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Are there any rules on values of pelts? I did see something small in Ultimate Equipment for maybe 5 different animals, but that was about it. I am going to be running a campaign in a tundra and I could use a rule structure for the hunters in the area.
Additionally, what crafts/professions would be useful. A few I was thinking about would be:
Profession (trapper)
Profession (hunter)
Profession (tanner)
Craft (traps)
Is there a profession or craft for curing meats so they can be preserved for consumption at a much later date?
survival is often used for procuring meats and furs from slain animals. I've also seen Profession (cook) being used for meat and Craft (leather) for things like furs and pelts.
RP wise, it's generally accepted that profession (cook) produces food that's much more pleasant then the kind of fare you get with survival which allows you do to the bare minimum to make something edible.
looking over the professions I notice that there's also a profession (butcher). So, I'm thinking (as a house rule) something like profession butcher allows you to procure more meat from a dead animal then survival does and profession cook allows you to produce better quality meat then survival.
So, it's like a survival check 16 provides enough food for 3 characters. But a butcher check 16 provides enough meat for 6 characters, but you still have to make a profession cook 16 or a survival 22 in order to make all of that meat edible.
In this way survival is still useful, it's just less efficient then the actual profession checks.
Like many things that probably should be covered by general rules instead of "special" abilities . . . there's a feat for that. You could sell the harvested parts to buyers interested in converting the parts to usable items such as clothing, adornments, and other supplies, or you could do so yourself with the appropriate Craft skill.