About time... how big is he???

[hookset]

Guys, no harm no foul. I think it is funny(as long as it is rated PG).

I just got my rug back, here is a bad picture of it. its 7 feet from head to tail and over 6 foot wide.

[TruthWalleyes]

Thats one big bear! COngrats!

[leech~~]

Guys, no harm no foul. I think it is funny(as long as it is rated PG).

I just got my rug back, here is a bad picture of it. its 7 feet from head to tail and over 6 foot wide.

Nice, are you going to put a felt liner on the back of it?

[hookset]

Not sure, are there some benifits to a liner? its just going to hang on a wall.

[Jarrid Houston]

Very nice addition to the cabin for guest to look at...Way to go!!

[leech~~]

Not sure, are there some benifits to a liner? its just going to hang on a wall.

A good heavy liner that goes past the edges will help the very edges from curling inward over time and the off setting color makes a nice look. Just a thought. I have a Red with Black outside color edging on mine.

[Boar]

Sweet, Drap it over the couch or hange it over the gun cabinet with the head sitting on the top, lots of things to adorn that trophy with, nice job. Good luck Boar

[harvey lee]

Not sure, are there some benifits to a liner? its just going to hang on a wall.

Typically the bear rugs have a scalloped double bordered edge and a black felt back with a fiber fill between the felt and the bear skin.

The fiber fill will puff up the rug and make it look fuller along with the scalloped edge. The scalloped edge will give the rug a finished look.

Probably cost a couple hundred to do though.

Looking at the photo of the bear, I might also use some black skin dye to cover the bare spots by the arm pits. bears many times do not have much for hair there and the skin dye will finish that off also.

Very nice big bear by the way. Depending on where you are going to display the rug, many times people will leave it like you have it. I have seen some nice bears displayed on a cedar wall or a rustic display without the border. All in what you would like to see.

If you think you might be interested in doing the border or back, shoot me an e-mail

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[deerminator]

Nice photo and rug! Good luck this year. This reminds me of how I've started enlisting my kids to help with deerhunting. Last year, my son (6) tagged along to set up a blind on the edge of a picked corn field I was going to hunt that night and I tied a drag rag to his boots and weighted it down with a good amount of doe pee. This is real pee he exclaimed with a big smile? Yep, now march back and forth through the field over to where that opening in the woods is I told him. And guess what, later that evening, a nice buck came in following the trail to a T. To bad it was just too dark to make the shot with my bow. Good memory though. He kept going on to his mom about how it was real deer pee.

[Archerysniper]

Looking at the photo of the bear, I might also use some black skin dye to cover the bare spots by the arm pits. bears many times do not have much for hair there and the skin dye will finish that off also.

Black shoe polish does the same thing.

[hookset]

thanks for the input, i will get some dye and try that. do you guys think i should try to trim it around the belly? or leave it square?

joe