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Title: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: BlackRiverTaxidermy on October 30, 2022, 07:17:33 PM: Two cousins scored on a couple of color phase bears. They came to me with the desire for packboard mounts but also wanted a unique look to them. So...both these bears were done with a 'relaxed-jaw' open-mouth form with a traditional stick in the jaws and mounted up to two true Trapper Nelson packs with a bedroll underneath. Heads were mounted in a 'side profile' pose vs the traditional head straight on look like a majority of the ones I do.
These mounts are really becoming popular and a great way to display your bear, especially if the bear is on the smaller side of life and or has damage such as rubbed spots or lots of knife nicks or poor skinning cuts that occurred during in-field skinning.
Thank you to the owner for the work and congrats to you both on some beautiful Washington State bruins!
Joel- BRT
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: cem3434 on October 30, 2022, 07:55:03 PM: Those are great looking pieces of art. :tup:
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: 85yota on November 08, 2022, 05:15:38 PM: Asking for a friend, how much extra would those run compared to a normal wall mounted rug roughly. Thnx those are awesome
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: Jpmiller on November 08, 2022, 07:35:55 PM: Everytime I see one of these I want one a little more. Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 08, 2022, 08:08:29 PM: Quote from: 85yota on November 08, 2022, 05:15:38 PM
Asking for a friend, how much extra would those run compared to a normal wall mounted rug roughly. Thnx those are awesome

Finding the pack is the hard part.

I sold one on here and should have kept it.🤬

But than again my kids really don’t want taxidermy so it’s saving me money.🤣
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: Timberstalker on November 08, 2022, 08:21:21 PM: Unbelievable. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: HikerHunter on November 08, 2022, 08:52:30 PM: Quote from: Jpmiller on November 08, 2022, 07:35:55 PM
Everytime I see one of these I want one a little more. Thanks for sharing

I'm with you on that
Title: Re: Packboard Bruins - (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
Post by: BlackRiverTaxidermy on November 09, 2022, 06:06:40 PM: Quote from: 85yota on November 08, 2022, 05:15:38 PM
Asking for a friend, how much extra would those run compared to a normal wall mounted rug roughly. Thnx those are awesome
They’re a much cheaper route than a rug for sure. These two mounts were a little more than a standard ‘closed mouth’ bear on a packboard due to the open mouth form.
I have tons of Trapper Nelson packs in here secondary to some good friends that hit garage and estate sales and find them.
Here’s a pic of some recent ones that are standard closed mouth packboard bears