Show me your bear rugs

[Woodchuck]

Before and after.

[ICEMAN]

Here is the smallest of the bunch so far...

[lokidog]

Cool color Ice, looks like her dye job is growing out.   

[ICEMAN]

Yeah, I was pretty excited to find this bear. It looked HUUUUUUUGGGGEEEEE in my spotter! 

I do love the color.....

[Biggerhammer]

Thats one of the nicest bear rugs I have seen biggerhammer, from trophy quality to hair quality to mount.   Seriously a beautiful rug.

Thank you, up close and personal. Maybe 20 yards with a .375 H&H.

[ICEMAN]

20 yards! Wow.

[Biggerhammer]

20 yards! Wow.

Yep, I was standing with my GPS in both hands and my rifle on my shoulder and here he came like a ghost, didn't make a sound for being as big as he was. Dropped the GPS and went for the rifle, sight picture, BANG! That fast.. Knocked him down, slipped on the pine needles and almost slid right into him steep down hill, the second shot was point blank, 4ft off the end of the barrel and he was pissed the first shot had broke his back. He wanted a piece of me but just couldn't maneuver to do it. It was a real adrenaline rush, the type where you almost feel sick when you come down. Only experienced that feeling when I was in the military.

[ICEMAN]

A pampers moment.

[Jim the Plumber]

[cedarriver]

 Beautiful bears Bighammer, Ice and Jim.

[billythekidrock]

Come on willy that guy ain't nothing like the milk drinker you killed with me about 14 years ago on the coast, lets see some pictures that that little feller.  You still got that 5 point shed I walked right by?

So, first off, the rug in the pic is not mine. Just an opportunity to take a silly photo.
Second, that bear was so small I did not take any pics. You asked if you could and I embarrassingly said "sure". If you got it...hold it.

Yes, I still have that shed. It is in two pieces as I cut part of it for a couple of calls.

[Bluemoon]

Here's mine
11 year old boar, 72"  nose to tail.   When skull dried missed B & C by 3/16"
Washington Bear out of Glacier Peak.  Quite the story on this one. 
300 yards at dead run, one shot, with 2 witness's to back up story.
Shooting Savage 110 30.06  Left Handed of course.

[Bearhunter]

Just giving so crap Willy, I dont think I ever got those pictures devolped or something, never did seem them...  I know I have shot at least one that size

[billythekidrock]

Just giving so crap Willy, I dont think I ever got those pictures devolped or something, never did seem them...  I know I have shot at least one that size

Well that one was "crap" worthy. I think it is the only one I didn't take a photo of.
 

Wasn't much, but it ate good!

[Mandownitis]

Here is mine.