Re: Bear hide
Are you planning on tanning it yourself or bringing it to a taxidermist? If you're bringing it in just leave it frozen, they probably won't start working on it right away anyway. If you're thawing it to skin out the face and paws just thaw it in a cool place, it won't start developing bacteria right away...I doubt hanging it and letting it thaw would have any negative effects, I'm no expert but I definitely didn't baby my first bear hide and got it rugged up with no issues.
"You can learn more about hunting with a bow in a week than you could in a lifetime of gun hunting" - Fred Bear