Good picture and explanation. For simplicity I did not go into following hair lines, but it is a great way to describe what I was getting at, maybe better than mine.
Looking at your picture it is easy to visualize the wasted flap of skin created by a cut from heel to heel through the bung. Basically the entire flap between the ground at the bear's butt and the bald patch at the belly gets cut off.
I did see a bear once where the taxi cut a huge pleat in the excess bald belly skin and cranked the hair in question around... the hair did not comb out to cover the seam at all. It did not look good.
I took a couple cell pictures of the bear rugs in the local Cabela's but do not have time to edit and post them as required. Will try to get it done soon.
