Poor Taxidermy Job...

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COtransplant

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Not going to post any names just yet, but I have a question for all you fellas with experience in the taxidermy field. I got my 2007 muley back from the taxidermist today...and almost cried.
The cape doesnt even remotely match up to the bur of the horns. Gap all the way around.Up to a full inch off on the side between the ear and the horn. A gash in my cape on the left side below the ear that wasnt there when we finished caping him. By the way, I took the whole animal to this guy to let him cape it to be sure I didnt screw it up. I watched and there were no tears in it when we were done.
The hair on the sides of the neck is very thin looking almost like the hair started to slip.You can plainly see staples in the back of the ears.The eyes look like he is stoned.
This wasnt a discount taxidermy job.I paid $400 for it.
I called him as soon as I saw it to inquire what the $^%& happened to my deer. His response? "There is going to be some shrinkage with any tanning job" "The tannery must have made that hole when they were fleshing it"
This guys business card touts him as "an award winning taxidermist" and the deer I saw in his shop(although whitetails) looked good.
My question for you guys
1)Is it normal to have that many issues on 1 mount?
2)Should I stop payment on the check for the second half of the job?
3)Is it possible the old roman nosed scarred up cape off a fully rutted buck was swapped out...by him or the tannery...for a different deer?I specified that I wanted him mounted on a full form because he was hugely swollen up in the rut. The deer I got back looks like a late summer early fall body, all slender and skinny necked.The only thing correct about the mount was that I specified that I wanted the ears full out-alert to emphasize that he is truly well outside his ears.
I have detailed up close pictures of my deers face before he caped it, so I will know as soon as I get home whether its my cape or not.
This is the biggest deer of my life and it really bummed me out to see the slipshod job done at a full rate price.I will post some example pictures tomorrow so you can see what Im talking about.
I am going to need some references of someone in the Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas area that can do a good job on a muley. After this experience, I will travel to someone who is a master at it and pay whatever necessary to get back an attractive animal.My daughter has a rifle tag this year and I expect to help her get the deer of a lifetime. Sure hate to waste the money and time waiting on a subpar job.
Sorry to drag on. Im still pretty steamed. COtransplant
 
Maybe he was stoned and that's why you were able to get close enough to kill it.......sorry to laugh at your serious problem but it's easy to laugh when it belongs to someone else....sounds like you got screwed.

JB
 
400 dollars is not as much money as is usuelly spent on a mount(500 to 800 typically) ,but that being said if you pay money the mount should come back with no mistakes.I would not pay the rest of the money until I got a real reason why the buck was done poorly and I can't wait to see the pictures.
 
I feel bad for you brother. I usually look at a taxidermist's work before striking a deal. I think the standard price here in AZ and NM is about $450-$500. You can pick up a new cape off ebay, or most reputable taxidermists have access to them. It will probably cost you another $125 or so. Many taxidermists put a punch mark on the capes they send to the tannery so they know it is their cape when they get it back. The photos should easily reveal what season of the year they cape is from. Good luck, and sorry you had to go through this.
 
LAST EDITED ON Aug-27-08 AT 09:15PM (MST)[p]Sorry to hear about that. Are they a reputable buisness?
 
If it is that poorly done then I would not have taken it from the shop and insisted it be done right.

Thats a bummer been done to alot of people that I know of. Also stuff got stolen here.

Good luck with your problem.
 
$400 bucks is pretty cheap. I'd say anyone still charging $400 for a deer head lacks self esteem, or has poor artistic abilities.
I haven't seen very many full time taxidermists that produce beautiful work that charge less than $550, and most really good ones are over $600 bones.
 
>$400 bucks is pretty cheap.
>I'd say anyone still charging
>$400 for a deer head
>lacks self esteem, or has
>poor artistic abilities.
>I haven't seen very many full
>time taxidermists that produce beautiful
>work that charge less than
>$550, and most really good
>ones are over $600 bones.
>


B.S.

$400 is still alot of money and it is worth more than the job it sounds like this guy got. There's a taxi here in MT that I've used who is as good as anybody...$475 for a deer shoulder mount. He's a full-time taxi and a class-act.

The most important thing is shopping around, and more importantly, getting some references. I asked a very experienced mule deer hunter in the area who has a dozen nice mounts on the wall and he referred me to this guy.
 
