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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2009, 06:47:34 AM »
Wow, beautiful work Michelle!  Looks like someone skinned their bear "all by themselves" as my kids would say...  I'll be that drives you guys nuts...
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2009, 07:13:00 AM »
  Thanks for the comments guys!

If I had to guess it was either skinned by someone that just happened to run across a Bear and had never skinned one before.  Maybe a friend was trying to tell him over the phone haw to skin it.

Yeah some times it drives us taxi's nuts to see this kinda stuff.  Especially when it is a repeat thing from the same person you have told a dozen times how to do it and they still do it wrong.  I think it bites the customer more, especially after they get the extra tack on the bill for it.  I probably put 5 - 6 full hours into piecing that thing back together.

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2009, 06:48:36 PM »
I'd call that a big save. That's why I got you working on my rug. So I can expect miracles  :chuckle: Stretch it out to 7 foot.

She could always charge you for 7 ft. and let it go at that????   :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2009, 07:16:19 PM »
I could always change the price for you Ray.  Instead of by the foot we could make it by the inch.  :)

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2009, 07:44:34 PM »
But wouldn't you get more for a 4 ft bear then a 42 inch bear.  :IBCOOL:




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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2009, 07:58:46 PM »
I'm sure at least two of you would have had a heart attack getting that 4ft bear out of there.  :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2009, 11:23:05 PM »
But wouldn't you get more for a 4 ft bear then a 42 inch bear.  :IBCOOL:

Not if I was charging per inch what I am a foot.   :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2009, 05:34:56 AM »
But wouldn't you get more for a 4 ft bear then a 42 inch bear.  :IBCOOL:

Not if I was charging per inch what I am a foot.   :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #23 on: June 20, 2009, 08:23:25 AM »
But wouldn't you get more for a 4 ft bear then a 42 inch bear.  :IBCOOL:

Not if I was charging per inch what I am a foot.   :chuckle:

For the quality of work in those first pictures, maybe you should... :chuckle: :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #24 on: June 20, 2009, 03:04:40 PM »
Looks Good

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2009, 06:01:46 PM »
Great job.  You are a true artist
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #26 on: June 21, 2009, 08:51:10 PM »
Great job.  You are a true artist

Artist...no, just a good sewer  :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #27 on: June 23, 2009, 10:53:39 AM »
Great job.  You are a true artist

Artist...no, just a good sewer  :chuckle:

Ouch  :yike:
Bucklucky, you might want to check under your truck for brake fluid for the next couple of weeks... :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #28 on: June 23, 2009, 07:36:17 PM »
Seems like magic to me. That is amazing how you saved that thing.

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #29 on: June 24, 2009, 01:14:46 AM »

Ouch  :yike:
Bucklucky, you might want to check under your truck for brake fluid for the next couple of weeks... :chuckle:

I just ignore his comments like that.  He just likes to run his mouth. :rolleyes:

 


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