First Bear

Submitted by Dave on 1/26/02. ( schaffer4@lrbcg.com ) 65.117.121.184

Have a bear and trying to decide whether or not to do a rug or full mount. If I decide to do a full mount should I get a wet tan on it or should I get a full tan and rehydrate? Also should the measurements be taken after the tan?

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Wet tan!

This response submitted by John C on 1/26/02. ( ) 208.44.115.55

Should you go for the so-called full tan, it will shrink, but should let out.

I have become very fond of the wet tan, where the tannery tans, oils, freezes the hide. I seem to have less trouble and you still have three or four days to work the mount.

While a complete tan is great, but harder to work, relax etc.


I like the dry tan on bears

This response submitted by George on 1/26/02. ( georoof@aol.com ) 205.188.209.136

and that's because Richard Christofor told me anything else was cheating. LOL


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