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Is there anyway to do a full mount and mount it to the wall? It really stinks, I've always dreamed of a standing brown bear in my living room and have the "room" for it as well as a open air ceiling with no second floor (goes up 30 feet) so have the head room as well, but not sure my wife is going to agree to it, at least so far she's not (having a bear standing in the living room). However, she's on the fence about putting it on the wall in the living room which is plenty big. I know I could mount the rug there or on the floor, but what about mounting a coastal brown bear directly to the wall? Can that even be done. I'm not even sure what base you'd use, I guess a faux rock perhaps or maybe a log, but I'd imagine it'd be too heavy of a mount for the wall? I've seen some of the work by animal artistry and am impressed with their work. Maybe I can work on the wife some more for a standing mount. I've got a shop I can put it in but it's not climate controlled and no way I'd put a mount in there.

Call the folks at SCI -- they deal with people all over the world who deal with hunters. Full body won't be cheap, but if you have room it have be very nice.

Dennis

You could get a standing bear mounted on wheels. When your wifes not home roll it inside your house. When she's home, roll it somewhere else, so she doesn't have to look at the disgusting thing.

you know it's an amazement to me that they let you live in Wasilla instead of having you locked up in some think tank in DC!

you're an idea man w4bear, an idea man I'm telling ya!


ain't that sumpthin?


inside the OP's story resides the history of man, we'll stalk the most dangerous beasts on the planet, go to war if necessary, fear no evil, but if some lil 5'4" beauty threatens to cut off our loving or give us the cold shoulder we'll hide under the bed and pray

With a 30' ceiling, maybe give some thought to a "Superman" pose.

you however ain't an idea man! lol

These folks might have an idea or two. www.artistryofwildlife.com

Ain't that the truth. Well, I'm working on it. I contacted a few taxidermists to see if it's possible to mount a full mounted brown bear to a wall. I did oddly enough get permission to put the bear in the bedroom (just not the living room, I guess since it will be hidden in the bedroom)...bedroom is 10 feet tall though in bedroom.

Next bear I shoot is gonna be mounted just like this and hung on the ceiling in the guest room.

Mine has wheels.






With all due respect to Dennis, these guys have probably mounted more big brown bears than anyone else.

http://www.animalartistry.com/pb/bears-b.php

Thats one pretty mount Mr.

Nice bear and mount

I really like Salmonella's bear, that would be the pose I would choose if I could do a full body mount. I've looked around too and investigated the more prominent taxidermists doing brown bear and definitely would probably go with animalartistry.com.

More like an idea artist, don'tcha think? (Don't tell me you didn't picture that in your mind! )

Probably a little chainsaw motor to power it as well!


Very nice mount of a very nice bear BTW.

I like how you think!

The upright full body mounts do dominate a room. One needs near museum space to avoid that issue. Sounds like you have enough ceiling to put one down on all fours and arrange it on an elevated shelf maybe 8 to 9 ft off the floor. If second/3rd floor levels bound that space it could be easily viewed from at least 2 levels.

I built to accommondate my brownie. I'm 6'. 24 foot ceilings worked great. Good Luck! jeff~

Is there a pic/story thread about that bear?

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5686985/Alaskan_Kodiak#Post5686985

Awesome bear...