Frame or other ideas for displaying a Bear Rug

[Thread Savage]

I’ve got a Newfoundland Black Bear made into a rug, and it seems too nice to put on the floor, and too big to nail up to a wall. Has anyone made a frame of sorts to drape a bear rug over for display in a home? Or is there something else I should be thinking of. I’m struggling on ideas for how to impressively display this bad boy.

 

[Catabre]

What about using it as a comforter?

 

[johnnycake]

Drape it over the railing on a staircase if you have one

 

[Maverick1]

Have it tanned with a head mount (like a rug mount without the rug backing). Allows you to hang over furniture or from a wall without taking all kinds of room that a wall mounted or floor placed rug takes. Looks better than just a tanned hide with a wrinkled or distorted face IMO.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Got all my back skins from Africa draped over the loft railing. Probably make room for the hide that’s at the taxidermist now. Already have some on the walls.

 

[Soj51hopeful]

I have a grizz hide nailed to the wall in my bedroom that doesn’t fit just the wall. I nailed the overlapping arm and claws to the ceiling. I think it looks good.

 

[MarlinsDad]

Google “bear skin trapper pack frame”. A taxidermy friend has been mounting deer on pack frames. Taxidermy the head like normal but roll the hide behind it. I like the look and it’s different.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Get a bigger wall

 

[Boar]

I just hand mine on a coat tree

 

[Joshholmstrom]

I’ve got a Newfoundland Black Bear made into a rug, and it seems too nice to put on the floor, and too big to nail up to a wall. Has anyone made a frame of sorts to drape a bear rug over for display in a home? Or is there something else I should be thinking of. I’m struggling on ideas for how to impressively display this bad boy.

What’s was the cost to get rug made?

 

[bwidrick]

I've been toying with an idea to make a "skeleton" out of flat bar to drape it over to give it a look similar to a full body mount. Haven't had the time to put the idea into reality yet though; still just rattling around in my head.