Dr Death,
It's funny that you are the one who is keeping this running. In regards to your post, directed to me. Yes, it is his money, but on the other hand it is my time. If he wants a cheaper job that's fine with me but he won't get it from me. That is part of the problem with some taxidermist, they are willing to give deals. I don't prostitute myself. I do taxidermy part time and I won't and don't do deals. If you had any idea of the work behind African game...The thing you aren't figureing is that a taxidermist takes in his whole years work in 4 - 5 months. So for almost half a year he can't hardly work for all the distractions of people bringing in deer. I don't take in that many, but figure this, in 4 months he takes in 100 deer, 6 days a week from say 7am - well past dark. Then in 7 - 8 months he works 10 - 20 hrs per deer. That's not counting fox, coyotes, bobcats, fish and birds. So 1500 hours in 8 months. Most people work 2000 hrs a year. So in 4 months he works nearly 1300 hrs then works 1500 more just on deer. And you want it when??? I agree that to the untrained it seems that they should be able to turn things around faster but figure all of those factors in...