How To Gut A Bear For A Rug

This results in a squarer more attractive rug.

How to gut a bear for a rug.

The next important step is to salt the hide. The field dressing process is similar to that for an elk or deer but the. Subscribe for more skinning tips. Most taxidermists would be happy to provide diagrams showing incision lines when skinning a black bear grizzly bear or polar bear for a rug.

Bears are bulky and have thick skin. This is a basic tutorial of how to skin a bear for a bear rug. Without gutting the bear you just make 5 cuts one from just below the throat area down to the rear and then 2 more accross the front legs and two more along the back side of rear legs. In the field we usually just cut the feet off very near the ankle and either deal with the feet later or let the taxidermist do it just depends on how.

Cooling the bear carcass. About 20 pounds of salt is required for a black bear and twice that much for a brown bear. With the blade of your knife held upright extend the cut made through the bear s hide in the pelvic area up the center of the bear s abdomen to the base of the breastbone sternum slicing upward through the hide only. Fred demonstrates how he guts a bear.

In this video we will show you the basic cuts and where to make them so you can have your own. Spreading the incision open as you go carefully slice down through the fatty tissue and muscle overlying the smooth white peritoneum the thin sack that contains the. If the weather is above 40 degrees then you should immediately transport the bear to the butcher or at least back to camp where you can hang the carcass after you quarter it and allow it to cool properly.