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Over the last month or so I have observed a problem with the black bear rug I have hanging on a wall in my home. I took this bear in coastal BC about 15 years ago, it is close to seven foot and was made into a rug there and shipped to me. Here is the problem. It is disintegrating. The hide is rock hard and pieces are falling off, literally. What could be the cause? I am sure I will have to discard it eventually. Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | ||
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sounds like bugs after it quits snowing tomorrow set it outside to freeze for a couple days that usually kills the bugs but spraying with some bug killer 1st sure wouldn"t hurt | |||
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The problem is with the tan. When it was tanned , it probably wasn’t neutralized correctly. Your hide has acid rot. Nothing you can do. | |||
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+1 as stated above. This does happen. They get brittle & flake apart. | |||
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Tanner got lazy Nothing like standing over your own kill | |||
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shoot another bear | |||
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I agree, acid tan not properly neutralized. As for "bugs" on mounts, check out Mount Medix. Unlike other bug proofers, it won't run you out of the house for a week. Has a mint like smell. Applied properly, bug stay away. They are online. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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