It's hard to find a taxidermist these days that will charge by the lin.ft. Years ago I bagged a 1.5 year old 4 ft Cinn. black bear. I found one that charged 85.00 per lin ft. The taxidermist that I used moved to Montana so I found another one. He charged by the 125.00 lin. ft. and does great work. That bear cost me around 650.00 or so and the other one around 800.00. I called a lot of other taxidermists and many of them charge a flat rate or minimum. The flat rate was good if you shot a big boar, but sucks if you tagged a young bear. That's good to see some taxidermist out there that charge by the lin. ft still. Can't wait to see the rug.