What does your taxidermist charge?

[jjschuh]

My brother and I dropped off our deer heads a few months ago. $750 for us in northeast Wisconsin and roughly 6 month turn around he said.

 

[MallardSX2]

Taxidermists have been taking people to the cleaners for years. I’ve got a “buddy” who routinely brags about how much he can charge people just because he can. It actually sickens me a little bit.

I refuse to pay the high prices and I shop around quite a bit. $525 for a whitetail and I just had a half bear mount done for $900.

There are some people charging three or four times that amount for both those animals. Buyer beware as there are a lot of guys out there like my “buddy” who just charged people whatever the hell they want to charge.

 

[satchamo]

$550-$650 for deer and an antelope in southern IL - the works very good for the price too - I just have to wait a while

 

[satchamo]

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?

Not to diminish anyone’s skill because it certainly is an art but I’d argue most people can’t tell the difference from good and world champion. I have mounts from a guy with similar qualifications who costs 2x as much as the guy I use now and I couldn’t hardly tell you a difference….