We took a taxidermist duck hunting in Ark. several years ago. We all killed ducks that we sent home with him to mount. I sent a Bufflehead drake and hen with him. I called him several months later to see when the ducks would be finished. He told me he misplaced them. Months later, I went to his house to see his new showroom. There in a covered globe were my Buffleheads. I asked about them. His answer was that he thought I sent the ducks home with him tomount and keep for himself. He knew they were mine to be mounted. I gave him instructions on how I wanted them mounted and he wrote them down. I put them in a bag with my name on it. He had never killed a Bufflehead and wanted them for himself. I didn't push the issue. I just let him keep them. They looked really good.A friend of minetook adeer head, a squirrel, and a bobcatto a taxidermist. He never got them back. Most taxidermist are hard working honest people that do good work, but with any occupation, you are going to have a few bad apples.