RE: Price of mounts?
HUNTER I SUGGEST YOU LISTEN TO BILL YOX .. I HAVE HAD 3 WT DEER MOUNTED HERE LOCALLY BY DIFFERENT GUYS AND THEY AVERAGED ABOUT $350.00 AND I THOUGHT THEY LOOKED GREAT .. BUT THIS PAST YEAR I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO TAKE A VERY NICE BUCK WHILE HUNTING IN ALBERTA ..I CHECKED WITH A TAXIDERMIST IN EDMONTON (BRIAN DOBSON)AND HE TOLD ME $650.00 + SHIPPING AND I ALMOST CHOKEDBUT I THOUGHT ON IT OVER NIGHT AND DECIDED THIS DEER DESERVED THE BEST SO I LEFT HIM THERE .... WHEN I GOT HIM 6 MONTHS LATER I WAS FLOORED AT HOW MUCH NICER HE LOOKED THEN MY OTHERS... I NOW KNOW THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN JUST A TAXIDERMIST AND AN ARTEST ...THIS DEER LOOKS LIKE IT IS STILL ALIVE ..AND I SHOWED IT WITH OVER 100 OTHER DEER IN GREENSBORO NC AT THE BUCKMASTERS BIG SHOW AND I HAD THREE OF THE DIRECTORS COME TO ME AND TELL ME THAT MY MOUNT WAS THE NICEST ONE IN THE SHOW ... NOT THE BIGGEST DEER BUT THE NICEST MOUNT ... AND THAT JUST GAVE ME A GREATER RESEPECT FOR A GOOD TAXIDERMIST ... IF THE ANIMAL IS WORTH MOUNTING AND YOU CAN AFFORD IT SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY ...ITS WORTH IT.
DD