As it is right now, Bear skins have no use aside from selling them. Things that use hides in general don't count. You can use the ****** worthless hides for that.
What I mean is that you could make rugs out of them to place in front of your ovens,
you could also make a nice cape out of the pelt. Or hang it on your wall, kind of like a rug, but on your wall.
Buffing the bears would also be neat, they're kind of weak right now, what with them being the biggest strongest predator, they get absolutely raped by deer most of the time. Even a herd of turkeys can take on a bear.
Or make Bear Hares. Dire Bears? Bears that transform into a huge avatar of rape and death in the darkness once attacked, with a really low chance.