>If it is that poorly done
>then I would not have
>taken it from the shop
>and insisted it be done
>right.
>
>Thats a bummer been done to
>alot of people that I
>know of. Also stuff got
>stolen here.
>
>Good luck with your problem.


Good idea in hindsight, but he had an employee drop it off at my place of work to help save me a trip down there.About a 250 mile round trip. I left a check there with a coworker. OOPS. If i had seen this in his shop I would have probably "gently removed" my horns from the mount and walked out.
 
$400.....???? you get what you pay for.
Did you get it back in 6 month also?

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Yep thats a crappy deal but youre not doing anyone any favors about warning us about a bad taxidermist with out telling us who he is so it does not happen to us too.

Can you post some pics of the mount so we can see waht youre describing?


THE LORD IS MY ROCK
COLORADO,USA
NRA LIFE MEMBER
HUNTING PASS IT ON
 
Hey jagr, when was the last time you paid $400 for a deer mount?

For me is was 1998. Its sad to get one back you are unhappy with. Mine reminds me of why I pay so much now. Never had that problem since.

Yelum
 
Did Forest Atkins the dermist from Idaho do your mount. That guy is also a famous rock star that plays in a rock band


Tyler Anderson re did a stroke job from Forest for me and he only charged me 200 bucks to fix it. Maybe he can salvage your mount.

I would also recomend Packout on this forum he might be able to help you out.


Archery is a year round commitment!!
 
Compare your photos and make sure it's the same cape,I would not give him another chance even if he offers,you may lose your horns.Tell him you want a full refund and take it somewhere else and get estimate to repair and deduct that cost
 
Went through the same thing about 10 years ago. I brought the mount home and hung it. My wife looked at it and started to cry! I was trying to convince myself it wasn't that bad because I'd just paid $450 for it. It really was bad. Also think it was not my cape. Big blotchy dark spots all over it. The nose area looked all rubbed off, etc.. I went back that day and told the taxidermist I was very displeased with the work. He seemed surprised. We worked out a deal where he would re-do it if I split the cost of a cape with him, which we did. He re-did it and to this day I am not real happy with it, but it is 100% better than what the first one looked like. I just decided never to use that taxidermist again.
 
That sucks man, nothing worse than poor taxidermy. I don't know what the going rate is for deer shoulder mounts in the area where you had it mounted, but here in SLC $400 would definitely be described as a "discount job." Doesn't fix the problem though and you can't change that now...I guess I'd probably call the guy and see what he offers in order to make it right. Too bad, I feel for you for sure. Sometimes picking a good taxidermist if tougher than picking a good doctor!!!
 
I really do feel for you as I said have had stuff stolen from me from a Taxi that was a friend.

But the biggest thing is if anyone wants a good job done then you need to stay away from bargain or discount jobs. Dont even trust friends unless they are reputable. But good jobs are in the eyes of the individual. I have seen mounted up stuff where the guy is showing me and he is totally loving the job but when I look at it looks like crap. So the thing is make sure you see alot of the guys work. I look at tons of work by different shops. There are 2 in the area I live that I would back. 1 I use and the other I havent. But I would pay top dollar to get a lifetime mount.
 
I would take it back to the guy and walk up to one of his better heads in the shop and ask why don't these look like that and point out the differences tactfully? Then I would tell him I want it done right because it's a poor example of your work and I paid what you were asking for a good job. See how he reacts to that and if he is willing to work with you he's reputable if not try to get some money back and get out of there. If not tell him you'll be contacting the BBB and possibly an attorney. Now if the other examples of his work in his shop match yours you're probably beating a dead horse. You can always get your horns and get another cape from another taxidermist and have it remounted or get a horns only mount done. Not what you wanted to hear I'm sure but in taxidermy price and quality normally run hand in hand. Good luck and i hope you get it worked out.
 
Sorry to hear about the taxidermy work. I have a recommendation for next time though. My taxidermist here in Colorado Springs does a phenominal job and a deer shoulder mount is $425. He also did the half body mount on my aoudad last year. Alot of competition here has kept the prices down I think. Below is a link to the job he did on my mounts.

http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID6/16861.html
 
Oh I forgot to say the business that did the mounts. It is Mount 'n' high taxidermy and they do have a website if you google it.
 
YELUM, Ive got one hanging in the garage that reminds me why you shouldnt skimp on a mount. We call it "the hack job by a wack job"
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That suck's....I would ask for my money back and then threaten some seriously bad press. If he won't make some adjustment, post his business and move on.

