Post up some of your work and we’ll let youk know if you have what it takes.
Once you hit stride, say you can finish 1 shoulder mt/day. That’s $600/ day x say 335 days = $201,000 before expenses. 3:5 capes in a freezer and racks scattered about?
Do you mess around w the low money things like euros? Can probably do 6-10/day.
Gonna mess around w birds and fish, etc? Stay away from predators if you find it isnt in your gifting - that’s a facial thing and tough to hit.
Nothing wrong w taxidermy. Start w you and friends. If you can handle/stomach doing it every day and produce a nice mount. Give her a go.
Fwiw, im considering doing a couple DIY taxidermy deer heads if my hit list bucks show up. Did taxi as a kid and maybe can turn something out, if not only out couple hundred bucks on taxidermy kit.