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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: turkey247]
#2056445
03/13/17 11:37 AM
03/13/17 11:37 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,640 Wetumpka, AL
ColeT
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10 point
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Posts: 2,640
Wetumpka, AL
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[quote=turkey247]I thought I'd get blasted in the "other" thread if I commented anymore. But life is way too short to wait 2 or 3 years for a mount[quote=turkey247]
I agree. There's a difference. I don't expect to wait two years for a shoulder mount of a deer. I understand sometimes it takes longer than expected but that's just insane.
Last edited by ColeT; 03/13/17 11:38 AM.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2056454
03/13/17 11:49 AM
03/13/17 11:49 AM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,757 Clanton
Turkey_neck
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,757
Clanton
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Yea i waited a little over a year once on the biggest deer I've killed. I went and got him and took him to my cousin who was a taxidermist and 6 mos latter i had my mount. I can understand a year to 18 mos but I'm not waiting longer.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2056672
03/13/17 02:10 PM
03/13/17 02:10 PM
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Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191 Opelika, Alabama
RacksnSpurs
OP
3 point
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OP
3 point
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Posts: 191
Opelika, Alabama
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I'm starting to think he lost it and is scared to tell me...
"The old man used to say that the best part of hunting was the thinking of going, and the talking about it after you go back."
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: WildlifeBiologist]
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03/13/17 02:36 PM
03/13/17 02:36 PM
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Joined: May 2011
Posts: 20,017 PDL, Fl
timbercruiser
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 20,017
PDL, Fl
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Russ Harris Taxidermy in Troy has done most of my work for the past 10 years. Good quality. Fair price. I have gotten some shoulder mounts back in as fast as one month. Russ is a good friend and has mounted a few deer for me. He has a good turn-around time on his work also.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2057107
03/13/17 08:31 PM
03/13/17 08:31 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 12,299 Oxford, AL. USA
Big Game Hunter
Doesn’t Know His Code
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Doesn’t Know His Code
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 12,299
Oxford, AL. USA
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Exactly how long do some of y'all think it actually takes to mount a deer?
Total hours involved?
IKNOWMYPHUCKINGCODEDAMMITYOUDICKHEAD!!!
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: Big Game Hunter]
#2057151
03/14/17 01:28 AM
03/14/17 01:28 AM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,049 River Bend Bibb
HoofNSpur
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Exactly how long do some of y'all think it actually takes to mount a deer?
Total hours involved? Somebody told me one time around 16-20 hours. Dont know if their is any truth to that statment.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: LUMPY]
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03/14/17 08:32 AM
03/14/17 08:32 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 35,998 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 35,998
Boxes Cove
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Stan Gross or Chris McCarver in Scottsboro I second that motion.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2058812
03/15/17 06:12 AM
03/15/17 06:12 AM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 558 Flomaton/Dothan
olcountry
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 558
Flomaton/Dothan
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Took a mallard and a goose to Ron Vanderpool in Cantoment and had them both back in a month and both look great
Live like you are dieing!!!
Let me live till i'm too old to die young.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: Big Game Hunter]
#2058945
03/15/17 07:39 AM
03/15/17 07:39 AM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,031 Central Alabama
muzziehead
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14 point
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Central Alabama
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Exactly how long do some of y'all think it actually takes to mount a deer?
Total hours involved? You want a figure that includes drying and soaking time or just the time that you actually spend working on the deer, which would include caping it out, tanning the hide, etc. My Dad is taxidermist and the key is to have several mounts at various stages throughout the shop. He can easily produce two completed per day when his system is running efficiently. Of course, like most guys that do this line of work, also enjoy hunting too.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2058996
03/15/17 08:01 AM
03/15/17 08:01 AM
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Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,126 KY
AUstan23
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10 point
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KY
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any of yall ever heard of double branches taxidermy?
If it's that place on wire road I'm pretty sure it closed a couple years ago. If it's Brandon Fowler that could also be your problem.
It is easier to fool a man than to convince him he has been fooled.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: James]
#2059196
03/15/17 10:35 AM
03/15/17 10:35 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,785 Over yonder
extreme heights hunter
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 13,785
Over yonder
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Where's it located? I searched the net and two came up in Bama, And both are still business fakebook may be a good indicator if they`re both still in bidness
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/15/17 11:15 AM
03/15/17 11:15 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 12,299 Oxford, AL. USA
Big Game Hunter
Doesn’t Know His Code
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Doesn’t Know His Code
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 12,299
Oxford, AL. USA
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Exactly how long do some of y'all think it actually takes to mount a deer?
Total hours involved? You want a figure that includes drying and soaking time or just the time that you actually spend working on the deer, which would include caping it out, tanning the hide, etc. My Dad is taxidermist and the key is to have several mounts at various stages throughout the shop. He can easily produce two completed per day when his system is running efficiently. Of course, like most guys that do this line of work, also enjoy hunting too. You more or less made my point for me. Some folks tend to believe it takes 40+ hours of hands on time to do a simple shoulder mount.
IKNOWMYPHUCKINGCODEDAMMITYOUDICKHEAD!!!
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: Big Game Hunter]
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03/16/17 02:16 AM
03/16/17 02:16 AM
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Posts: 8,456 Harpersville, AL
tfd1224
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14 point
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Exactly how long do some of y'all think it actually takes to mount a deer?
Total hours involved? It doesn't matter how many hours are involved, from the first moment he touches a scalpel to that deer, it will take at least a month from start to finish. That is if he has no other deer to work on and he does his own tanning. If the taxi sends all of his capes to a commercial tannery then he may not even get your cape back for 1 to 3 months, plus he's not gonna send it to the tannery until he has 20 or so capes to send. If he does his own tanning then the taxidermist may skin your head out and wait a week or two until he has 15 or 20 to flesh, tan, and thin, which is gonna take at least a week in itself. That's a week where he won't be able to mount any deer, then he gets to mount some deer for a week or two, then those heads have to dry for 3 weeks while he grooms them and makes sure no problems are popping up. While these are drying, he may mount a few more deer or do some tanning. Then he has to do the finish work to all of them which is gonna take another week or two. All of this is happening while customers drop off more deer and each one is gonna stay for at least 30 minutes and talk about what they want, and he has to break loose for an hour or so and measure the head, skin it out, and freeze it. On top of all that he also has people picking mounts up that stay and talk for 30 minutes or so and folks calling and asking when their deer is gonna be done. I bet that after customer interaction, a taxi gets to actually work on mounts for 4 or 5 hours each day. It's easy to see how their work can get piled up and why it takes a year or more to get your head back. When deer season starts, the taxidermist may just be finishing up the last head from the season before, or he may still have some he hasn't finished yet. but no, it shouldn't take 3 years to get a deer head back. I would have gone up there a year and a half ago.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
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03/17/17 05:03 AM
03/17/17 05:03 AM
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Posts: 3,210 Alabama
buck_buster
10 point
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10 point
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Alabama
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Dropped min off Dec 7th 2016... Picked it up today.
I love the rut. The woods are like a bunch of roided up meatheads fighting over a girl.
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Re: good taxidermist?
[Re: extreme heights hunter]
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03/17/17 05:59 AM
03/17/17 05:59 AM
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Posts: 3,210 Alabama
buck_buster
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10 point
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Alabama
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Dropped min off Dec 7th 2016... Picked it up today. Where? Monroeville. at Coles
I love the rut. The woods are like a bunch of roided up meatheads fighting over a girl.
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