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Tanning bear paws on progress pictures
Mounter:
Looks great!!! Almost there..... :OK
BowEd:
Like Mounter said..It looks great.You got yourself a bear hide!!!
bjrogg:
Thanks mounter, it's getting exciting now. Burned a lot of calories to get this far still need to burn a few more. I'm hoping he'll be really close to done by tonight.
Thanks Ed just for the heck of it I looked on Muscow hides and was very surprised to see what black bear with paw and claws sell for. Of course I'm not planning on selling him. Still not sure what I'm going to do with him yet but I've got some ideas.
Bjrogg
JEB:
My son and I shot bear this past fall with our bows. We skinned the bear out, leaving the skull in the hide. We will skin out the skulls this spring and do our own European mounts with them. I am looking for a business to send the hides to so I get them them tanned. I want then nice and soft for project use.
A couple of very generous folks on here made possibles bags using the paw as the flap so I am going to give that a try and maybe quivers out of the hides. Couple of ideas I have for bear hides Brian.
bjrogg:
I do wish I had his skull jeb but I'm happy to have what I have. I have a small animal skull collection I enjoy. I'm hoping he'll turn out nice and soft. His fur looks great so far but I wonder what time of year he was harvested. It does seem like hairs are close to leather or in some small cases even a few sticking through. I normally just tan my own smaller fur barriers that are harvested during prime fur season. Hopefully hide holds fur good.
I've got a few ideas on what to make jeb. I'm thinking the front legs would make a killer quiver with the claws and paws at the bottom
Bjrogg
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