What does your taxidermist charge?

[bbrown]

Always wondered how much taxi’s make per hour if they broke it down. Just got my first (and prolly only) pedestal mount back and very happy with how it turned out. Tate with Owl Ridge out of Laramie did the work and definitely feel like I got my moneys worth.



A buddy gave me a well worn whiskey barrel I rehabbed and like how it all came together.

 

[waspocrew]

My friend in N Central WY does euros. $100 for deer, $150 for elk.

 

[Kau834]

Your $650 for a whitetail shoulder mount in Indiana is a solid deal these days most places are hitting $700-900 in 2025, especially for quality work Texas and Midwest often $800-1000, cheaper in the South around $550-700.

That $900 for a triple pheasant setup $300 bird sounds spot on too single flying standing pheasants usually run $275-350 each.

Prices have jumped the last couple years with supply costs, so you scored pretty good!

 

[butcherboy]

Free on the labor and then cost of materials and tanning. If I was still doing it commercially then I would be at least $1800 for elk and 1k for deer sized animals. I rarely mount anything for myself. I have an antelope that has been sitting in the freezer since 2019. Is 6 years too long of a wait?

 

[Germangarcia]

Around $1,000 for deer in Oregon

 

[Cerberus1124]

As mentioned here in Texas just paid 1000 for a whitetail shoulder mount. You can find mounts a bit cheaper but the guy does real good work and keeps his client list small enough to get the mount back in under a year. Done the two year wait (and lost the mount to a fire at the taxidermist). Never again!

 

[Mtns2hunt]

In va 850. For whitetail. In Wyoming 5k for full body mtn lion. 650 for blak bear rug in va but that's been a few years ago

 

[Weldor]

Deer shoulder mounts run $1200 and up around here. I'm afraid to ask how much an Elk is

 

[257WM]

$650 whitetail. $2k Elk

 

[SCHUNTER73]

Recently paid $1500 for a wall pedestal aoudad in Texas and $175 for antelope euro in UT. Freight on the aoudad from Tx to SC about gave me a stroke.

 

[JM151]

Anybody done a full size Brown Bear mount?

 

[DaveT1]

Hello everyone! I just started wondering about what taxidermist are charging in different parts of the US. What did you pay this year for your mounts and what state? I’ll start, here in Indiana this year I paid $650 for my whitetail shoulder mount and I paid $900 for my pheasant mount but it’s got 3 pheasants on it so we’ll say $300 a bird.

Grand Rapids Michigan area I paid $750 for a whitetail shoulder mount

 

[Laramie]

Euro mounts are still $100 locally (or less if you donate the cape on some animals). Mounts are all over the spectrum. I use a multi time world champion so he is expensive. At the end of the day, I don't care what a mount costs because I want it to look perfect-otherwise why even get it done?

 

[Shraggs]

750 for shoulder mount in west Michigan

175 for euro with beetles.

 

[JVS]

My taxidermist went to 1k for whitetail mount this year.
DIY euro for me from now on.
Don’t fault him on his prices. It just doesn’t matter to me much anymore. I almost prefer a euro honestly