Got the hide back from the tannery yesterday and mentioned the bullet to the tannery guy... The scar from the event is quite visible on the leather side... But Riley then matched it to the outside and found a blonde streak around the bare patch where the scar is.

The tannery did a great job and the leather is very stretchy and the hair is combed out as well as can be expected. Late in the season bears have hair that is starting to matt. Combing it out is too brutal and will pull out most of the hair. All they can do is gently tease it apart and it looks fine.

Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.