Swamphunter Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 How much does it cost approximately, to have a decent sized black bear made into a rug (head on/ mouth closed)? Who does it also?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberlandtaxi Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? Swamphunter, there is a huge taxidermy shop somewhere in the ADK's. I think it's called North Country or Adirondack ,..something. They do a ton of bear and their prices where on the mark the last time I checked with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted December 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? [ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] 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 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberlandtaxi Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? [ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] 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..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? Is this referred to as "hijacking a thread" . Just joking...I got the information I needed already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 Re: Bear skin rug?? [ QUOTE ] Is this referred to as "hijacking a thread" . Just joking...I got the information I needed already. [/ QUOTE ] Nope just asking for advice, lol, and letting you know whats involved in making a bear skin rug... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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