My first bear rug

[Andrewdk]

Some of you may remember my unplanned day of chaos from Fall 2023.. got my rug back from the taxidermist earlier this month. He did an outstanding job on it, felt liner was hand stitched. Measured just under 6 feet with a very fluffy coat and a big ol pumpkin head. Thankful for the memories from that day.

 

[Andrewdk]

 

[Rogue Bay]

It turned out great!

 

[eddielasvegas]

I always liked bear rugs and yours is beautiful.


Eddie

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Awesome. And you can retell the story every time someone comments on how cool the rug is.

 

[wyosteve]

Nice bear, but for the life of me I don't understand why taxidermists always seem to do an open mouth. Not very realistic imo.

 

[LongWayAround]

Your rug looks great

Nice bear, but for the life of me I don't understand why taxidermists always seem to do an open mouth. Not very realistic imo.

So you can see the teeth? Is splayed out flat on the floor somehow more realistic?

 

[Andrewdk]

Nice bear, but for the life of me I don't understand why taxidermists always seem to do an open mouth. Not very realistic imo.

I requested it, personal preference. I like the look.

 

[Tick]

Turned out great.

 

[buffybr]

Nice bear rug! I also had my first black bear taxidermied into a rug, with the mouth open as I requested. I mounted mine on the wall in my stairway to protect it from traffic on the floor.

 

[Andrewdk]

Nice bear rug! I also had my first black bear taxidermied into a rug, with the mouth open as I requested. I mounted mine on the wall in my stairway to protect it from traffic on the floor.

I’m going to have to wall mount eventually, thankfully I had hanging loops included on the liner.

 

[buffybr]

I’m going to have to wall mount eventually, thankfully I had hanging loops included on the liner.

I just ran a dozen small nails through the hide. It's hung OK on that wall for over 40 years.

 

[TheYukiYama]

Dang! That was a fun story. I gotta get up to SE Alaska...
You do any hunting targeting them now or just if you happen to come across one?

First Black bear... An unplanned day of chaos in SE Alaska.

I had a bit of an interesting day on November 2nd in Southeast Alaska. Woke up early to hunt a muskeg behind my home, it’s about an hour walk/climb through some rough terrain and thick brush. I didn’t have high expectations and hadn’t had any luck with blacktails so far. A minute into the...

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[ApexPudge]

Nice bear and rug! I'm currently waiting on my rug to come back too from the 2024 fall season

 

[Joshholmstrom]

Some of you may remember my unplanned day of chaos from Fall 2023.. got my rug back from the taxidermist earlier this month. He did an outstanding job on it, felt liner was hand stitched. Measured just under 6 feet with a very fluffy coat and a big ol pumpkin head. Thankful for the memories from that day.

Looks awesome!!!

 

[Brando]

Nice bear, but for the life of me I don't understand why taxidermists always seem to do an open mouth. Not very realistic imo.

I think that an open mouth bear form is cheaper and more readily available than a closed mouth form.

I killed a bear that had a couple broken and missing teeth and I had my taxi replicate that on my rug. Just wish they would do a little more airbrushing to give the teeth a little more realistic coloring. Neither of the bears I killed brushed or flossed.