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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2009, 08:48:53 AM »
AHHH, you guys are reading into what I said the wrong way, I was refering to the "Sewing" part not her Taxidermy work. Geez  :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #31 on: June 24, 2009, 10:15:08 AM »
I would still be checking under my truck.... :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #32 on: June 24, 2009, 10:32:52 AM »
 :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #33 on: June 24, 2009, 11:13:26 AM »
Wonderful job on an incredibly poorly skinned bear.  I truly hope you get the money out of it that should reflect the work you put into it.  Man, that was a bad skinning job.
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #34 on: June 24, 2009, 11:20:27 AM »
Well it depends , maybee the person was blind  :chuckle: Then it would be a good skinning job  :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #35 on: June 24, 2009, 11:21:41 AM »
Well it depends , maybee the person was blind  :chuckle: Then it would be a good skinning job  :chuckle:

touchet... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #36 on: June 25, 2009, 06:38:12 PM »
Michelle that was a awesome job.  Very nice recovery for sure.  I watched a guy skin a bear in the same fashion one time, he wouldn't listen, so came time for him to turn it in to the taxi after tanning, they gave it back to him and said maybe a shoulder mount would be better for you, except the face was hacked also......   You got some talent for sure recreating that one....

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #37 on: June 26, 2009, 09:58:08 AM »
I watched a guy skin a bear in the same fashion one time, he wouldn't listen, so came time for him to turn it in to the taxi after tanning, they gave it back to him and said maybe a shoulder mount would be better for you, except the face was hacked also......   

Maybe just a gun rack with two front paws to hold the rifle... :chuckle: :chuckle:
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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #38 on: June 26, 2009, 11:20:38 AM »
Yep I know the kind cohoho, I get a few like this every year.  That is why I charge to make repairs like this.  Because if I do it for free their really isn't an insintive for the hunter to do it right next time.  It took almost an entire working day for me to repair this bear and get it stretched.  When it should have only taken me a couple hours to get it stretched and sew up the arm pits and bullet holes.  If I would have done the repairs for free I would have been making way less than minimum wage. 

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #39 on: June 26, 2009, 11:31:03 AM »
Actually I think you would have been paying the hunter to fix his screw ups  :chuckle:

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #40 on: June 27, 2009, 08:54:48 PM »
Yeah pretty much.

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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #41 on: July 05, 2009, 08:41:03 AM »
I have never skinned a bear. It took me a few trys to get a buck caped right. I found is is best to just take my Taxidermist on hunting trips with me and have him do it right in the field.  :chuckle:


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RE: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #42 on: July 09, 2009, 11:21:47 PM »
Wow, Michelle, that is remarkable. Very nice work. Now if you could just work on puting hair back on those rub spots.  :chuckle:
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Re: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #43 on: July 20, 2009, 08:52:32 AM »
Thanks Guys!

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Re: Before & After Bear Rug ( Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy )
« Reply #44 on: July 20, 2009, 09:14:04 AM »
OMG   What a mess that was! And you made it a treasure for the owner to keep forever! Great JOB !! :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :tup: :tup: :rockin: :whoo: :brew:
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