Sleepy Creek Tannery & Fur Dressing

🧵 Tannery — hide tanning services

Wellsburg, IA

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About

Sleepy Creek Tannery & Fur Dressing is a fur tanning and dressing service located in Wellsburg, Iowa. Owner Ben Deters provides professional tanning, skinning, fleshing, and drying services for fur pelts, drawing on over 20 years of trapping experience and formal training from the Montana School of Commercial Tanning.

Specialties

Commercial

Species

deerelkantelopeblack bearwolfwolverinelynxbobcat

Pricing

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Fur Dressing / Tanning

Antelope$75 per skin (+$40/procedure for skinning, fleshing & drying, or feet)

Badger$34 (1–5 skins) down to $22 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Black Bear$195 per skin (+$75/procedure for skinning, fleshing & drying, or feet)

Beaver$38 (1–5 skins) down to $28 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Bobcat$36 (1–5 skins) down to $26 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Coyote$35 (1–5 skins) down to $23 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Deer$75 per skin (+$40/procedure for skinning, fleshing & drying, or feet)

Elk$275 per skin (+$100/procedure for skinning, fleshing & drying, or feet)

Fisher$33 (1–5 skins) down to $20 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Fox (wild)$31 (1–5 skins) down to $15 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Fox (ranch/farm)$34 (1–5 skins) down to $23 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Lynx$38 (1–5 skins) down to $28 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Marten$19 (1–5 skins) down to $11 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Mink$19 (1–5 skins) down to $11 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Muskrat$15 (1–5 skins) down to $8 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Nutria$18 (1–5 skins) down to $12 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Opossum$17 (1–5 skins) down to $11 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Otter$38 (1–5 skins) down to $27 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Rabbit$15 (1–5 skins) down to $10 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Raccoon$25 (1–5 skins) down to $14 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Ringtail$19 (1–5 skins) down to $11 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Skunk$24 (1–5 skins) down to $13 (100+); +$25/procedure extras

Squirrel$17 (1–5 skins) down to $10 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Weasel/Ermine$16 (1–5 skins) down to $10 (100+); +$10/procedure extras

Wolf$83 (1–5 skins) down to $62 (100+); +$40/procedure extras

Wolverine$52 (1–5 skins) down to $43 (100+); +$40/procedure extras

Woodchuck$25 (1–5 skins) down to $15 (100+); +$20/procedure extras

Hide tanning and fur dressing only (no mount work). Prices as of July 2026 – July 2027, tiered by volume: 1–5, 6–20, 21–99, and 100+ skins of the same species. Extra charges apply per procedure for skinning, fleshing & drying, and skinning feet out.

Photos & Work

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