Ladybirds bear mount- behind the scenes

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

 

@Lady Bird killed a very large bear (444# live weighr and B&c) last season and I had the honor to mount it.

The pose she chose did not have a form the size we needed so I had to chop it up over and resize it until it finally fit nicely.

You can see in the photos the test fit had way too much skin bunched up and after numerous expansions and test fitting I was able to get the skin to fit nicely. Original form in the first pic. I threw out that old style head and replaced it with a new state of the art design. (Taxidermy supplies have come a long way) im aure the pics will be out of order but enjoy!

 

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[Cripple Shot]

That's awesome ... and congrats to ladybird.

[smittty]

It sure looks life like good job jay

[BowhunterNJ]

Damn man, that's a lot of work!  Very nicely done!

[Tarhunt]

That's almost as much work as Matt's deck! Nice job! 

[Yobuck293]

great work!!

 

[cewoz560]

Now you know why it is expensive to get stuff mounted.. Tons of labor!!!

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[Live to Hunt]

Awesome jay and damn you lost weight. 

[Gobblengrunt]

Job well done, lots of work put into that bear

[Mixbaghunter]

Nice bear and great work as usual 

[LPJR]

Nice job buddy. Lots of work indeed 

[tpr1921]

Great job.

[rackemup]

That's ALOT of work!!! Looks Awesome!!!

[gobblergetter]

Excellent workmanship.

Great job and congrats once again to Donna, well deserved bear.

[MightyOak]

Dam thats that's alot of work jay . You take alot of pride in all your mounts. you always bring them back to life. Congrats to ladybird on a nice bear .

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