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What is a good average that everyone waits to get their deer head mounts back?

Taking in account a few variables like...
How busy the taxi's is (10 heads or 150 heads) or if they send the capes out for tanning or do them in-house, etc...

I've talked to numerous taxi's and they all seem to have differant methods and times.
Anything from drying times - to tanning, etc.

For me this years deer was shot @ the beginning of Nov, and I am told, Apr-May to complete mine, which is one of the taxi's 1st to be completed.

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I was told I mine would be about 8 months. Then again the fellow who's doing mine is the best in a wide area so he has several to do.

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it takes me about 2 years.....he usually does about 175 shoulder mounts alone

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6 to 10 months

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Dang, not sure I could wait that long. I shot mine in Nov it should be done in june/july

I'll wait if its a realy good job. Epecialy for a realy nice buck. I'll spend the extra money and wait for a mount that will look nice and last.

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One year ,give or take up to 60 days. He does about 150 to 200 deer a year .Not to forget all the other gritters he does.Waiting on my 1st. elk mount now.


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7 to 12 months.

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My taxidermist does 150 to 200 heads a year and the average time is 2 to 6 months.I dropped mine off Oct 30th and picked it up Jan 3rd.

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my taxidermist get's mine done in about 3-4 months and he is extremely busy. he does everything from gators to ducks. he tans the hides at his shop and he makes his own molds.

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Any good taxidermist is a year behind. That shows he has business and is probably very credible. I had a shop for 5 years till I got divorced and u know what happened there and I was a year behind and was very busy

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Some of the turn around times depends on if a guy does it full time or part time. The guy I went to does awesome work but only does it part time. I went to him in the middle of gun season and I'm sure I was 30-40 in maybe more. I'm sure he has far more than that. He's part time and takes 8-9 months. in fact I still have my antlers waiting on him to get to mine.

A guy that does it full time can probably do many more. I think turn around time isn't the best thing to go by. When I was looking for a taxi I heard many people around here tell me a guy he knows gets them back to you in.... Nothing about how great the mount looked. With me I want a quality job. I looked at the guys work and realy liked it. So thats what impressed me.

Another friend of mine does his own. He said if you have a for you can literaly shoot it in the morning and hand it on the wall that night using dry-tan. His mounts look pretty good but I was told to steer away from dri-tan. He is helping me do last years doe myself so I'll see side by side how they last.

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and you can only kill a deer with a magnum rifle

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I agree and disagree with you. My taxidermist doesn't do it on a full time basis anymore. He takes what he can handle and thats it. My buck took 4.5 months to get done, it turned out excellent. He didn't do the tanning himself either, it was sent off. In most cases a good taxidermist is behind, I do wish though they would take what they can handle instead of leaving the guy hanging for a few years.

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roughly anywhere from 8 months to one year

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we normally get ours back in about 5 months, the taxi sends out the hides, and hes always very very busy

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I guess so with your bear problem....:D

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I dropped my 8-Point Buck off at the Taxi around Nov.14,2007 and it won't be finished until Aug. 2008, so I'm looking at a 9 month wait until my "Baby" is done! [:@];)

If I would have shot my Buck on the 1st opening weekend of Deer Season I would have only had a 2 to 5 month wait! My great Nephew still had his 2006 Buck in his freezer so I told him he better get in there before Rifle Season starts and when he did he only had to wait for 2 months to get his Buck Mount back!

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i usaully get european mounts so like 4 months

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Anytime now Jason and it should be home!! Last I heard he was putting the border on that goes on the outside part of the rug. I'm thinking this next week it will be home!!!:D

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6 months... Give or take a month or two...

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The taxidermist took 6 months forthe lastdeeri had mounted

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Aint no way any good taxi is a year behind, the guy i go to is pretty much the best in the state and hes never been a year behind. Its his full time job and gets deer done in 5-6 months maximum

He does about 200 deer each year, but it also helps that his wife is also an awesome taxidermist.

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my taxidermist told me i was "at the end of the rainbow" in his pile of mounts (which is a testiment to his good work)... about a year

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My taxi depends on how far into season you kill yours becasuse they begin to stack up. I shot mine in Mid- December and got him back in April. It was quick because many of my friends have taken 8 - 12 months and there were a bunch behind mine.