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Curios to know what is a reasonable amount of time to expect you taxidermist to turn around agood quality shoulder mount? I have had them within 3 months up to 13 months and counting!!
 
Posts: 411 | Location: australia | Registered: 12 November 2005Reply With Quote
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My taxidermist will do a "rush" for $50 extra. If I choose this option, I can have a shoulder mount back in 6 weeks. If it is on a normal schedule, 4-5 months. The longest I have waited, (before I changed taxidermist) was 12 months. I do think that 4 months is reasonable.
 
Posts: 392 | Location: Atlanta, Georgia | Registered: 05 January 2005Reply With Quote
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GA Deer Hunter, is this in the USA or where? There is only a handfull of quality Taxidermists in Australia and they all seem to be flat out like a road kill!!
 
Posts: 411 | Location: australia | Registered: 12 November 2005Reply With Quote
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Yes, this is in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. There are plenty of taxidermist here and most of them do pretty good work.
 
Posts: 392 | Location: Atlanta, Georgia | Registered: 05 January 2005Reply With Quote
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What is reasonable would be a personal opinion but here is mine. If I have to tell someone any more than 12 months then I would stop taking in work at that point. I think 6-8 months is better and that is usually what I quote as a time estimate for customers (shoulder mount). 4 months would be about as fast as anyone could hope for.


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Posts: 1378 | Location: Virginia, USA | Registered: 05 March 2005Reply With Quote
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I dont know what is 'reasonable' but i turn around in 4-5 months.
Sometimes you get a higher influx of work than expected and i just have to work harder to get it out on time.
I refuse to alter estimated times to existing clients.


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Posts: 227 | Location: Australia. | Registered: 23 March 2004Reply With Quote
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If you are a full time taxidermist doing high quality work for a living, 6 - 12 mos is reasonable. Anything over a 12 mos is too long in my opinion.


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In Wyoming they have one (1) year, if 1/2 of the cost is paid, other wise they are breaking the law.

Yet many break that law. Taxidermists, lawyers, and realtors, same mold, same class, same crooks!
 
Posts: 10478 | Location: N.W. Wyoming | Registered: 22 February 2003Reply With Quote
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One year is more than long enough!
 
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