Doing some checking around, some of the mounts cost more than the hunt 

Worst case I'll euro the skull. I'd really like a nice half mount, it's just way out of the budget unfortunately.

Hoping I can talk my wife into at least a shoulder mount!

I mean "Greybark"

Good morning from Ohio. I am in the process starting a new bow,last one 5 years ago. I have 4 100 watt bulbs in my hot box and have one that is burned out. I found that the old style bulbs are no longer made. Can I use heat lamp bulbs? Thank you in advance

Look the taxidermy over good on who evers going to do it  bears must be hard to do I have 3 rugs a half mount and a bunch of tanned hides and Im not satisfied with any of them . I would look for a taxidermist in bear country you might look one up in Winipeg on you way home they usually they do a better job when bear as their main animal to mount .

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Quote from: johnnyk71 on February 03, 2026, 11:13:20 AMdoes anyone know how many strands of FF Gregg typically uses in his strings? just playing around with 3 Rivers spine calculator. @Maclean ?

Gregg supplies his bows with a string made from 12 strands of D97, plus 2 of B55. I'm not sure if the B55 is throughout the entire string,  or just padding the loops.

thanks!!!

I've never done it myself but going for Moose this fall and was once a combo hunt for caribou too.  Keep in mind a lot of places are quota hunts now so you might have to go early to not miss out, you may not have a choice of velvet or hard horned if you want in on the action.  I know where we we are going the quota was filled by early Sept the last few years...

...for your very kind review of my book in TBM.

If you have room for a 1/2 mount I'd do that, they look nice. I did taxidermy for over 40 yrs so I have 2 lifesize one black and one cinnamon, a rug and 2 shoulder mounts in my house. You might ask yourself how many bears are you going to shoot and then decide.

Great pictures, excellent writing. I'm hooked, can't wait for the rest of the story! Thanks for sharing.

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Quote from: Coach Jones on February 01, 2026, 08:57:16 PMCurrently shooting 700 Dark Timbers cut 30 inches with 250 up front from my 38@28 Kanati longbow.  I draw 27.5 inches and shooting a B55 string.  I really wanted to pick up some 1916 Autumn Orange shafts to fletch up.  Do you think if I leave the 1916's at 30 inches that they will shoot out of my bow or do I need an 1816 shaft?  Really wanted orange.

Why the B55 string? That bow should be FF compatible, and using FF string will make a significant difference in arrow spine.   

Because it shoots so much more quiet with a B55 from TTT than it does with my SBD string.  I also have a Ten Ring string for it.   It's a hunting bow, so the most important thing is to have it shooting as quiet as possible.  3-4 fps gains me nothing.  However, I have thought about having Trevor make me a D97 to try but on all my bows, B55 is almost always the most quiet string.