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Old 03-31-2021 | 12:04 PM
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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
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Old 05-21-2023 | 04:33 PM
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$700 here last fall when I took mine in..
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Old 05-22-2023 | 08:54 PM
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I paid $800 last Fall. But CA is usually pricier on just about anything.
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Old 05-28-2023 | 01:46 PM
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$780.00 here now.
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Old 05-28-2023 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by excalibur43
$780.00 here now.
Are you doing alright at $780 or close to another increase?

Price of everything has gone crazy in recent years.
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Old 05-28-2023 | 04:17 PM
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I'm not saying your price is crazy.

But supplies etc.

The cost for you to get what you need
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Old 05-29-2023 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Bocajnala
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
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Old 05-30-2023 | 05:05 PM
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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..
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Old 06-02-2023 | 10:24 AM
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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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Old 06-03-2023 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Phil from Maine
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..
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.
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