Turning A Tanned Bear Hide Into A Rug

How to make a bear skin rug.

Turning a tanned bear hide into a rug. Stitch the rug backing to the animal hide. Last year i got my first bear tanned it was a small bear with a nice brown coat i skinned out the paws and head my self doing the best i could on lips and ears i even skinned out the pads on the feet it took along time about a 26 of crown and a 8 pack of bud with me and my cousin but it wasn t a bad experience it was a spring bear and had almost no fat so we didn t really have to scrape the hide. Items not picked up within six 6 months of first notice will become property of wilderness taxidermy and are subject to sale for balance. Put the salt in a trash can and pour 2 gallons 7 6 l of boiling water inside.

References resources tanning deer hides and. It s my opinion that just killing an animal is a relatively small part of the hunt and i find it. Of the thousands of bears killed this spring it s safe to say the majority of those hunts ended with bears being dropped off rough skinned at the taxidermist. Going on a bear hunt is a total adrenaline rush.

There s nothing wrong with that at all but it can be rewarding and advantageous to be able to hand your taxidermist a tan ready hide. Grizzly bear lifesize hide tanned would measure approximately 5 6 nose to tail if it was dry tanned if it was to be mounted as a full head rug it would make about 6 0 nose to tail and square approximately 6 10 as a rug approximately 6 x 15 x 25 x 46 x 60 carcass measurements 2 25 to 2 75 very nice heavy thick. Taking a bear is an even bigger thrill. When an item is either brought in for mounting or tanning the customer must pay a fifty percent 50 deposit.

Begin by soaking the hide in clean water until it is soft and pliable so it will absorb the tanning chemicals more easily. Then take the following steps to tan the hide. Backstitch at the end turn the rug over to the fur side and use the brush to remove any articles and make the fur soft. When the hide is ready to tan peel off its dried inner skin.