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Taxiderimist Dennis Harris
28 July 2023, 20:57
bisonhunter1Taxiderimist Dennis Harris
Anyone know if Artistry in Wildlife, Dennis Harris is still in business?? I haven't seen any post from him in some time and might want to send some work his way. Contact info please.
willi
29 July 2023, 19:07
Aspen Hill AdventuresI had sent several things to Dennis to have mounted. Some were nicely done. My leopard came back to me with no claws. I asked about that and he claimed the skin arrived to him that way. I had sent the skin to him personally and have photos of it bearing all the claws. He or one of his staff stole them.
I had also paid for a euro mount of a kudu skull and it was supposed to be inside the crate with the leopard mount. It wasn't and I asked why it wasn't sent? I had paid him for it. I got cut off at that point. Skull was never sent. I assume he's sold it and the leopard claws for his own profit by now.
So, beware. He might do you right, he might not.
~Ann
29 July 2023, 19:47
bisonhunter1Based on info received here, I don't think I'm sending him any work
30 July 2023, 21:10
Ricardo CCheck field photos to the mount for pattern matches, maybe its not your cat ?
31 July 2023, 23:32
505 gibbshehe, some folks got taxidermied....
Someone might reach out to LDK, they are buddies. What do they say? Birds of a feather?
06 August 2023, 22:05
Gundog 64Bisonhunter,
I would never use Dennis again. Took him 2 years to complete things that were promised to be done in 1 year. Now the items he did were very well done, but I don't like business people who cannot keep their promises. I do know personally of one person who has been waiting 5 years for a bear mount and Dennis will not communicate with him. I also had to chase him down for over a year to get back a Zebra cape we decided not to have mounted. When we met to pick it up he was very cold and rude offering no explanation as to why he never sent it to me as he promised to do, he was the one who forgot to bring it when the other trophies were delivered. Only a 4 hour round trip to get it back.I'm leaving a lot of details out of this so as not to turn it into a novel, but what a mess out one experience with Dennis turned into.
10 August 2023, 15:46
BakesCan't say I liked his work. Saw a bit of it on Taxidermy net and thought it was way over done (mainly his snarling wolf mounts).
He did a kangaroo once and it was so bad I told him that if I saw a roo in the bush that looked like his, I'd shoot it to put it out of its misery
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05 September 2023, 01:20
L. David Keithquote:
hehe, some folks got taxidermied....
Someone might reach out to LDK, they are buddies. What do they say? Birds of a feather?
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Once again Brad you prove Pricks are alive and breeding. I haven't spoken to Dennis in two years, but he told me about you, I agree 100%
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http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
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http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
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http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson
Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......
"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
07 September 2023, 19:23
505 gibbsquote:
quote:
hehe, some folks got taxidermied....
Someone might reach out to LDK, they are buddies. What do they say? Birds of a feather?
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Once again Brad you prove Pricks are alive and breeding. I haven't spoken to Dennis in two years, but he told me about you, I agree 100%
Like I said, birds of a feather
08 September 2023, 05:19
L. David KeithJust look in the mirror Prick!
Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris
http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333
Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
NRA Benefactor
DSC Professional Member
SCI Member
RMEF Life Member
NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor
NAHC Life Member
Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer
Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson
Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......
"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
08 September 2023, 08:55
505 gibbsSo angry, did I touch a nerve?
06 October 2023, 20:21
bcapHe was the biggest blow hard I have ever seen. Talked all kinds of shit then ended up screwing so many. Worse is you dont hear nothing from all who supported him and his bs. The karma train hit the right spot running him over
07 October 2023, 03:29
Gundog 64bcap,
Unfortunately many people, like me, got run over by that train.
07 October 2023, 16:49
bcapquote:
Originally posted by Gundog 64:
bcap,
Unfortunately many people, like me, got run over by that train.
Sorry to hear that and hope it works out for you over time.
I had my run in with him on the other africa hunting site. Was always told I would not be able to do anything if my african taxidermost screwed me. seems that bs talk can happen right here at home to.
The worse part is all those who were getting screwed covered it up fpr him for years. He was bsing people way before his problems started with getting sick.
He is one person I home the karma train back ups on and gives him all he earned.
11 October 2023, 02:29
505 gibbs
19 December 2023, 06:15
Baker458Sad to hear this.
If someone gets a "dream animal", or finally take the safari they've been saving up for years to afford, then get taken (shitty mount, wrong mount, skins lost, etc.) by a taxidermist, that's just awful.
I suppose that even when working with someone "reputable" it's a good idea to get recent references. Even if it's a taxidermist, booking agent, outfitter, etc. you've used before.
Shitty deal for sure.
20 December 2023, 18:49
bcapanother sad thing is how a few still stick up for the ass clown. Guys on the ah site still using him and act like he did nothing wrong. He was fucking people over before he got sick and still screwing people over.
31 January 2024, 01:54
DuckearHe did some work for me about 10 years ago.
Happy with the shoulder mounts except the zebra rug is a mess (not sure if that’s his fault or the tannery) and he kept a hartebeest cape that was to be returned unmounted.
Wouldn’t use him again.
YMMV
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03 February 2024, 03:34
bcapIt is scary to me how many guys did not speak out on how he has been screwing people over way before he got sick. So many guys good screwed by the guy who love to talk shit on how good his word was and his over painted mounts.
07 February 2024, 11:22
georgeldNo one EVER gains for long by screwing others
out of their things, or share.
Sooner or later the payback will begin and will cost them many times the gain in interest.
It may not be in the same form, it could be failed health.
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