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Deer mount costs?

Last I paid for my deer and antelope was $750 for each... havent mounted anything since, just boil the skulls now.
Had a local taxidermist to one of my work areas was offering "show quality" mounts for $1500, and then a "standard" mount for $500. His standard mounts looked like the ones that you saw on a bad taxidermy thread. His show quality wasnt much better though...
My taxidermist I use told me- "I want all of my mounts to look like they are real and can walk out of your wall"- I agree and never batted an eye at the price- just have 2 little girls and hope to spend money on their hunting trophies before I do any of mine anymore.
 
newfarmer said:
Last I paid for my deer and antelope was $750 for each... havent mounted anything since, just boil the skulls now.
Had a local taxidermist to one of my work areas was offering "show quality" mounts for $1500, and then a "standard" mount for $500. His standard mounts looked like the ones that you saw on a bad taxidermy thread. His show quality wasnt much better though...
My taxidermist I use told me- "I want all of my mounts to look like they are real and can walk out of your wall"- I agree and never batted an eye at the price- just have 2 little girls and hope to spend money on their hunting trophies before I do any of mine anymore.
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Wow! Thats an extreme spread between standard and "show" quality!!

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Speaking of expensive mounts. Walked into living room and found this behind the couch. Fell off the wall. I’m guessing from pounding on the wall outside from replacing the siding. This was kick in the gut.
 

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Muskrat24 said:
Emaciation is another pretty slick way to do euros. Takes more time and stinks to high heaven but they are tighter than boiling IMO and keeps the nasal bones better.
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My preferred method. Aquarium heater speeds it up. Trash can.... forget about it for a few weeks. Clean as a whistle. Decrease. Whiten. Done.
 
Do you guys have to recolor the bases? We've hired a couple euros done and the beautiful brown bases were stained and painted.
 
I dont boil or pressure wash the bases. Just try not to hit. May loose a bit of color but not a huge deal to me.

Some guys are way more fussy than me so spending the 200$ for a euro is probably a better route for them.
 
IowaBowHunter1983 said:
Space, already have 17 or so. I like them and all but part of me kinda questions the point of it. Be an old man with 75 deer mounts for my kids to throw away? It's a conundrum.
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I did several skull mounts with some of my last few "mature terds" and really like the look of them. I almost considered doing last years buck as just a euro.
 
northcedar said:
Do you guys have to recolor the bases? We've hired a couple euros done and the beautiful brown bases were stained and painted.
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I boil mine then scrape as much junk off then soak in water with dawn dish soap, then rinse and use a garden hose to blast remaining junk out. After that I soak the skull in 12% peroxide then rinse and dry in direct sunlight. I usually have to stain if the peroxide gets through the electrical tape I wrap around the base. I lightly wipe a small amount of walnut stain and wipe with a clean rag until I get the right hue from the stain. The turns out great.
 
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