What did/do you do with your bears?

[belshawelk]

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Always good eating

 

[belshawelk]

How do we rotate pictures?

 

[SFC B]

Waiting on my rug.....should be in the next couple of months!!

 

[Bwana]

Thanks for all the input, but still haven't decided.





Again, not big but it's my first and I like the colors on him.

 

[shaffe48]

I don't know what it is. No one would expect you to go out on your first white tail and tag one in the 130s...or any whitetail. But if you shoot a bear he needs to be 6ft.

 

[shaffe48]

I'd get him rugged if I could afford it.

 

[MN_Bowhunter4]

Never hunted bear, but it’s a bucket list item for me. Congrats Bwana, and with a bow too! Very cool.

 

[Ryan2782]

I do like the head mounts, if done correctly. This one isn't mine, but looks good

 

[BearFoot]

Have a few rugs, this one an interior sow



Wife wants a new one for the cabin. They do look great tanned

 

[Dave N]

Had planned on a rug, but couldn't split that white patch!

 

[el unit]

 

[NEWHunter]

I've had both of mine rugged. If you're not sure if you're ever going to get after bears again, I'd definitely get something done with it. Rugs are a nice option especially if you have the wall space for it. When considering your options for 1/2, rug, etc. I'd think about wall space. Save the full body mount for a Booner.

 

[Jape]

I'm a fan of rugs personally, but to each their own. Great bear!

 

[Elkoholic]

I did full body, although absolutely beautiful if done correctly, they take up a lot of space, and of course a lot of $$$. My opinion I'd rug yours.

 

[Bwana]

Great mount elkoholic!

Thanks for all the thoughts folks!

 

[RedFall]

Oh my goodness Elkoholic! Beautiful animal and mount!

 

[BearFoot]

Another rug

 

[Bambistew]

Only one rug for me. Takes up too much wall space. The rest I just tan them and hang them from a nail/hook.

 

[YoungGun]

Only one rug for me. Takes up too much wall space. The rest I just tan them and hang them from a nail/hook.

I'm in the same boat. I rugged a beautiful color phase fall bear, and would do it again in a heart beat with how it turned out. The boar from this year is getting the tanned and euro treatment. Won't say that I won't rug again, but wall/floor space is a limiting factor. As for the meat, I've always had great success with a rump roast and a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's slow cooked for a few hours- Delicious!

 

[Twolftg]

I got my first into a run and the last two I hosted tanned out and hang by the nose. The fur is too nice just to trash. I got two tags this year yet. One here in Minnesota and then another in Montana would like to get a shoulder or 3/4 if I get a good sized one.