fly Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Went with a dark green and cream border - I like the transition on the cinnamon coat. Edited March 7, 2013 by fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer slayer Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Bear Rug is Back Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Looks real good! Congrats on the bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Bet those pics don't do it justice Frank. Remember you posting when you got the bear, real nice bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Thanks William, whitetailfreak55, and deer slayer. The pics are from my iPhone which usually takes okay pictures if the lighting is right. My living room is lamp light and so the pictures are not very good. It is a small bear (only 4 feet long, I'm thinking a 2.5 year old) but fits nicely on my wall. My living room has 5 shoulder mounts, a full size black bear and now the rug. It's so nice drinking coffee in my recliner surrounded by the WILD! Gotta appreciate a good taxidermist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Lets see the rest of the room lol. I'm hoping to go black bear hunting next year if it all works out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I've got a cinnamon also. He's a 6'er. They are actually more common out here than a black. My next rug hopefully will be a big blackie from POW or my dream hunt of a AK grizzly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I hear ya CB! I just finished reading Bear Hunting in Alaska by Tony Russ. I had also contacted a guide and was planning a spring grizzly hunt for 2014. Unfortunately after 15 years the guide went into a different line of work. Non-residents have to hire a guide and the average going rate is 10K for a week. Add the airfare, taxidermy, license, tag, etc... and it will be closer to 20K. I don't know, maybe I'll catch a break when a client cancels and I'm on the standby list. Steve B. had posted on a black hunt (I believe it was POW) but the new regs are crazy! Non-residents have to apply for a permit very early. For spring 2014 one needed to apply in fall 2012. Anyway, I'll have some living room pics up later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Here are some better pictures of the rug and my living room. Still got my 10 point 135 inch xbow buck from January at the taxi. Where to put it????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Awesome rug as well as the mounts ... you have some great looking trophies for sure .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 WOW, thanks, very impressive :clap: too_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Real good looking room hopefully mine looks like that one day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks everyone! I still need to get a more outdoorsy rug and rustic looking recliner, but it's getting closer to having that lodge feel to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Fly, those are some REAL nice whitetails. Are they all Ill deer? Also, point dogs rule was going to tell me when to apply for POW black bears. Pretty sure the plan is to stay at Steve's cabin/house there. Maybe we can all apply together. I like the DIY hunts. That's another reason the grizzly hunt is a dream. I don't want to pay a new pickup for a 10 day hunt---that maybe rained out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 I really like the DIY hunts better too. I have spoke with Steve about it when he first posted his gracious offer. I'm more than interested and applying together sounds good to me. I'm not sure how many guests Steve can accommodate at once, but 4 sounds right. I am most interested in a spring hunt as I'm a teacher and school starts up in mid/late August. Not sure when the fall season starts. When were you guys wanting to go? It would be a lot of fun scheduling the trip to Steve's with some RT forum members. I'll PM you my contact information so you can keep me in the loop. I have a son (almost 11) that would love to go as well. I actually called the Craig DNR office a while back and the applications are available in November/December as I recall. It may be that if bear tags are still available after the spring drawing one can get them, but I'm not sure. All of the deer are from IL. The one above the Wii and the one above the lamp in the corner are public ground deer - the rest came from farm ground I have or used to have permission to hunt on. All were taken since 2006 with a variety of weapons including a compound, crossbow, shotgun, and ML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 it's turning into a nice trophy room. the face and mouth on the bear look pretty clean and well done to me. it was a very nice bear. I think all cinnamon bears are nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenjackson Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 hah, I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Guess a bear rug in front of a fire place is something I've always thought was cool..looks good on the wall too..nice mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nice room and mounts fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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