I shot my first archery buck this last August took him to a taxidermist in the Cache Valley area that has done work for me in the past Turkey fan, fake european, and taught me how to mount a duck. I took him my deer and he said the velvets awesome it will turn out great, as he set it by 5 other velvet bucks that were all going to be europeans. I felt pretty confident in the job being done right. April came around and I felt worried I gave him a call he answered and said yeah the velvet didn't turn out as good as I hoped but it's done, I just need to order a plaque so he said I'll give you a call in a week, 2 weeks came around and his spouse answered she said oh we moved shop to Wyoming but still have our clients, so I asked where is my deer she said Wyoming then corrected herself and said Utah, and said (John Doe) handles our deliveries/pick ups in Utah, and gave me his number he answered and said "Velvet buck?? I haven't seen a Velvet buck come through here since December. Finally after multiple phone calls John doe says the bugs ate your horns.. After a little bit of information they didn't do the process right of cutting the horns off etc. they put basically a wrapping around them and the bugs got in..
The horns had been rotting in a box since December they stunk of rotting velvet! I told him I should of just left them on my fence post they'd look just like this and it would of been cheaper. He agreed!
The taxidermist didn't talk to me except for the first time, and to this day hasn't called. I know accidents happen, but to this day he hasn't talked to me to explain what happened.
Sorry for the rant.
On a brighter note!
I took the horns to Josh Hunt at Deer Creek Wildlife Studio. Who did an awesome job staining them, and was good to work with!
Thanks Again Josh Hunt!
The horns had been rotting in a box since December they stunk of rotting velvet! I told him I should of just left them on my fence post they'd look just like this and it would of been cheaper. He agreed!
The taxidermist didn't talk to me except for the first time, and to this day hasn't called. I know accidents happen, but to this day he hasn't talked to me to explain what happened.
Sorry for the rant.
On a brighter note!
I took the horns to Josh Hunt at Deer Creek Wildlife Studio. Who did an awesome job staining them, and was good to work with!
Thanks Again Josh Hunt!