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While I have read that bear skulls never stop growing in my experience with the really old bears is that they often are shrinking around the front of the teeth due to decay eating away the bone. It can amount to well over and inch loss on old bears !

If photobucket hadn't "lost" all my photos I could post photos showing what I am talking about but I have three of them in camp showing how severe the loss can be.


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Originally Posted by AcesNeights
Art, Did you have a thread that you describe how you skin a bear? If so I'd like to read it.


Here's is a link to one from last year where I got some help.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/10715904/1


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I still need to post some pictures of rugs skinned to show the difference. There are two examples hanging over the NICS Check area at the local Cabela's.


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Originally Posted by 458Win
While I have read that bear skulls never stop growing in my experience with the really old bears is that they often are shrinking around the front of the teeth due to decay eating away the bone. It can amount to well over and inch loss on old bears !

If photobucket hadn't "lost" all my photos I could post photos showing what I am talking about but I have three of them in camp showing how severe the loss can be.


OlBlue shot a Kodiak that had lost a ton of bone that way.


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Originally Posted by AcesNeights
Art, Did you have a thread that you describe how you skin a bear? If so I'd like to read it.


Here's is a link to one from last year where I got some help.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/10715904/1


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