Well I went to the Taxidermist shop tonight and he was finally home!! I got out of the truck and he started telling me how bad everything has been for him the last few years, the IRS, the divorce, etc, etc!! I looked at him and I said (You know what, I don't really give a damn, where's my bear?) He proceeded to tell me its the next bear on his list and I said no its not, its coming home with me so I can bring it somewhere else. I then asked where it was and he showed me the bear hide in his freezer, thank god the hide was tanned or the hide probably would of been no good after being in there 8 years. It sure felt awesome to see my chocolate bear hide again, it was a huge relief!! Well then the F bombs came flying out of my mouth like I figured they would and I chewed his ass good and told him what I thought of the way he runs his business and why he thinks he can get away with it with being he's been a friend of the family for years!! He apologized up and down, sideways, any which way he could and then he tells me he will have it done in 6 weeks and also give me 50% off of the bear. In 2000 he quoted me 115.00 dollars a foot. My bear is in that 7.5 to 8 foot range so I'm going to make out on this pretty good after all. I agreed with him after he told me this. The price is going to run around 300.00 to 400.00 dollars, I couldn't pass that up. In 6 weeks I should have my bear finally after 8 years!!!!! I can't frickin wait!!!!!!!