Big Game Ap Deadline Approaching!

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I can only imagine taxidermy is expensive as hell, is it? Doesn't it take months of waiting too? For say, the typical head/neck/antlers mount.

To do a shoulder mount is pretty expensive, anywhere from$800 to $1500 for an elk. Of coarse the pose and quality and how well known your taxidermist is all adds into the equation. European mounts are always a classic touch and a lot cheaper, especially if you do it your self. I have a great recipe for boiling skulls then I add a wall plate and she's done. I have shoulder mounts on my wall as well bit these are a few of my favorites just because they are 100% diy start to finish, everything from the hunt to boiling and bleaching the skulls to the final Metal skull mounts.