Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by JeffA
Originally Posted by SKane
Do you still think there's a bear that stands at least 14ft tall?
That all depends on who's looking at it.

I once had a bear that almost measured 8ft from tip of nose to tip of tail.
I had him mounted standing, that added about 20 inches.
I used a fake rock for a base, that added 16 inches.

So then my almost 8 ft bear required a room with 12 ft ceilings to display.

I later sold the mount, in my ad I made note that the mount required a room with minumum of a 12 ft ceiling but didn't mention the actual measurements of the bear.

The savvy types, including the man that purchased it quickly took note of the base height and commented that without the base it was really only a 10ft bear.

I'd just replied with, 'sure he is'.

So could someone honestly say they've seen a 14ft bear mount?

Sure they could.
So the times we watched an 8' Kodiak being mounted by a 9' boar was actually a 17' mount? And we were not adding a phony base, either.
Not with the overlap.


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