Bear skin rug??


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Re: Bear skin rug??

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I charge $135.00/ft w/ a $550.00 minimum. Bears are measured from the tip of the nose to the BASE of the tail. This includes an open mouth, double felt of your choice of colors, padding, and hand sewn backing.

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I give you taxidermists all the credit in the world. I`m helping my buddy do his bear from this year. So far between him and I, we have close to 40 hours in his bear. I had 6 hours in the paws alone, de-boning and scraping them with the pads still attached. I hate to say this Swamp, but those guys are underpaid when it comes to bearskin rugs, there is a lot involved, like i said we have 40 hours just in preparing his bear to tan...Timber, do you have any tips for removing bones from their paws for the next one i do ??

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When I do paws i take the whole "hand" (If you've ever seen a naked bear paw you know why I'm calling it a hand) out of the paw at once. Just skin each "finger" all the way to the claw.

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I did his with all of the pads still attached, i rolled the skin back like you would take your sox off, then took a pair of pliars and a sharp knife and more or less pulled and dug each bone out individually to the claws, very time consuming.....

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