Got my mount back from 1-17-09
03-02-2009, 01:02 PM
#62
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Kansas... Where Life is Good
Posts: 4,139
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
Nice Buck, but I agree with some others about the taxidermy work. Looks almost like the Taxi forgot to tuck the tearducts. And the color on the eyes and ears aren't right.
03-15-2009, 06:59 PM
#63
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 just for an update to those that responded to what I posted after 16 months my taxi finally called and said my mount was done. I'll pick it up this week as long as everything looks alright with it and post pics.
03-16-2009, 03:42 AM
#64
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
This just REALLY chaps my azz ...here is a guy who post pictures of a very nice buck that he is EXTREAMLY proud of and from the second post some start slamming his mount ....I don't recall him asking for opinions on what kind of work we thought his taxie did ...he was just proud to have gotten the mount back and wanted to share it with us ... BB thats a nice buck and you should be proud of him as for all the criticism tell them to stick it in their ear !
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03-19-2009, 09:19 AM
#66
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 494
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
A couple things, first and foremost---Nice Buck, you should be proud!
Then, on the taxidermy, hard to say without really looking at it in person, but, if the guys says something like "Well, I just figured.........." If it starts with that, it means he messed up something and is trying to hide it. I would have said "Let me see my own cape and see what we can do" If he could not come up with it in short order, then I would start getting upset. If he really just wanted to get it on a larger form and HONESTLY thought you would like it better, fine, give him a chance to fix it until YOU are happy with it. Like someone else said, the cape is the one he had and should be used unless the hunter hacked it up for some reason. At that point the hunter should expect to pay more for the mount since the taxi needed to find a new cape. Either way, would love an update, it's a great buck.
Dandbuck
Then, on the taxidermy, hard to say without really looking at it in person, but, if the guys says something like "Well, I just figured.........." If it starts with that, it means he messed up something and is trying to hide it. I would have said "Let me see my own cape and see what we can do" If he could not come up with it in short order, then I would start getting upset. If he really just wanted to get it on a larger form and HONESTLY thought you would like it better, fine, give him a chance to fix it until YOU are happy with it. Like someone else said, the cape is the one he had and should be used unless the hunter hacked it up for some reason. At that point the hunter should expect to pay more for the mount since the taxi needed to find a new cape. Either way, would love an update, it's a great buck.
Dandbuck
03-19-2009, 02:26 PM
#67
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NY
Posts: 366
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
This just REALLY chaps my azz ...here is a guy who post pictures of a very nice buck that he is EXTREAMLY proud of and from the second post some start slamming his mount ....I don't recall him asking for opinions on what kind of work we thought his taxie did ...he was just proud to have gotten the mount back and wanted to share it with us ... BB thats a nice buck and you should be proud of him as for all the criticism tell them to stick it in their ear !
04-12-2009, 05:18 AM
#69
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Eastern Colorado
Posts: 517
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
That sucks that you had your trophy ruined at the hands of a supposed to be "professional". Hopefully he gets it right. I would have refused that at the time I saw it. That deer looks borderline OK but chances are would fall apart in less that 5 years and look really crappy.
Time is of the essance when it comes to good taxidermy work. One thing I try not to do is put any pressure on my taxidermist. I pick it up when he is finished and satisfied. He has had my Bobcatfor over 2 years now (I added a quail)but no rush. I expect when I get anything back it looks REAL! My deer heads (I have two there now), are no exception.
Good luck next time...
Time is of the essance when it comes to good taxidermy work. One thing I try not to do is put any pressure on my taxidermist. I pick it up when he is finished and satisfied. He has had my Bobcatfor over 2 years now (I added a quail)but no rush. I expect when I get anything back it looks REAL! My deer heads (I have two there now), are no exception.
Good luck next time...
04-12-2009, 05:22 AM
#70
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Eastern Colorado
Posts: 517
RE: Got my mount back from 1-17-09
ORIGINAL: early in
That'a a great buck. Congrats.
I waited 15 months to get this guy back. I think he looksquite "alive" and I couldn't be happier with themount.
ORIGINAL: OntElk
Nice deer but I can't say I am impressed with the taxidermy. Deer looks like he has an infection or something in his nose and eye ducts. I think a good job looks "alive". Hard to explain but you know it when you see it. I don't see it there. I believe a good taxi isn't turning a quality job around in that short a time. If he's good he has too much bsuiness to even think of doing that quick.
It is a beatuy buck you got. Congrats!
Nice deer but I can't say I am impressed with the taxidermy. Deer looks like he has an infection or something in his nose and eye ducts. I think a good job looks "alive". Hard to explain but you know it when you see it. I don't see it there. I believe a good taxi isn't turning a quality job around in that short a time. If he's good he has too much bsuiness to even think of doing that quick.
It is a beatuy buck you got. Congrats!
I waited 15 months to get this guy back. I think he looksquite "alive" and I couldn't be happier with themount.
