Like Flags and others have posted, most mounts are only valued by the hunter who shot them.


I ran into this about 17 years ago when I went through a very nasty divorce. It was only a division of property, but she drug it out for two years, and only the lawyers came out ahead. We each had to list all of our property with its value. She listed my elk and moose mounts that I had before we were married, with $15,000 and $12,000 values. She was hoping to get half of her listed value.


Both of those mounts were less than 20 years old. Both of those animals are big, and they scored just under the B&C book minimums. I discussed their values with my taxidermist, and we basically agreed that their re-sale values were approximately the cost of the taxidermy, which was less than $1,000 for each animal.


Ebay confirmed my values, as did other taxidermist's websites (like Jonas Bros) who sometimes have mounts that weren't picked up for sale.