All legendary skins area automatically transferred to the trapper as soon as they're skinned - even if you die; you just wont get the money from selling it to him.
Ta. Fancy hats await! I'm finding the game pretty tedious and slow tbh, my heart's not really in it. Plus I'm trying to be Good and it keeps wanting me to punch innocents, whereas I'd rather just menace them a bit.
I somehow lost my bearskin before I figured it out, but I think the trapper might be your man.