RE: How much do taxidermists learn?
I feel that if you can mount something and it looks real, and the GENERAL public likes it, you are half way there. Then you need a marketing plan. Finally you need funds or a full time job to get you by till the work starts coming in. None of this is easy, or is it going to happen overnight. Good luck to all who try, because I wouldn't do anything else. I do what I love and I can't wait to go to work every day.
Rich