How To Skin A Bear For A Rug Diagram

Field preparation for a bear skin rug.

How to skin a bear for a rug diagram.

Stop at the base of each front paw. On the second cut make your cut directly through the anus. Lay the bear on its back starting with the front legs both right and left make a clean cut from the pads of the paw to the point just. In this video we will show you the basic cuts and where to make them so you can have your own.

Try to get the hide to a taxidermist or into a freezer right away within one day in warm weather or two days in cool weather. Cut through the joint with the serrated knife to separate the wrist from the body. Separating the skin from the gums skin down the snout until the nose cartilage is reached. If you cannot skin.

Make an incision from the chest along the inside of the front legs until you reach the paws. The diagram is pretty self explanatory on how and where to make your cuts. Find the joint where the wrist bone reaches the base of the paw. This is a basic tutorial of how to skin a bear for a bear rug.

I guess we will start with bear rug first. Cut down through the nose cartilage at the dotted line g separating the hide from the skull.