend who had them make this bear for his daughter and jacket for his wife. He bought the cat for the jacket from them. Mine aren't that nice.

If I had read yall's horror stories before he had this done I would have waved him off. Prolly not much risk in sending fur from south Alabama though.

Anyone have recommendations on other places that make stuff with your pelts? Was going to use usafoxx but not so sure now. Would like to look at alternatives.

If I bought or took over a business with a crappy reputation, I'd take John Taffer's advice and change the name and entire look of the business. You'll never get over the stigma, especially in this day and age with instant reviews.



We don't have armadillos to swing here.

Danny,Wayne was the previous owner and sold the business to those that have now owned it for the last few years;
How can you paint them with the same brush--because they bought the business??? Sounds like---Guilty,till proven innocent. I was under the impression we didn't operate that way.
Go by what was said by those that have recently done business there,not by what you went through years ago with the previous owner.
Tom

Sleepy Creek Tannery www.sleepycreektannery.com has someone who sews for them. I had a VERY nice pair of almost black beaver mittens made through them for my wife, and a buddy got a fisher hat* made that turned out terrific .... its my only experiences with having garments made.


* A little story on that hat. The fellow I mentioned had bought a fisher hat at auction at one of the conventions. (I'm sure he over paid for it, as he's a big supporter of trapping organizations.) He put the hat in his truck and some jackwad stole it out of his truck at the convention. He told us the story on Iowa Trappers Talk, so to restore a little faith in his fellow trappers we at ITT got in touch with Ben from Sleepy Creek Tannery, and he agreed to make us a wonderful fisher hat to replace the stolen one, and for a great discounted price. There was a frog in the throat of the fella when he received the hat. Wonderful folks to deal with there.

Also looking for recommendations on places that make stuff with your pelts..

Thanks for that ADC^^^

Thank You for all the input guys! I appreciate it!

How long ago did you have those items made? They look great!

Both the jacket and the bear look great

USAFOXX has sewn all my hats together....using my fur I had tanned elsewhere.....excellent job. And holding up great.

Had a bobcat pixie made for my wife at USA Foxx no problems at all. Eric

I highly recount fur arts, deb has made two coats plus four hats for me all excellent work.

Thank You for the additional comments and info! Nessmuck and ABeardedTrapper , were the items you guys had made done in recent years?

bob maier, Thanks for posting another place to have fur products made. I'll have to take a look at Fur Arts. I think the forum could use a list of places/links in a pinned thread that make fur products for anyone looking for place to have something made from their furs.

Check out "Wild Things" they are In WI. They advertise In the WI trapper.

www.wildthingsfur.com Or 608-625-4181

Fur and Feather, had the pixie made in December. Eric

Thanks! I 've been looking at their website.

Thanks for the reply! Thats helpful!

I sent 6 beaver to USA foxx on March 17th 2020.They never contacted me as of now.I have called and talked to them 3 times and they always acknowledged receiving hides and promised to send me a bill.I think at this point the hides are probably freezer burned junk and I’m better off aborting mission.

A year isn't out of the question.

Anyone know if USA foxx is still in business? They have had an order of mine for 2 and a half YEARS. Back in the spring after almost daily phone calls I received a partial shipment including a lynx that looked like it had been shreaded by another lynx. I've been trying to call for several weeks now and always get a recording. Sent an email today. See what happens.

Good Luck , alot of trappers have been screwed by USA FOX by original owners and new owners. A shame as alot of furs are first time trapped furbearers for new trappers

In the past they had a terrible reputation. However, it sounds like they may have changed for the better. That's great.
But, they send your skin out to be tanned elsewhere. I don't get the logic of sending skins out to get tanned, to a middle man, who then sends them to a tannery, when I could just send them directly to the tannery myself? And at less cost and a faster turnaround time.

I have had from them made a coon hat and tanned some muskrats. Both were very well done but took a long time to get back.

Two snafu's with them, a black 4X coon and a December red w/white tipped tail. Received two completely different pelts when they were finally done. Never again.

Liars and thieves and hopefully out of business.

With all the problems that people have with this place I can’t believe they are still in business and I hear about all the issues more than just this site hopefully they go under soon everybody would be better off

I had them make a mink liner for a leather coat, turned out great. I just must be lucky.

Moyle for tanning though their prices have soared

Glacier Wear for hats etc - excellent work and good price

I had been using USAFox for 20 yrs on and off with no problem other than taking a while sometimes. I
sent some pelts to Sleepy Creek back in March and they are done and shipped out a couple of days ago. Still no luck or response from UsaFox. Looking forward to getting out and getting some more fur.

Hit and miss

I don't know anything about today's USA Foxx but twenty years ago they sucked. Damaged furs, missing furs and getting someone else's fur back was common. I found out too late that they don't do their own tanning, they are not a tannery. they farm everything out.

They are the reason I started tanning my own furs.