Got my mount back from 1-17-09
#51
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
ORIGINAL: LeftyBuckmaster
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.
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.
#52
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 when I gave it to him he said he was pretty busy and it could be 6 months to a year. No time limit was written down though. But this was before he had all the problems in his life. He wasn't returning anyone's phone calls even my friend whose mount is done. Up until he called my friend that his was done my friend had also tried to contact him with no response. My friend decided he was going to wait a few weeks to pick it up since the taxi took his time so will my friend. He knows he wants the money because he needs it. The taxi lost his full time job over 6 months ago and still does not have another job so he has to be looking for some money. He was renting a shop in town but he couldn't afford it after his divorce and gambling/drinking issues after he was laid off. I don't have a receipt but I have record in my checking account that I wrote a check to his taxidermy co. name and he cashed it. I didn't know the DNR had regulation over taxidermists but now that I think about it it makes sense since the deer has to be tagged and has to stayed tagged in Ohio. I will have to call the local warden and see what he says and possibly see if anyone else has complained to him.
#53
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 575
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
I dont like to put down anyone's mount, and the camera could be playing tricks with some of the coloring.
The eyes seem a little sleepy, and the eye duct color seems off, but the horns are great.....
The eyes seem a little sleepy, and the eye duct color seems off, but the horns are great.....
#54
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
how do you get a mount done in a month?
The only good thing about these kinds of taxidermist is they make somelike like me look like Picasso. [:-]
#55
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The forests and farmland of Ohio
Posts: 625
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
you guys didn't read the whole post the taxi used a different cape so the cape he used could have been tanned at another earlier time and place over the form which was to big for the new cape stretching it out of proportion making it look so bad.
#57
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
or I could try and stop by his house and talk to him
To me, the cape is just as much a part of my deer as the horns. If you caught a 10 foot marlin, would you be happy putting its bill on the body of a 4 foot marlin? What if you shoot a 250-300lb, thick-necked rutting buck? Are you really going to find that cape on the butcher's floor?
#60
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
you could always get him redone... sometimes you get burned. I had a trophy black bear I shot back in 2002 get hacked by the taxi.. He was on his death bead and I couldn't bring myself to make a stink over it. He only lived a couple of months longer, so I am glad I didn't make a fuss then.
Having said that, he took 325# bear and used a form that may have fit a 250lb bear... I had to bring it to another taxi who was able to soak the head, pop the stitches, and build up the size of the form head w/ clay. Now it looks 100% better.
At least with a deer they can just pull the horns, get you a new cape, and move on...
Having said that, he took 325# bear and used a form that may have fit a 250lb bear... I had to bring it to another taxi who was able to soak the head, pop the stitches, and build up the size of the form head w/ clay. Now it looks 100% better.
At least with a deer they can just pull the horns, get you a new cape, and move on...