atlasman

I killed my buck on Thanksgiving day and I won't have it back until sometime next summer.

7-8 months...........and he doesn't do very many deer anymore. I only got him to do mine as a favor to my wifes cousin who sends him a lot of business.



How much did you pay for that buck on your wall???


He is sure a nice buck!!

Rickmur

I'd be very afraid of that, good luck with it over the years. Why can't this taxidermist get the right measurements for the forms ? That would scare me too. What did he charge you, a good mount will cost about $400 or more anymore, hope this wasn't a bargin basement deal.

BTW, congrats on a very fine buck.

webejonesin2

nice looking mount,congrats on it all the way around.

NEB.BuckHunter

I feel the same way everyone else does. Three weeks is just too short of a time for the hide to cure. My fear, if I were you, is what will it look like in 10 years. My guess is that the hide will pull away because it never had the chance to cure.

Also, is Pledge really good to use on a hide. That many chemicals?!?!?! I have always been told just to dust them and maybe use a little water it they get really bad.

atlasman

My bill was $435+tax making $460 total.

I was sent to this guy by a member of the Knight + Hale staff who is in my family on my wifes side.

I am really glad I had someone to guide me to the right place because I really didn't know the difference between good and bad work and what will happen in the future to a bad mount.

He told me that all I have to do is dab a drop of oil in the corners of his eyes every so often because he will be in the same room as my woodburning stove and it prevents drying and cracking.

He is gonna go over any and all care proceedures when I pick it up.


I didn't even know you could get a mount done in 3 weeks..........that would have been tempting to me because my whole family will be here for Christmas and it would have been nice to have him on the wall then.

Oh well.........it will be worth the wait if it comes out as good as the other mounts of his I have seen.

wimp

My girlfriends nephew had a buck done in only a few weeks. Ugliest looking thing I ever saw. Looks like a cartoon character. Those bucks on the Tinks commercials look more real. It was cheap and fast to get back. Only problem is that it will be ugly forever, unless he gets another cape and has it redone.

BuckSlayer101

Nice deer!

KoBear

nice mount. congrats

bobcat 10

nice buck.


go deep hunt hard.

tbonecpa

You guys had me so nervous that I called my taxidermist about how he tans the hides. He uses the same process as commercial tanners except he doesn't "break" the hide. Not "breaking" it allows the hide to adhere tighter to the form to show more of the forms definition.

I was also surprised to hear that RATDAWG isn't a fan of the Rinehart form because of lack of realism. Is it possible that WI and IL bucks are that different? I realize the neck looks really big on my buck but that is really what he looked like.

My mounts are in the same room as my fireplace and even the first coat of "Pledge" took the dry look away. "Pledge" is only a light spray wax with a little lemon oil. I wouldn't think that couldn't hurt anything.

Time will tell if my mount will last or not but one of my employees husbands has used this guy for ten years and all of his mounts still look great. Thanks for the concern and good info. There really are some hack taxidermists out there and they should be avoided. Mounts in my area cost from about $250-$600. Mine was $325 and he does this for a living not just a side hobby like some. I have seen the other guys mounts and I feel I am getting a really good value.

One more thing, what do you guys think of the "details" on that buck?