I made it a point to never recommend a taxidermist to customers for exactly this reason.

No matter how much fun and memorable a hunting trip was, the final piece of the experience is your mounted trophy. If every time you look at it, you aren't happy, then whatever I did is out the window because I may have steered you to a crappy taxidermist.

I just NEVER put myself in that position.

Best thing for you to do now, is get it fixed by a good guy, pay whatever it costs and forget the original money lost......sometimes we simply have to pay for experience.

Look at it like a divorce. It is expensive.... but worth it in the long run.
 
LAST EDITED ON Aug-28-08 AT 11:47AM (MST)[p]I have a little bit of experience -- about 47 years worth -- in regards to using taxidermists (see the http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID5/11965.html thread).

If there's one tip I would pass along it's this: NEVER use the mounts that you see in the showroom to judge someone's work unless you know for fact that they belong to customers! IOW, if they are merely showing the taxidermist's own mounts, they likely are the person's BEST because they have more work and care put into them.

So before you commit, ask the taxidermist to see some of his customers' trophies. Normally, the work area will have several in various stages, including the final one. You might also ask for references of past customers for the GAME SPECIES you want done.

Oh, and often -- although not ALWAYs -- the adage "you get what you pay for" does matter. Early on when I couldn't afford to spend a lot of money because of three kids in diapers, I shopped price. The mounts showed it. -TONY
 
>Im a former MT boy, hence
>the COtransplant name. Who is
>this taxidermist you speak of
>and where from?


Mark Stanley of Columbia Falls, MT. A+++ job and a good price
 
Well guys, I was really trying to be politically correct about this garbage but Im all done with that. The business is High Plains Taxidermy. Owner is Robert Krum.
I got home and pulled out my handy digital camera and looked over the UPCLOSE pictures I took to document my cape while it was still on him. I did not get my own cape back.Absolutely positive on that one now. My buck had scarring on his nose, and the normal greyed out patch on the forehead that you find on an old buck.The cape I got on my mount has no facial scarring and appears to be from a considerably younger buck. There are holes that show blatantly in the cape about 4 or 6 inches under the ears on each side-bullet holes? The ears on this mount look like something you would see on a 50 year old mount in some backwater bar.
I stopped payment on the check this AM. I called Mr Krum this evening to let him know it and received back a profanity laced rant ending with "I will see you in court". Bring it on.
I will not return the horns to him for the opportunity of repair. Scared of not getting them back at all.
Sorry, but Im not savvy enough to figure out how to tell this computer how to take a pic from a disc and attach it for you guys. Kind of a computer idiot. Help me out and I will post them 8/28.
Thanks for the commiseration. And the smart comments at least make a guy smile about a bad situation. I have only ever had one mount done before and it was in the same price range. It came back 95% satisfactory. I fully agree that from now on I will find a pro that produces work he is proud of. Even if it costs 2X as much.
This is the biggest buck of my life and Im proud of it. Over 27 wide and beautifully symmetrical. It just sucks to look at such a proud animal and be so disappointed in the poor way the taxi turned him out.Really doesnt do honor to the animal at all-and isnt that why we hunter pay dollars out for preserving our trophies?
From now on I will go bigger or eat my tag. I shoot a doe every year for the meat and will be letting the bucks walk unless they are bigger than what I have.
I will be back on later Friday nite.
COtransplant
 
I would also let him know that you,re posting some pictures of his work(that he proud of) on the web so Hundreds and thousands of hunters will see his "TYPE of work" I'm sure it will be great for his business.LOL Another thing you can do is post a picture of his work in his local paper(close up details) and show all his friends what a class job he is doing now I think that would be just funny.
 
Maybe someone else stated it, but I would not take the buck back to the smae guy. Sounds like you stopped the check. From there you better cut your losses and either hang it in the garage or find another taxi that will remount the mess you have. Taking it back to the orignal guy will not solve the problem. It is obvious the guy is not capable of giving you a quality job.

www.newcobowhunter.blogspot.com
 
LAST EDITED ON Aug-29-08 AT 10:37AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Aug-29-08 AT 10:36?AM (MST)

gary powell, north slope taxidermy in elko nv the most awsome mule shoulder mounts iv seen i have nine mules and whites in my house by him he truly is amazing


