How To Skin A Bear For A Rug Diagram

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.

How to skin a bear for a rug diagram. In this video we will show you the basic cuts and where to make them so you can have your own. On the second cut make your cut directly through the anus. Separating the skin from the gums skin down the snout until the nose cartilage is reached. Cut around the pads of the feet skin the paws and cut the claws along with the hide.

Cut down through the nose cartilage at the dotted line g separating the hide from the skull. 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. I guess we will start with bear rug first. It all depends on how big the bear is but you can see about where to start and stop the third cut.

Make sure you don t cut the bear all the way to the chin on the third cut. 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. 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. Field preparation for a bear skin rug.