Cooling the bear carcass.
How to gut a bear for a rug.
This results in a squarer more attractive rug.
Field dress the bear immediately to preserve the meat and prepare for transport from the field to the freezer.
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.
Bears are bulky and have thick skin.
Fred demonstrates how he guts a bear.
Cooling the bear carcass is the one tip for field dressing a bear that needs to be followed.
This is a basic tutorial of how to skin a bear for a bear rug.
Most taxidermists would be happy to provide diagrams showing incision lines when skinning a black bear grizzly bear or polar bear for a rug.
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The difficult work of a bear hunt begins after the animal is successfully shot and recovered.
In this video we will show you the basic cuts and where to make them so you can have your own.
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.
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.
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.
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.