THE A TEAM
 
I'm sorry you had a bad experience, most of us have. But I disagree with putting someone's name on on the net. I know every great taxidermist can look at an animal they have done and regret something along the way. Until we hear the other side I think putting someones name up is wrong. Could ruin a good thing for the guy especially if this was a mistake of some kind on his part. Take it to him tell him your problem and ask for your money back. use the money and have another taxi re-do it if you have too. But don't put yourself in the position you are and maybe ruin a business if not needed. I would like to here the full story on this. Just my two cents. Taxi if your out there let's here you defend your side. I know my taxi if I'm not satisfied would correct the problem until I was satisfied and I wouldn't have to tell the world about his mistakes. I'm just saying I believe posting there name would be the last available option. Maybe it was but it didn't seem that way to me.
 
Just walk in ##### slap the bum.. and tell him now he has something to sue you for ..... what a jerk trophy animal and cant do a trophy job on it makes me mad just knowing about it .... I bet when they stuff this guy in a coffin when his day comes he will want a better taxidermy job done on him than he did on your buck
 
alot of wisdom here,

i agree 100% look at customer mounts, they all do their own stuff better, shows and stuff like that. also ask to see a photo album, most guys keep pics of all the mounts, or a large portion. and ask for a reference. or two. call them and get the REAL deal.

you leaned a hard lesson 400 bucks worth, but it is not the end of the world. find another taxi man, any Pro will be able to fix things, figure whole new mount, the cape sounds like trash, eyes and form garbage can probably,

if you want him rutted up a new form is needed and he can buy a cape on taxi.net size matters. a BIG 25+ neck with a good white patch will run 200 green.

so add that to a reputable guys price. 500+200
figure at least 700 hundred and you will have the buck you wanted.

give him your pictures and he can build up your roman nose too.

i help a taxidermist that i feel does the best deer in utah, i have 2 done and 2 in the shop. his price starts at 500 for a deer. it goes up with EXTRAS.

if interested pm me. he will also ship mounts, he does stuff for guys all over the west.


good luck in court!


live life one mule deer at a time.
 
I'd give the guy a chance in private to right the issue before going public with it. If he refuses, then you could make a public spectacle out of him. But regardless of a bad taxi job, he atleast deserves to correct it...but don't give him the horns back until you see the new cape on the form.
 
It sounds to me like the capes were switched or mixed up some how. I would stop payment, or get an agreement for him to pay someone else to fix it? That is just crazy, something you will have on your wall for years and it look like a frankenstein deer!!! UNSAT!!!!!!!
 
I don't understand the logic some have suggested. Why give some
prick a "second chance" when he used another cape. If it was just a bad job, I can see giving him a second chance.

I would first prove that he used a different cape. This is
nothing more than theft IMO.

By the way Marley, I cannot believe you can get that great taxidermy work for only $425. That is an amazing job.
 
>if you want him rutted up
>a new form is needed
>and he can buy a
>cape on taxi.net size matters.
>a BIG 25+ neck with
>a good white patch will
>run 200 green.
>
>so add that to a reputable
>guys price. 500+200
>figure at least 700 hundred and
>you will have the buck
>you wanted.


You would be lucky to even find a 25" neck cape, let alone get one for $200. Most mature bucks in my area, are sporting 20-22" capes. Got a couple 23" last year, but they were fourth season, and rutted pretty hard. Often times, they may shrink back a bit after tanning, since the rut measurement is superficial.
 
>Oh I forgot to say the
>business that did the mounts.
> It is Mount 'n'
>high taxidermy and they do
>have a website if you
>google it.


I also used Mount 'n' High for my deer. It was one of the smallest at the shop but it is my biggest. They took great care of me and are a bunch of great guys. Very honest and talented. I have seen some of their other work at friends houses and also at the Colorado Springs Sportsmans' Warehouse. I will definatley use them again!!!
 
4000fps

Ya i think your right on price,
i was stuck in 2006. they all have gone up.

and like most said, don't take your horns back, i would just be done with him all together.


live life one mule deer at a time.
 
I think we would all love to see pics of the original poster's mount.

Thanks.
 
Guys-
Sorry it has taken me so long to get these on here. Hate for anyone to think I was a crank yanker....
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These are just some of many I took. I am documented within an inch of my life. If he wants court proceedings, Im ready. I have had some really cool words of encouragement from the guys on here and some leads on taxis to use. Thank you all.
 
