Bear Rugs. . . . (MNTaxidermy)

[Michelle_Nelson]

This Black Bear measured out at 6'5" and had a 19 1/2" skull.  Very Nice thick coat Spring Bear.

[338WinMag]

Thats a nice bear.. Excellent job on the rug...

[Michelle_Nelson]

This Bear measured out at 5'10".  Shot in the Spring up in Alaska.  Real nice colors through out his coat.  Even has a faint white spot on it's side.

Here is the thread with pictures from the skull that came out of this Bear.  "Old Bear Skull"

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,44009.0.html




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nose looks black in the photos.  It is not.  It is actually a dark brown.  The pictures for some reason are making it look much darker than it really is.
 


 

[Michelle_Nelson]

This Bear Measured out at 6'9".  It was shot in the Spring and had a really nice thick coat. The Pictures really show the chocolate in the face.  Very little blond in the muzzle.  The Bear is sitting on a Queen size bed sheet.
 
Here is the thread to the skull.  "19 1/8" Bear Skull"
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,46426.0.html
 


 

 

 

 

[Michelle_Nelson]

This is a really neat looking Color Phase that was killed around the end of August I believe.  It measured out at 6'3".   I believe the hunter said this Bear had a blockage in it's intestine and was real skinny when they shot it. 


 



 





 
 

[CAMPMEAT]

Beautiful work Michelle.....

[BLKBEARKLR]

Sweet Michelle, you just those all finished up?  looks like you have been busy.

Joe

[mulehunter]

Beauitful job. Love it.   

Mulehunter

[Michelle_Nelson]

Sweet Michelle, you just those all finished up?  looks like you have been busy.

Joe

 
No, people PM or E-mail me and want to see Rug work that I've done it's easier to send them 1 link than it is to look up 20.
 
I've got 1 Rug ready to do the finnish work on, 2 Rugs ready to do the rugging on, 1 to dye the flanks on, 2 to stretch, and I think 7 or 8 to put heads in,  and not sure how many more I have at the tannery still.  Atleast another 10 that I can think of off the top of my head but proably more. 
 
So I should have some more rugs to post pictures of before the end of the month.     

[Smithandsonstaxidermy]

Freakin awesome bear,great work,but sounds like you have alot of it to do.So get your butt back to work.

[MLBowhunting]

Nice work

[StanwoodSpartan]

Nice looking job Michelee.. how long til my bear is up on here? hehehe

[FSTaxidermy]

Love the lips on your bears, so real! looks like they just finished breakfast in a berry bowl   getting close to putting my little guy in the old stretching machine

[GoldTip]

Very nice work Michelle.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Thanks for the compliments guys.