August 2024 Taxidermy quote **STICKER SHOCK**

[TheGrayRider]

Wow. Ridiculously high quotes.

Just for comparison pricing, I paid $950 total for my Desert Bighorn Sheep shoulder mount about a month and a half ago near Indianapolis.

Best of luck, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[Sjakon]

I just received a quote from a reptuable taxidermist in the northeast. There are others that I am contacting. Does some one have suggestions on another taxidermist from Maryland to New England area? I may have to take a chance and have them mounted in Africa and have them shipped. Here is the quote. Thank you.


Greater Kudu Shoulder Mount - $2,510.00
Zebra Pedestal Mount - $$3,750.00 plus the cost of the base. Base costs are determined by style and type of wood chosen.
Eland Shoulder Mount - $3,950.00
Gemsbok Shoulder Mount $2,100.00
Hartebeest Shoulder Mount $1,925.00

This is what I paid Splitting Image Taxidermy in Port Elizabeth

 

[Green Chile]

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Wow. Ridiculously high quotes.

Just for comparison pricing, I paid $950 total for my Desert Bighorn Sheep shoulder mount about a month and a half ago near Indianapolis.

Best of luck, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

Wow, what a desert ram! Look at the broomed flare on that beast. Why do we not have a hunt report on this one? He's awesome.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Wow, what a desert ram! Look at the broomed flare on that beast. Why do we not have a hunt report on this one? He's awesome.

I posted a full hunt report and numerous photographs on hunttalk.com and more pictures on rockslide.com. I figured that since I hunted this desert Bighorn sheep in Arizona that I would post The Hunt report on those sites versus an African hunting site. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider A.k.a. Tom.

 

[slam8031]

Erik just had my New Mexico elk delivered. Base was custom done by Erik and looks great! I will try to post a photo later! Erik does great work. Hopefully he will have a big mule deer for me (that I haven’t hunted) in the near future!!

 

[slam8031]

 

[Hunt anything]

Those are crazy prices! Anxious to see what route you decide to go.

 

[Mekaniks]

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Dang that elk just barely fits! Perfect

 

[slam8031]

Dang that elk just barely fits! Perfect

We measured several times before we finished the base!!!

 

[Green Chile]

I posted a full hunt report and numerous photographs on hunttalk.com and more pictures on rockslide.com. I figured that since I hunted this desert Bighorn sheep in Arizona that I would post The Hunt report on those sites versus an African hunting site. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider A.k.a. Tom.

I will look for that report. I think it would be great to have it here too but that's your call of course. I'm going to post a hunt report of an aoudad sometime...and other hunts here.

 

[tidbit824]

Those prices are ridiculous. I was just updating my spreadsheet of where my taxidermy is and the various statuses...3 countries and 6 different shops...and I said I was done bringing stuff home. This next Africa hunt in Oct I'm going on the record...bring nothing home! Can I get a witness?!

Only the ivory...just saying

 

[buck wild]

Those are definitely high and yes might very well be a tactic to keep incoming flow down until the backlog can be reduced.

 

[Graham Hunter]

We used African Wildlife Artistry for our 2022 hunt. I was very happy with the work and the crating was exceptional. What pisses me off here in Canada is the cost of tanning. Whitetail Cape $100.00. Impala Cape $300.00. As soon as it's Africa price triples!