Separating the skin from the gums skin down the snout until the nose cartilage is reached.
How to skin a bear for a rug diagram.
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 down through the nose cartilage at the dotted line g separating the hide from the skull.
It all depends on how big the bear is but you can see about where to start and stop the third cut.
Field preparation for a bear skin rug.
The diagram is pretty self explanatory on how and where to make your cuts.
I guess we will start with bear rug first.
On the second cut make your cut directly through the anus.
Cut around the pads of the feet skin the paws and cut the claws along with the hide.
Make sure you don t cut the bear all the way to the chin on the third cut.
Stop at the base of each front paw.
Find the joint where the wrist bone reaches the base of the paw.
In this video we will show you the basic cuts and where to make them so you can have your own.
This is a basic tutorial of how to skin a bear for a bear rug.
If you cannot skin.