I just received this photo of the bear took in 2013, The Taxidermist who lives now in Southern Illinois became deathly ill and it was day by day for a little over a year and a half, I stuck with him since he was so excited to do something other than deer and fish especially since he worked on bears for a number of years
when he worked for a big outfit out west. The bear is in its drying state so hopefully I will get it in the next month or som It looks better than I expected. Hopefully I have learned a lesson in patience

Here is the picture when I took him


Fianlly finished the base looks great a beautiful coloration for a coatal brown

Where did you get the bear? Looks like weather may have been damp!

I booked with Gary Gray Alsek River Lodge, Dry Bay Alaska. Yes it rained almost everyday, the bear got wetter since he fell into the river at the shot, quite a job getting him out with all the mud

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
Where did you get the bear? Looks like weather may have been damp!

Dry bay. Gotta wonder why they named that area that! Congrats on the bear!

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
Dry bay. Gotta wonder why they named that area that! Congrats on the bear!

i ve seen the name dry where there is no alcohol left lol ...

nice beae for sure.

I added a fish to complete the mount

Looks good

It probably made your taxidermists day when you decided to stick with him. Congratulations to both of you.

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Looks great especially with the bear standing on the fish.

Very nice! I am glad your patience paid off.

Tom