A friend of ours had a full bear mount down and he said it smells to. He had it mounted by some guy we use to go to but we dont think his work is all that good anymore. Well a good friend of ours started taxidermy and even though he hasn't done alot yet he still does really good work. I actually had my buck this year mounted by him. Our friend with the bear was wondering what the smell was from so we asked our taxidermist and he said there is a type of deoderant or spray that your suppose to put on before you put the hide on the animal. Whether or not your taxidermist put it on might have to do with the smell. As far as what to put on after the hide is on? Im really not sure since im not a taxidermist.