I have a bear hide in the freezer any Ideas what I should do with it. I already have one mounted but this was my first traditional kill ????

You could take it to a leather worker and have a really nice quiver made.  You'd have a lot of hide left, but I'm sure you'll get some other creative ideas on here.

I couldnt afford a rug so I had the skull bleached and the hide tanned, I have the hide stretched on a wall of my man cave...

I am doing the same as davea Lay. Almost 1000 to have one rugged. uggh.

My second was an aggressive bear with a mediocre hide so I just tanned and hung him on a nail by the fireplace. My third I had a rug made and it should arrive before 2010.

I would say definitely have the skull cleaned.You could get the hide tanned and hang it on the wall,throw over the back of a couch or railing.

The cheapest mount would probably be a shoulder mount for the wall with a closed mouth.

Don't forget framed pictures if you have a good one.

I have a customer that has a large blow up of his kill photo framed and matted.In the lower part of the mat,below the picture itself,There is a long cutout in the mat and the actual arrow is there.It is beautiful.

Maybe someday I could get a picture of it.

I have a rug, but if I ever shoot another one I will either have it tanned or mounted depending on the size and quality of the fur/hide.

I have one rug and one mounted and all the rest just get tanned. Wish I hadn't gotten the rug done, they take up way too much space.

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I had no idea a rug cost that much.