Is this how Mountain Goat Taxidermy should look?

[Maverick1]

Take it back to the same guy? WTF? What’s he going to do, glue a cotton ball over the bullet hole in the hide, and then use white glue from a “hot glue gun” to cover up the stitching lines? Nope. If he let it leave his shop once like that he doesn’t get a second chance. “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

 

[Gpw]

Holy smokes. I would have lost my shit. No need to look at another mount to see what it should look like. It shouldn’t look like that!

 

[High Climber]

Sorry man that sucks. Let’s see the face

 

[Pilsner]

Take it back to the same guy? WTF? What’s he going to do, glue a cotton ball over the bullet hole in the hide, and then use white glue from a “hot glue gun” to cover up the stitching lines? Nope. If he let it leave his shop once like that he doesn’t get a second chance. “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

Hey now - that taxidermist is a proud graduate of the Helen Keller School of Taxidermy and Sewing!

 

[mtbraun]

I'm sorry for your experience. That's horrible work. I sense your gut told you that, and if you have to ask the question on quality, it's probably not good.

 

[butcherboy]

Not good at all. I would have sewn those legs up from the inside out and then slid it onto the manikin like a tube sock. Or use the right hidden stitch by pushing the needle through from the tanned side up and out through the hair then back across to the underside.

 

[Mtaylor]

Man I’m sorry that sucks.

 

[wyosteve]

Here's 2 rear shots of the back legs and front legs of my goat that was mounted in 1987! Just took the photos. Your guy is a butcher!

 

[butcherboy]

Here's 2 rear shots of the back legs and front legs of my goat that was mounted in 1987! Just took the photos. Your guy is a butcher! View attachment 899909View attachment 899910

Easy now, I take offense to that comment!

 

[Sierra Hunter]

What was the taxidermists response

 

[taxidermybycam]

I read through the whole posts .
For what the guy paid ,it is what it is . I think I charge 2900 for a half lifesize mountain goat. It's to be expected for the most part.
With what you got going on if it was tanned correctly yeah it can be fixed. The issue he ran into was in the type of stitch he used it's how he used it. I use the same stitch in 90 percent of my mounts. A baseball, a hidden stitch on really bad African stuff. If your seams are tight and skin somewhat lose you won't ever have problems. Now on the back of the hooves ,yep the seams aren't even closed . He didn't shave down the leg portion of the form enough .
It could be fixed for you ,but depends if you wanna lay down some money to get it done again or ,since it's on the wall on the backside where someone doesn't see it call it a day and a learning experience. You could ask him to fix it ,but then again do you wanna risk it.
The bullet hole in the side all he had to do was a football cut and sew it up , on the mouth portion that's a skinning or tannery thinning cut where the mouth portion was missing or cut off. All he needed to do was texture the area there and blend it in ,he blasted it white and called it a day.
So sorry for you issues but that's all you can do there. Call it a learning experience,or have someone else fix the legs which wouldn't be too bad,the bullet hole and mouth ,your stuck with unless you went with a full remount. And it wouldn't be any where close to what you paid originally

 

[Sierra Hunter]

I read through the whole posts .
For what the guy paid ,it is what it is . I think I charge 2900 for a half lifesize mountain goat. It's to be expected for the most part.
With what you got going on if it was tanned correctly yeah it can be fixed. The issue he ran into was in the type of stitch he used it's how he used it. I use the same stitch in 90 percent of my mounts. A baseball, a hidden stitch on really bad African stuff. If your seams are tight and skin somewhat lose you won't ever have problems. Now on the back of the hooves ,yep the seams aren't even closed . He didn't shave down the leg portion of the form enough .
It could be fixed for you ,but depends if you wanna lay down some money to get it done again or ,since it's on the wall on the backside where someone doesn't see it call it a day and a learning experience. You could ask him to fix it ,but then again do you wanna risk it.
The bullet hole in the side all he had to do was a football cut and sew it up , on the mouth portion that's a skinning or tannery thinning cut where the mouth portion was missing or cut off. All he needed to do was texture the area there and blend it in ,he blasted it white and called it a day.
So sorry for you issues but that's all you can do there. Call it a learning experience,or have someone else fix the legs which wouldn't be too bad,the bullet hole and mouth ,your stuck with unless you went with a full remount. And it wouldn't be any where close to what you paid originally

Good insight.

 

[Robinhood21]

Not trying to pour salt on the wound but it's absolutely baffling to me that people take their trophys to taxidermists that they've never met or seen their work before & get upset when it looks like crap. Almost always taxidermy is a "you get what you pay for" kind of situation.

$1350 for a half body mount goat is suspiciously cheap and should have been a red flag. Deer shoulder mounts are almost going for that anymore.

I wouldn't take it back to the guy for a refund... that's $1350 taxidermy work. The guy shouldn't sell his goat work if it's going to look like that but, if he's got a buyer...

 

[taxidermybycam]

Not trying to pour salt on the wound but it's absolutely baffling to me that people take their trophys to taxidermists that they've never met or seen their work before & get upset when it looks like crap. Almost always taxidermy is a "you get what you pay for" kind of situation.

$1350 for a half body mount goat is suspiciously cheap and should have been a red flag. Deer shoulder mounts are almost going for that anymore.

I wouldn't take it back to the guy for a refund... that's $1350 taxidermy work. The guy shouldn't sell his goat work if it's going to look like that but, if he's got a buyer...

He probably could get it fixed for 1600 that's if the next guy feels generous and willing. If the taxidermist actually tanned it and it's a good tan. It should rehydrate decently . Assuming this is a fresh mount. And that's if the form underneath is a good one and there's no full pictures to go off of.
The habitat would be an easy fix . It wouldn't take much to take it from a D habitat to a solid B and even more effort to make it an A . I say this is a more rare thing that would be worth the effort of a remount. The ears depending on the method might be stuck. And as long as he used a glass eye in it . I would think it'd be an issue. Not seeing. The full mount if it has the issues it has I worry about the face if it's got cuts and marks you can't see.

 

[Robinhood21]

He probably could get it fixed for 1600 that's if the next guy feels generous and willing. If the taxidermist actually tanned it and it's a good tan. It should rehydrate decently . Assuming this is a fresh mount. And that's if the form underneath is a good one and there's no full pictures to go off of.
The habitat would be an easy fix . It wouldn't take much to take it from a D habitat to a solid B and even more effort to make it an A . I say this is a more rare thing that would be worth the effort of a remount. The ears depending on the method might be stuck. And as long as he used a glass eye in it . I would think it'd be an issue. Not seeing. The full mount if it has the issues it has I worry about the face if it's got cuts and marks you can't see.

Sounds like he needs to get a hold of you