The Mount of C.B. 10 with a Taxidermy Comparison

[ArcheryAddict]

Excellent job on the second one.

The first one looked like it just got soething up the keister and did not know if it liked it or not. The second looked normal.

Either way, both the deer are fine animals. Congratulations on you rkills.

[buck_wild]

I'm not sure I didn't mount that first one in 1988

[Krivoman]

Here is the problem I have with the Taxidermist at the moment.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2008, deer cost $425.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2009, deer cost $500.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2010, deer cost $600.

And that is not just mine, that is all of them. I understand that you give yourselfs raises, but every year? And when will it stop? It is crazy. Yes I know you get what you pay for, but It is getting to were the good ones are getting so high, that the crappy guys can now make $400+ on theirs.. I also know that the price of the mount did not go up that much, nor the eyes, or the tanning. Yes, there might have been an increase, but not that drastic year over year.

[Br'er_Henry]

Very good comparative analysis and review.. thanks a lot for taking the time to put it together.

[buck_wild]

Here is the problem I have with the Taxidermist at the moment.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2008, deer cost $425.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2009, deer cost $500.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2010, deer cost $600.

He was too low in 2008 and too low in 2010

[mitchbcs]

My Mexico buck is in buckwilds hands now... glad i got a price quote in writing! He's going UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP and AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY LOL!

[Jp.]

Thanks for the comparison pictures. Personally if I cant afford a good shoulder mount on a buck I would ruther just euro mount it. I have a dall ram in right now and Im kinda worried cause Im a worry wart

[WyoHunter]

I'm not going to lie, that first pic scared me a little.

Nice job on the second mount, Rooster

Enough said!

[Roosterpt1]

Wow Adam thanks buddy!
Mounts like your first one is what got me into this.....I'm glad you like the way C.B. 10 turned out....
Also thanks to everybody else....
If I can help any of you guys out I'm a phone call and a TBH express away
512-417-7348

P.S. Adam I have LOTS of capes... I even have some CDLC capes

[Jamesl]

Congrats again on two great deer. Glad to see the first one will be remounted at some point.

[Chance Love]

Here is the problem I have with the Taxidermist at the moment.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2008, deer cost $425.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2009, deer cost $500.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2010, deer cost $600.

And that is not just mine, that is all of them. I understand that you give yourselfs raises, but every year? And when will it stop? It is crazy. Yes I know you get what you pay for, but It is getting to were the good ones are getting so high, that the crappy guys can now make $400+ on theirs.. I also know that the price of the mount did not go up that much, nor the eyes, or the tanning. Yes, there might have been an increase, but not that drastic year over year.

Sometimes the purpose of the price increase is to cut down on the number of heads a taxidermist takes in.

Sometimes a taxidermist will start out low in an attempt to attract more new customers, then once his name gets out he will gradually raise prices to where they should be.

Sometimes the higher prices are used to attract the more discerning customers.

Sometimes a guy just wants/needs to make more money.

IMO, back in 2008, $425 was way too low. A guy really needs to be charging a minimum of $550 to make a living. Sometimes taxidermists want to do a little more than just make a living. If a guy is GOOD, $600 should now be a starting point.

[Texastaxi]

Well said, Chance.

That reminds me ... I'm due for a raise!

[keep]

Here is the problem I have with the Taxidermist at the moment.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2008, deer cost $425.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2009, deer cost $500.
Kill a deer, take it too him in 2010, deer cost $600.

And that is not just mine, that is all of them. I understand that you give yourselfs raises, but every year? And when will it stop? It is crazy. Yes I know you get what you pay for, but It is getting to were the good ones are getting so high, that the crappy guys can now make $400+ on theirs.. I also know that the price of the mount did not go up that much, nor the eyes, or the tanning. Yes, there might have been an increase, but not that drastic year over year.

The insurance industry does the same thing look at some of the history of your clients.

[Cullmeister]

It's hard to have a mount on the wall you don't like. It seems to irretate you every time you look at it. Get another cape and have it remounted. But I have to say those are both really nice deer!

[Eason]

Dang man, that first buck is down right horrible...I would take the antler plate off and throw the mount away. When you get the coin together, let rooster remount it for you...

The second one looks pretty nice!

x2

I went through almost the same scenario a few years back. The mount I had was almost identical looking to yours. Last week I finally had enough of looking at that ugly thing and removed the antlers from my mount. I did keep the mount and am looking for somthing funny to put on it, because it's so terrible that you think it must be a joke.