Bear Rugs. . . . (MNTaxidermy)

[StanwoodSpartan]

You should be close to having another one done right??? hehehe   

[Ranger91298]

Great looking bears Michelle... you certainly know how to put a rug together...

[bearpaw]

Those are some nice looking bear Michelle.... 

[Bean Counter]

Shelly,
Beautiful job on your work.  Stupid question here ( ) .. I've only seen bear rugs on walls. Would putting one on a carpeted floor (ie, with pad underneath) be a    if its going to occasionally be walked on? 
Thanks

[Michelle_Nelson]

Thanks guys!
 
Bean Counter.  You can put the rug on the floor if you want.  I'd suggest putting it on top of an area rug though.  Just keep in mind the more trafic on it the more damage that is going to be done to the hair.  You can't throw a Bear rug in the washing machine. 
 
Another thing is people possibly tripping over the head and the damage that could cause.

[840dc]

Michelle is super cool and does awesome work!

[FSTaxidermy]

Michelle is super cool and does awesome work!

The Coooooolest!!!!! 

[Michelle_Nelson]

Nice Chocolate Color Phase with gold highlights from 2010 that squared off at 5'3".  The Bear died in a wallow and was caked in mud and filth.  So much so that we couln't tell it's real color until it came back from the tannery and it was all clean.

[Michelle_Nelson]

This is the second Bear Rug I've done for this guy.  It's a 5'6" Cinnamon Color Phased Black Bear (2010).  Has a real nice thick coat.  This Rug has 2 layers of Coco Brown Felt.  The customer asked me to shorten the felt on the Bear.  I didn't get quite as many pic's as I wanted and even a couple of the ones I got were not very good because the sun started coming out a few minutes after I started taking them.

[FSTaxidermy]

Love that chocolate phase bear! nice job Michelle.

[JDNehl]

Beautiful work, Great Job!

[Smossy]

Those are absolutely GORGEOUS, now I know where to take my first bear whenever I get it Just curious, Whats the going price to have bears taxid like those?

[Michelle_Nelson]

Hey Smossy,

I charge 175 per L\F to do a Black Bear Rug.

[crazysccrmd]

Those are absolutely GORGEOUS, now I know where to take my first bear whenever I get it

 

[Michelle_Nelson]

Here's a pic of a 5'3" Color Phase Black Bear Rug with a Closed Mouth.  I've had this one done for over a month but havn't had time to get any pictures posted up.  I've got quite a few more pictures of Mounts/Rugs to post I just havn't had time.  I had a few minutes today so decided to post these up. 

Never been asked to do a closed mouth before on a Black Bear Rug.  I couldn't find a closed mouth rug shell in any of the catologs that I liked, so I made the rug shell for this rug.  I think it turned out pretty nice!