"These are just some of many I took. I am documented within an inch of my life. If he wants court proceedings, Im ready. I have had some really cool words of encouragement from the guys on here and some leads on taxis to use. Thank you all."

I sure hope you win, keep us updated.
 
Wow, that is some of the worst "professional" work I have ever seen.

I don't even know where to start, nothing was done correctly. Ears aren't painted, no earbutts evident, hair patterns off, hide not tight against burrs (different cape?), drag marks on the cape, eye shape wrong, eye finish work is terrible.

The problem is, certainly the original taxidermist cannot fix that mess, and a different taxidermist would have to start over with a new cape.
 
Wow!!!!looks like the horns were mounted to high. Ears are tuff lots of scar tissue in this area. Just some advise to all if you plan on mounting your trophy treat it like gold not just the horns but the cape as well. I know you might not think this is your original cape but whosever it was proped there deer up on the spare tire so everyone could see it meanwhile this cape paid the price.
 
Sorry to hear what you have been through. Tough lesson in all this but now you know. There are so many "self proclaimed Professionals" in the taxidermist world. But with that said theres still some fantastic artists that do some great work. It costs alot and so be it, but atleast you are going to get a true work of art.
 
WOW.

i thought you were exaggerating a bit, but a pic is worth a thousand ...bucks.

with those pictures and some pics of "good" mounts you will own his arse in court.
there is NO excuse for that mount, i'd like a full pic of it to. it is an early fall cape, probably september, not a late season cape.

it almost looks like a doe. with holes cut in the cape for horns. there is ZERO long hair around the peticals. along with MANY MANY other problems, the ears were hacked up when it was skinned and turned. the eyes looked bad too.

i could have done that good.......and i'm no taxidermist.

best of luck!

live life one mule deer at a time.
 
Oh WOW!!! That does look like crap!!! Lets see a picture of the whole head mount.
 
I am sorry for your loss. That really sucks. I have been looking at Monstermuleys.com for about 6 years and this is the first time I have ever seen anyone post with a "Tell me how crappy my deer looks" post. Kind of funny. Usually it is the other way around. I guess its probably not that funny to you.
Honestly, you have probably saved MANY of us from similar problems in the future when we get our "Once in a lifetime bucks". There are the lucky ones who have no family or job who get to kill monsters every year, but most of us out there are just hoping for the ONE chance at a great buck. Sorry again you got the shaft.
Good luck with the court proceedings.
Soup
 
Funny. or not. I had a similar problem to yours. Biggest buck of my life taken with my bow. took it into the taxidermist...paid $750.oo and got him back almost a year later. He always has teenagers working in his shop helping with stuff but I've never seen them actually working on a mount. Unfortunately I'd put money down they worked on mine. When I got my deer back it was the wrong mount I requested. I wanted a right sneak but got a forward mount. You can see the staples behind his head. I took the deer on the first day of the hunt so his cape was a little rough but nothing like it turned out. I've had this same taxi do my moose and my antelope and they turned out awesome...not sure what the deal was. My dad said I could take it back and have him fix it but I had already shelled out a grand on that hunt by the time the taxi, supplies, travel costs were considered and i just wanted it to be done with. My mount isn't awful...most people think it looks ok. I might just be a picky girl :)
 
All I can say is the best taxi-person is a referal from someone who has used the same person in the past and you have seen his/her work in person. Also you get what you pay for...sorry to say but $400 is pretty cheap and also usually takes a good taxi-person over a year from start to finish to produce quality work. I paid $675 for my last muley mount and almost used a guy that ended up giving alot of people their money back, which I hear doesnt happen too often.

Good luck getting it fixed for IT IS a nice buck!

muleyman
 
>He always has
>teenagers working in his shop
>helping with stuff but I've
>never seen them actually working
>on a mount.

>I've had this
>same taxi do my moose
>and my antelope and they
>turned out awesome...not sure what
>the deal was.

You answered your own question... The ugly truth is, a lot of taxis get so backed up, they hire flunkies to do some mounts.
 
holy crap. I think I would be kicking some but . what a creep ,someone to let that go out of there shop . what about the warranty. I would take some action on this mater, to many people thinking they can do taxi work , its all right if its yours and your learning, but to charge someone for that says a little about that shop.I do all the work myself,that way I know its done to the very best .If a problem ever raised I would fix it. remount , money back something . In 20 plus years doing taxi work one came back , guy forgot his elk in the back of his truck and when he drove in his garage the horn hung up on the top of the garage door, broke the skull plate rip a little on the hide . he brought it back to see if I could fix it . Did and no charge was it my falt no was my reputation on the line, yes all the mounts sell them selfs . when you find a good taxidermist its like a good doc. stick with them , let them know how much you like there work and that goes a long way .
 
