I need taxidermist!

deadI · Aug 16, 2006

I am looking for a taxidermist for my dad. He has the UTah wasatch early rifle hunt. I want to find who we are going to take it to now though so that we cape it the way they want us to. I live in Payson. Who do you know that does good work for reasonable price, if you want to keep the price part out to the post pm me. It is looking like most guys out there that I have talked to are at about $800. More than I want to spend but it that is the going rate so be it.

Jared
aka: DeadI

Sevenswest · Aug 16, 2006

I was unable to message you. You can send me an email at [email protected].
Alex

dblcheater · Aug 16, 2006

dirk barnes in hooper, ut is probably one of the best you will ever see however he is very expensive expect to pay much higher than $800 his prices keep going up every year but his work is in a world all of its own

Clyde Hollinger · Aug 16, 2006

Kelly Black in Nephi does an awesome job! 435-623-1392 give him a call!

Elk

HC · Aug 17, 2006

I am sure you know this already but "as a rule", you get what you pay for. My advice is to find a reputable taxidermist check out his work and pay him. If you don't, 5 or 10 years down the road you'll regret it.

I would rather pay $1050 for a quality elk mount which includes a competition nose septum, great muscle detail, custom pose, implant quality glass eyes, Commercially tanned cape, remarkable craftsmanship, and artistic mouth detail over a $750 budget mount where the taxidermist is either inexperienced or is cutting corners to boost profits. That $300 will come back to haunt you! It's a lesson many learn the hard way and regret how they took care of that once in a lifetime trophy.

Speaking from experience..... for the money, the differences are huge.

HC

quickdrawkinker · Aug 17, 2006

Shan & Jay Ogden, they do some of the best work you'll find anywhere and their prices have always seemed reasonable. 435-896-6021

flyfish · Aug 17, 2006

Paul Penny out of American Fork does a great job. He did my sister-in-laws elk and it turned out absolutely awesome.

GrizlyHunter · Aug 17, 2006

I paid $800 last year for a right turn open mouth bugling mount last year in MI. It should have been $850 if I wasn't a repeat customer.

Grizzly

antlerboy · Aug 17, 2006

You might want to get a bull killed first then worry about getting a taxidermist later. I worked for an outfitter a few years ago and he'd ask all the clients the night before the hunt, "How do you want your bear mounted and what color bear do you want?" Needless to say very few animals were taken. I'm sure you've got great intentions and are just planning ahead but don't count your chickens before they hatch is what I'm getting at I guess. I've never hunted that area in UT you're talking about so maybe it is a duck shoot.

Josh

AZbowhntr · Aug 17, 2006

From what the taxidermist at the elk seminar here in Mesa, AZ said last night you better find it before. There are only a few left down here in the valley and not all of them will even take elk. They are close to 2 years out on elk. I have an elk tag and I will know who I am taking it to and make sure that they will take it before the hunt. That is the last thing I would want is to kill a trophy bull and not be able to find a place to take it. Good luck