Bears - Trophy Rooms

[Carl 9.3x62]

I’ve only got one rug in my den, a 7’ Wyoming bear. Have many that would have made much better rugs but they take up so much room. I’ve given a few away and have a couple in my garage, but I usually just tan them. The skulls are neat. Here’s a couple pics of some of my hides.
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You are a killing machine

 

[220yotekiller]

I’ve only got one rug in my den, a 7’ Wyoming bear. Have many that would have made much better rugs but they take up so much room. I’ve given a few away and have a couple in my garage, but I usually just tan them. The skulls are neat. Here’s a couple pics of some of my hides.
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Those hides are incredible!

 

[geetar]

By far my favorite so far in this thread.

 

[shrapnel]

I have a few, but finding room isn't easy to display them. I even got a grizzly in Montana when I was a kid, before all the trophy and permit hunting. The bears were allowed to be hunted without a tag as long as you had a hunting license for big game. I included the regulations from an old Montana book of hunting regulations.

I shot that bear that measures 22 5/16ths between the eyes with a 25-35 and people say that a 30-06 will bounce off a grizzly skull.

I was able to hunt grizzly in Alaska when my son lived up there and we went to Admiralty Island for those dark grizzlies...

 

[ChaosOneZero]

Couple PA bruins.

The half-mount is a 260 lb female that was tooth-aged at 14 years.

The rug is a 230 lb male; can’t remember what the tooth aging put him at, but I want to say he was fairly young, prob 3-5 yrs old.

 

[Brian in Montana]

 

[npaden]

POW bear. Right at a 6’ bear.

 

[davinski]

AK black bear, taken north of Bethel. His skull shares my shelf with a TX hog. Sorry, some CO and NM elk antlers get in the way!

 

[Guy]

Washington boar. No, the Ruger isn't usually on the floor with the bear!

 

[Dunning Kruger]

I have a few, but finding room isn't easy to display them. I even got a grizzly in Montana when I was a kid, before all the trophy and permit hunting. The bears were allowed to be hunted without a tag as long as you had a hunting license for big game. I included the regulations from an old Montana book of hunting regulations.

I shot that bear that measures 22 5/16ths between the eyes with a 25-35 and people say that a 30-06 will bounce off a grizzly skull.

I was able to hunt grizzly in Alaska when my son lived up there and we went to Admiralty Island for those dark grizzlies...

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As far as bouncing off skulls, shot placement probably accounts for that idea. If youre off center it can deflect. I shot a big male black bear with a .30-30 in the head last august at 15 yards. He hit the ground and started break dancing freaking out so i put a couple more in him. Turns out the head shot was off center so the bullet went under his skin, kinda skipped off his skull and came back out of the skin an inch or two later. Sure rung his bell though, he was pissed.

 

[wyoboypt]

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POW bear. Right at a 6’ bear.

Can we please see the elk?

 

[npaden]

Can we please see the elk?

2013 elk finally back from the taxidermist!

It's been a bit of a long process, but I finally got my 2013 Wyoming elk back from my taxidermist. I'm pretty happy with the end result. We took some pictures of it in my backyard before we brought it into the house. Not a perfect match, but the goal was to somewhat mimic the habitat of...

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There are some pictures of it on page 1 of that thread outside my house and some pictures of it inside the house on page 3.

 

[Misguided]

Bear balcony with half mount with “Y” on chest (Yogi), griz from Alaska, and 3 rugs from Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Colorado.
The standing chocolate came very aggressively to a predator call and was shot at close range. Biggest black I’ve seen, had to be mounted on a grizzly form.

 

[Slate]

Have a black bear rug also. Looking to add a Kodiak Brown to my room this April. Some beautiful bear rugs and mounts gentleman.

 

[Harrier]

First and only bear (so far).
New Mexico, August 2017.

 

[Marshian]

Two bears so far, I rugged my first and then tanned the second. My area has more color phase than black ones. Hope to change that this spring.

 

[MTPUBLICLAND]

 

[Cogreeny]

This guy squares 7’2”... 20 1/2” skull shot with my daughters .243 at the chicken house.

 

[BrentD]

When you tan them like that, is the bear skinned the same as if you were going to rug it?

I did not see where anyone replied to this. I'm definitely interested in the answer and, for that matter, what is the best way to skin a bear to be tanned or rugged. I have heard a few times that most people do it wrong, but I don't know what that means.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Taxidermist pal of mine called and said your last Spring’s bear hide is here. So I went out and upon inspection thought something was amiss. “You sure this is mine? I thought mine was like 6 foot or better?”

“they shrink at the tannery”

“None of my other ones shrank 2 whole feet.”

I didn’t argue & brought a toilet seat cover home. That was 2 months ago.

Yesterday he calls back and says hey can you bring that hide back? Yours came in today.

anyhow it’s the one on the right.


Wish I’d have taken a photo of the tiny one.