Yup, wolves are the one animal I don't put up as fur. They all get tanned and sold or sold green direct to a taxidermist. They are worth more as wall hangers or taxidermy than fur market, and are easy to move. Even summer hides and ones with an open back (shoulder mites) sell well to Easterners. Only those with bad mange are worthless, and even them I cut the feet off and sell them and the skull.

A few years ago I had two brothers as spring bear hunters, I got two wolves back from the tannery and went to hang them in the shop with prices on them, although caught the same day, one was a nice hide, while the other was badly rubbed (spring wolves) the one brother grabbed the good one before I even hung it up. The other brother didn't say anything, but looked at the prices I had on them (1/2 the price for the rubbed one) and went in to town that day and checked prices Moscow Hide & Fur, and called me from their parking lot and said he would take the rubbed one, figured he could live mount it with the rubs not showing to obviously where he was going to put the mount. I was always curious how it turned out, but while he said he would send me a picture, I've never got one.

There is talk of only 7 to 8 million mink to be offered next year. Which is even smaller than this year. The Chinese pelted way down like every other country.

Nothin like a wolf bone thru your nasal septum.
The tatoo / body piercing artists will buy up the bones as fast as you can cleanem.