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Started by wapiti792, October 29, 2012, 10:49:00 AM

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wapiti792

October 29, 2012, 10:49:00 AM
I got my full body bear mount back from my friend Dean Stallion at American Taxidermy Saturday. My great uncle has done all my other work but at 76 he decided that rolling around in the floor with a 7 foot bear was not do-able. He referred me to Dean, and he did a great job. I had gone to hunt at Stickflingers with Ryan Delago a couple of years ago and killed the bear of my dreams with my longbow. Here's the thread if you missed it:

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=104915

Evidently this mount was quite a challenge and it took getting a black bear form and deciding it didn't really fit and then ordering a small grizz form that seemed the best fit. It took an enclosed trailer to get it home from the 90 mile trip...on top of that the bear was supposed to be finished about the time our new house was done. The new house got held up by weather so this big guy gets to live in the 30by30 pole barn with the whole family until January, along with a bunch of whitetail mounts, mule deer mounts and various skulls of other ungulates. I have a great wife, and I know I outkicked my coverage when I married her. She is looking forward to the day when the barn is my full-fledged man cave  :)  

Thanks to the fine artist who did the work, Ryan the bear man for helping me realize a dream, and my brothers and sisters here who I enjoy living a hunting life with through their writing and posting   :campfire:  


*A full body mount takes up alot of room in 900 sq feet.

*I put the skull mount in part of the pedistal. It was done by our own Brad Harriman as part of the St. Jude auction. Thanks to Brad!!!
Mike Davenport

Duker

#1
October 29, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Very C  :cool:    :cool:  L  :thumbsup:  CONGRATS  :clapper:
I'm drinking from a saucer,cause my cup has overflowed.

KentuckyTJ

#2
October 29, 2012, 10:55:00 AM
Awesome work! Looks great Mike.
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rastaman

#3
October 29, 2012, 10:56:00 AM
Very nice looking bear there sir!
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yellow bow

#4
October 29, 2012, 11:03:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :clapper:  

 :cool:

#5
October 29, 2012, 11:03:00 AM
Nice! I'm gonna getr my first crack at a bear on the Bear Quest hunt next summer.

Congrats ona great bear and mount.

Bisch

Manitoba Stickflinger

#6
October 29, 2012, 11:17:00 AM
I dunno why you shot such a little bear Mike! Next year you don't get to take arrows in the tree with you till at least the 3rd night.

Congrats on such a great bear and taxidermy job. You gotta be happy!

Ryan

wapiti792

#7
October 29, 2012, 11:28:00 AM
HAHA Ryan, I am pumped. I keep staring at the mount and grinning like a crap-eatin' 'possum...In most camps I'd say that is a bear of a lifetime but after seeing what has come out of your area I am gonna "hold out" this May  :)  

Thanks for the kind words gents

 :notworthy:
Mike Davenport

Kip

#8
October 29, 2012, 11:38:00 AM
Great looking mount Mike.I think brown phase black bear  really look good.Kip

Ragin Bull

#9
October 29, 2012, 11:42:00 AM
Great looking bear!   :thumbsup:  

Good luck with your upcoming move.
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Cwilder

#10
October 29, 2012, 12:26:00 PM
Love it. Looks great
I love Bow Hunting

Tater

#11
October 29, 2012, 12:27:00 PM
Wow..that turned out real nice.!
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Steve O

#12
October 29, 2012, 01:03:00 PM
STUD!

Looks great buddy.  Very similar to what I am doing with "Hot Chocolate"     :D

JamesKerr

#13
October 29, 2012, 01:06:00 PM
Looks great!
James Kerr

Iowabowhunter

#14
October 29, 2012, 01:42:00 PM
Looks great!!!   :clapper:
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cacciatore

#15
October 29, 2012, 01:52:00 PM
Great looking mount,congrats for this fine bear,also to Ryan.
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YORNOC

#16
October 29, 2012, 02:12:00 PM
Nice bear! My Dad shot a 500#plus in Alberta back in the 90's. The taxidermist didn't use the grizz form and used the smaller black bear form. What a disappointment, the mount is so small compared to how huge that brute was. Lucky we have pics of him to show his true size, the mount looks so small.
Yours looks great, good call on the grizz form!
David M. Conroy

Doc Nock

#17
October 29, 2012, 02:31:00 PM
Yummmmm....CHOCOLATE!

Lookin at the grand rascal, I'd be stuffing Hershey Dark into my face all night! Bring on the insulin!

Great bear...wonderful mount.

David, sorry to hear about someone taking a short cut and defeating a wonderful memory of your Dad's huge bear!
Congrats on the bear, the mount and the incredible woman you married.
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Big Ed

#18
October 29, 2012, 02:38:00 PM
Very nice!!
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joe ashton

#19
October 29, 2012, 02:38:00 PM
out standing
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