I practice taxidermy in utah, and thought I would share the price breakdown on a deer

Tanning $50
Forms with shipping $50
Quality Eyes $15
Quality ears $15
Septum 7$
Materials 75$ (On Average) paint, hide paste, adhesives, brushes, hangers, screws, tools, etc......
Shipping $50 tanning, forms, eyes, ears
Hired help $50 people who help cape, flesh turn, etc.....

our caharge for a shoulder mount is $600

Hours it takes me to complete a mount 12-16, this equals about $18 an hour which sucks.
So on average in my shop we spend aprroxiamtely 275-325 depending on mount etc....

Bottom line is be carefull on those who that don't charge a fair amount. If you made $18 an hour in your job your probably like me and work 3 or 4 jobs. It sucks. if your taxidermist does a great job, tip him some money, they will probably appreciate it. Any one who charges around 400 is doing it for cost basically and doesn't spend time on it and I would assume they are you friend or such.
I do it part time and because I love it. If It was my full time job we would probably be around $700 for a shoulder mount to even try and survive!!!!!!
 
COtransplant said:
Not going to post any names just yet, but I have a question for all you fellas with experience in the taxidermy field. I got my 2007 muley back from the taxidermist today...and almost cried.
The cape doesnt even remotely match up to the bur of the horns. Gap all the way around.Up to a full inch off on the side between the ear and the horn. A gash in my cape on the left side below the ear that wasnt there when we finished caping him. By the way, I took the whole animal to this guy to let him cape it to be sure I didnt screw it up. I watched and there were no tears in it when we were done.
The hair on the sides of the neck is very thin looking almost like the hair started to slip.You can plainly see staples in the back of the ears.The eyes look like he is stoned.
This wasnt a discount taxidermy job.I paid $400 for it.
I called him as soon as I saw it to inquire what the $^%& happened to my deer. His response? "There is going to be some shrinkage with any tanning job" "The tannery must have made that hole when they were fleshing it"
This guys business card touts him as "an award winning taxidermist" and the deer I saw in his shop(although whitetails) looked good.
My question for you guys
1)Is it normal to have that many issues on 1 mount?
2)Should I stop payment on the check for the second half of the job?
3)Is it possible the old roman nosed scarred up cape off a fully rutted buck was swapped out...by him or the tannery...for a different deer?I specified that I wanted him mounted on a full form because he was hugely swollen up in the rut. The deer I got back looks like a late summer early fall body, all slender and skinny necked.The only thing correct about the mount was that I specified that I wanted the ears full out-alert to emphasize that he is truly well outside his ears.
I have detailed up close pictures of my deers face before he caped it, so I will know as soon as I get home whether its my cape or not.
This is the biggest deer of my life and it really bummed me out to see the slipshod job done at a full rate price.I will post some example pictures tomorrow so you can see what Im talking about.
I am going to need some references of someone in the Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas area that can do a good job on a muley. After this experience, I will travel to someone who is a master at it and pay whatever necessary to get back an attractive animal.My daughter has a rifle tag this year and I expect to help her get the deer of a lifetime. Sure hate to waste the money and time waiting on a subpar job.
Sorry to drag on. Im still pretty steamed. COtransplant
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Shawn Hanson
 
I would rip the cape and horns off that thing and give him his cape and form back and then send him a bill for a new cape. Anything under 600- 700$ for a quality mount is to low for good workmanship. You order the right size of form to fit the cape. looks like beginner work to me. At least you can have it redone.
 
Kills me when somebody doesn't want to pay for Quality Craftsmanship!

My Advice would Be Hire a Pro!

Pay the Price!

And Be Proud of the Professional Job You Received!

All about the Almighty Dollar anymore though!

Alot of People want Cheap Crap though!

They can probably find it!

But Why in The Hell once You decided you wanted to Mount something would You Even Consider it?
 
Sorry to hear about your bad experience.
A Lasting Memory Taxidermy
Englewood, CO
You won't be disappointed. Excellent work.

Jay Ogden in Richfield Utah does excellent work also. I've used them both and will again.
 

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