Got my mount back from 1-17-09
02-20-2009, 04:09 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North Central, Iowa
Posts: 1,900
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
ORIGINAL: isatarak
If I couldn't get a deer back in under a year, I would take it somewhere else. Either he has too much to do or isn't working hard enough. 6-9 months is a more reasonable time to wait.
If I couldn't get a deer back in under a year, I would take it somewhere else. Either he has too much to do or isn't working hard enough. 6-9 months is a more reasonable time to wait.
Bigbulls, how much did your taxi charge???
02-20-2009, 06:29 PM
#43
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
Bigbulls, how much did your taxi charge???
I agree that over a year is too long and the taxidermist would then need to adjust his work schedule or turn away work. Taking too long can be just as detrimental as a bad mount.
02-20-2009, 06:54 PM
#44
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
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RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Now I am really getting pissed off. I took it off the wall aftermy last postand started looking real realcloseat everything. I was looking at the back of the mount for the seam where I caped it out and there is no seam there. This isn't even my hide.
Now I am really getting pissed off. I took it off the wall aftermy last postand started looking real realcloseat everything. I was looking at the back of the mount for the seam where I caped it out and there is no seam there. This isn't even my hide.
02-23-2009, 09:08 AM
#46
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Posts: 1,401
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
He's not getting the cape "tanned". Their is a quicker method that some taxidermists use that allows them a quicker turn around time but it isn't the quaility of getting the cape sent off to a tannery.
02-24-2009, 08:55 AM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Trempealeau, WI
Posts: 1,138
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
ORIGINAL: Ridge Runner
how do you get a mount done in a month? around here its a year out at best.
RR
how do you get a mount done in a month? around here its a year out at best.
RR
02-24-2009, 09:07 AM
#49
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Trempealeau, WI
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RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
ORIGINAL: WV Hunter
Wow....he used another cape without telling you or asking you. Amazing. Thats about like taking your car into a shop and them giving you back a different one. [&:]
I hope he does a nice job this time around....but honestly, I think I would have said ...where is my cape, and my money back.
Good luck BB...and nice buck.
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Well, I took it back to him to tell him about my dissatisfaction. He admitted to using another cape. He said he thought he was doing me a favor by using a slightly larger form and larger cape as most of his customers wanted the deer to be as large as possible. I talked to him about everything I didn't like. He is completely remounting it and hopefully he will get it right this time. I provided pictures to him of what the deer looked like right after the kill and told him that I wanted my deer to look exactly like what it looks like in the picture.
Hedoes chargea lower price than some of the others around the area but I went to him because he was reccomended to me by others. It wasn't about spending less. We will see what he turns out this time. If it still doesn't look good I will be asking for my money back and take it to someone else. I seriously doubtI will ever use him again. Too bad because he is a very very nice person. His work just isn't up to par.
Well, I took it back to him to tell him about my dissatisfaction. He admitted to using another cape. He said he thought he was doing me a favor by using a slightly larger form and larger cape as most of his customers wanted the deer to be as large as possible. I talked to him about everything I didn't like. He is completely remounting it and hopefully he will get it right this time. I provided pictures to him of what the deer looked like right after the kill and told him that I wanted my deer to look exactly like what it looks like in the picture.
Hedoes chargea lower price than some of the others around the area but I went to him because he was reccomended to me by others. It wasn't about spending less. We will see what he turns out this time. If it still doesn't look good I will be asking for my money back and take it to someone else. I seriously doubtI will ever use him again. Too bad because he is a very very nice person. His work just isn't up to par.
I hope he does a nice job this time around....but honestly, I think I would have said ...where is my cape, and my money back.
Good luck BB...and nice buck.
02-25-2009, 05:22 AM
#50
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The forests and farmland of Ohio
Posts: 625
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
Well I've run into some problems right now with the taxi I gave my deer to over a year ago. After I gave him my deer he got divorced, lost his daytime job, gambled/drank his money away, got married again and the rumors are flying around now that he doesn't have the money to buy forms to finish the mounts. I've tried to call him after getting his cell number from other customers and everytime he never answers I have left him a couple messages but no response. I finally got some good news about 3 weeks ago that he got one of my friends mounts done so it sounds like he finally is getting some done. I gave a 50% deposit and don't know what to do. I could wait for him to call and say he has it done or I could try and stop by his house and talk to him. He did good work and was reasonable on price and recommended by alot of people but he ran into problems in his life and his actions now are not really impressing me. I just don't know what to do.