Curious, how many animals per year do you think you would be doing if it was full time job?Thanks, I kind of did an apprenticeship at a local taxidermy shop in California til I moved. Then I joined the Arizona Taxidermy Association and attended a few seminars. Lots of tricks to the trade. I try to limit myself to 25 animals a year and this year started turning guys away at 30. I do just enough so I can go on one cool hunt a year. Heading to Greenland next month for musk ox.... Ed F
Curious, how many animals per year do you think you would be doing if it was full time job?
Wow, I guess people knock them out pretty quick after doing it for awhile. Agree on how busy most are, I often have people tell me I should use their guy for birds because it's half the cost and much shorter turnaround. I can't find a polite way to tell them that I wouldn't want their mounts in my home.Hundreds.... Think about it, do you know a taxidermist that isn't overworked and has less than a one year turnaround? Even the worst taxidermists with the worst reputations are still View attachment 34435 overworked. Sad but true. If you look hard you'll find the good ones and there are plenty...
Kellen... you should have mounted your Coues. Go shoot another one, I need more capes....
Here is a sneak peak of an Arizona mule deer I just mounted... mounting a bigger one right now... Ed F
Kellen... you should have mounted your Coues. Go shoot another one, I need more capes....