Don't bring it to the taxidermist with the guts still in it. He'll hate you . Plus, how you going to drag it out with the extra 50lbs still in there?

I got a PA bear. I gutted it out as I would a deer. I took it to the taxidermist and he had no problems with it. The only thing that annoyed him was the piece of skin/hide that they take at the check station.