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Originally Posted by excalibur43 (Post 4380422)

I charge $580. which is about average in my area. I also have an extra charge of $35. for any repair from knife, slug, bullet or broadhead from being shot in the neck or above the shoulder area that will be in the finished mount.

UPDATE: $620.00 for 2021. Still less than some in my area

$700 here last fall when I took mine in..

I paid $800 last Fall. But CA is usually pricier on just about anything.

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Originally Posted by excalibur43 (Post 4410768)

$780.00 here now.

Are you doing alright at $780 or close to another increase?

Price of everything has gone crazy in recent years.

I'm not saying your price is crazy.

But supplies etc.

The cost for you to get what you need

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Originally Posted by Bocajnala (Post 4410769)

Are you doing alright at $780 or close to another increase?

Price of everything has gone crazy in recent years.

I just took my price to $780. for this upcoming year. It was $750.00 last year. Most around me are at $700 up to $900.00

One young fella that I was talking with was told $700 plus tax and would be around a year’s turn around. ( this is not where I took mine to). So after around a year he called them and asked about it. They told him it was not ready yet and needed a little over $300 more. They said something about some kind of issue that they had run into. I think that it’s crap they were saying but if he wants it back I guess he will have to meet their demand. Myself I would be getting the state to look into it for him..

He had contacted the state and the taxidermist ended up sending him a picture of it and said it is almost complete. Now just waiting on a piece of wood for it and he will have it soon

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Originally Posted by Phil from Maine (Post 4410785)

Yes, I agree. I give my clients a copy of everything we discussed, pose, ear positioning, plaque, etc. included with the receipt, also the condition of the cape when I receive it. If there is a problem discovered after I thaw out the hide, then I call them and discuss what can be done and the cost, before I proceed. Sometimes you thaw out a cape and one shoulder has the hair rubbed off from dragging the deer. I will not mount that cape.