I wasn't going to get into this, but. I don't take extra money to get a mount out faster in my studio. And I also don't make promise's I can't keep. I can never tell a customer the exact date their mounts are going to be finished either. All work I do is on a first come first served basis. All work requires a 50% deposit first. "No deposit no work!" I don't make exceptions to this. Also all deposits are nonrefundable. I send out a bear hide to be tanned, it take me anywhere from 60 to 100 days, some time longer to get it back. I can't make the tannery do their work faster, just because a customer wants his/her mount done faster. Then there is all the mannikin prep, installing eyes, jaw set. And then the work on the base itself. You also have to remember during the day I have customers coming in and out all day. I have to answer the phone. Deal with suppliers, deliveries, ect. Then you have the days when the good ole DNR come's in and want to check thing's out.
Any full time taxidermist, that does all work, which is doing fish, birds, game heads, full mounts, rugs, novelties ECT. Is way too busy too tell a certain customer that he/she will get your mount done faster than someone's else. And if he/she does then they're just screwing someone else up. Everyone wants their mounts done quickly and as fast as possible. I tell everyone like it is. I'm only human, not a machine. I don't work 20 hours a day at the studio. My job is like everyone's else. I take breaks, go too lunch, and leave the studio to spend time with the wife and kids. I work 10 to 12 hrs. a day. No more. And right now with the holidays coming, family visiting. Mounts are going to be a little slower coming.
Yes, I have had the customer that wants that deerhead done in two weeks. And also had them cuss me out because it wasn't finished in two weeks. But I just give them their cape, and antlers back. Tell them to go find another taxidermist, then show them to the door.
Taxidermist aren't miracle workers. Taxidermy take time to get a good mount done right. And your impatience's doesn't help get the mount done any faster.