ORIGINAL: teedub31
I am not doubt you, but obviously the guy you use must not value his own time if all he charges is $175. I just went through 4 catalogs picking out the form I wanted. The cheapest form was $100. So your guy only made $75 bucks??? Not worth the for 2-3 months worth of quality time and effort put into it.
I do taxidermy on the side and I charge 175 for a shoulder mount. Most forms I have seen rarely run over $50 so I dont know which supplier you were looking at.
I mainly do it so cheap cuz I want everyone to be able to afford to have a deer on the wall. Most of the 15 people I have gotten deer from this year said that if they didnt know me, they would have just hacked the antlers off because they cant afford it. I plan on raising the prices next year just atad though, cuz I am thinking about making it my part-time job.
Here are the first few mounts I did.
