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Have any of you got any 1/2 or 3/4 mount black bears in your trophy rooms you can share a photo or two with me?
 
Posts: 19757 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001Reply With Quote
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227 views and no answers, surely someone has one!

Here Ann, found some as I was surfing.

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Posts: 8104 | Location: Bloody Queensland where every thing is 20 years behind the rest of Australia! | Registered: 25 January 2001Reply With Quote
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Ann, These are not 1/2 or 3/4 but the small bear that is on the wall is one that my wife shot and is the mount that most people like best in my house. [image]
 
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Wow, Loco, they are beautiful!

Bakes, thanks, there were some helpful photos there. I have also had one nice guy email me some of his photos.
 
Posts: 19757 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001Reply With Quote
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I cannot say that I like the bear mounts on this site very much. I'd prefer a rug and skull anytime. Taste, cannot argue about that...well you can, but you shouldn't expect to reach an agreement. ;-)

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Posts: 1717 | Location: Alberta, Canada | Registered: 17 March 2003Reply With Quote
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Frans,

I've already got one bear rug. And expecting some skins from Africa soon and well, am out of floor space! I am open to other ideas so pass them on.
 
Posts: 19757 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001Reply With Quote
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Here is the one I sent images to Ann. This picture is better than the others I sent you.

I wanted a mount that would hang on the wall, but not take up as much space as a rug. I also thought a bear needed to be more than just a shoulder mount to do it justice.



He was estimated 205 live wt. Taken in Luzerne Co. PA in fall of 2002. According to PGC, 1 1/2 yrs old.
 
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I've already got one bear rug. And expecting some skins from Africa soon and well, am out of floor space! I am open to other ideas so pass them on.




Just send some to me ;-) I have a good chance a bagging bears here myself, but I wouldn't mind a nice zebra hide ;-)

I very much liked the collection of heads on one cabinet, that I saw in Reno this year. It had a fair number of shoulder mounts of assorted antelope on a relatively small pedestal...that sure saves a lot of wall space. I have that picture at home somewhere if you haven't seen it yourself.

Other than that or building another wing on the house...sorry, no ideas...the ceiling maybe? ;-)

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Posts: 1717 | Location: Alberta, Canada | Registered: 17 March 2003Reply With Quote
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Here is a black bear half mount. I killed this one in Canada.

 
Posts: 345 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 09 February 2003Reply With Quote
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This is one being made into a rug right now. 7'2" x 7'4" and the skull measured 18 1/2. Bow, on the ground at 20 yards.

 
Posts: 361 | Location: Valdez, AK (aka Heaven) | Registered: 17 January 2003Reply With Quote
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Nice bears, there guys....

Yes, I think a 1/2 mount will be the way to go for this bear of mine.
 
Posts: 19757 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001Reply With Quote
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I wish I could be of more help, but I have no photos--because he's still at the taxidermist's. I'll try and explain. It is a half body mount, and will be on the wall just to the left of the large entry into my game room, the same wall the entry is on. The left front foot will be on a log protruding from the wall as part of the mount, but actually seperate, the bear turning back very hard looking basically behind him at people coming in the entryway, looking back so hard that the right foot is kind of just hanging in mid air. I've not seen one like it, nor has the taxidermist, I just thunk it up and thought it would look good. I didn't really want a rug for about the same reason as you, and had contemplated selling or just getting rid of the hide.
 
Posts: 747 | Location: Nevada, USA | Registered: 22 May 2003Reply With Quote
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Here are a couple of photos from the Mutt's doghouse. They aren't half-mounts, though.





Most of my money I spent on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted
 
Posts: 261 | Location: Saint Thomas, Pennsylvania | Registered: 14 February 2010Reply With Quote
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Here's mine.



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Please enjoy my hunting photos if you wish!
http://public.fotki.com/DrDougRx/
 
Posts: 84 | Location: Massachusetts | Registered: 28 January 2005Reply With Quote
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great looking mounts
 
Posts: 53 | Location: oklahoma | Registered: 29 December 2010Reply With Quote
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If your still looking... take the time and click on this link to our bear section..

http://www.thesafariroom.com/Bear.html

All half mounts on this page have been altered to make them true half bear mounts.

The problem with most 1/2 forms right out of the box is that they are more like 1/3 mounts. We take the time to add to these forms and our clients can really see the difference in the final product.
 
Posts: 66 | Location: North Central Wisconsin | Registered: 03 March 2010Reply With Quote
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