Buyer BEWARE!!! (Cascade Taxidermy)

[boneaddict]

So here is a question I have.  How does a taxidermist win contests with his work and have good looking mounts on his website and apparently in his shop, but then put out some of the crap we've seen?  Is just that he takes his time for the stuff that he submits for the contests and rushes stuff out of the office for clients? 

Easy, have Charlie or a couple of the other reputable Taxis do the work for you, and then put your name on it I guess.

[bigdave]

This thread is EPIC.......thanks for the heads up OP.

[Spuddieselwwu]

We should Get Jesse from king 5 on this situation.

[Boss .300 winmag]

So here is a question I have.  How does a taxidermist win contests with his work and have good looking mounts on his website and apparently in his shop, but then put out some of the crap we've seen?  Is just that he takes his time for the stuff that he submits for the contests and rushes stuff out of the office for clients? 

Easy, have Charlie or a couple of the other reputable Taxis do the work for you, and then put your name on it I guess.

Yep the old bait and switch, i fell for that once but didnt loose much money just the hide because it wasn't tanned just dipped in some solution to dry on the form. Its been quite awhile so its easy to laugh at now. 

[pianoman9701]

This thread is EPIC.......thanks for the heads up OP.

  Good job. I know that many of us questioned the OP, especially as a first time poster. But this turned out to be a great first post. Very informative. Sorry about your luck with your mounts.

[Cascade]

This thread is EPIC.......thanks for the heads up OP.

  Good job. I know that many of us questioned the OP, especially as a first time poster. But this turned out to be a great first post. Very informative. Sorry about your luck with your mounts.

 

[scout/sniper]

Well I see buckkiller and hunter1971 have the same IP address. 

Weird that buckkiller lives in Oregon.   

Nice bobcat. 

[bearkautz]

Well I see buckkiller and hunter1971 have the same IP address. 

Weird that buckkiller lives in Oregon.   

I got a good laugh out of it !

[kpigott963]

Thank you everyone.

I know how it must have looked but I lost thousands of dollars, a memory, and a gift I had promised to my daughter.  I was done wrong by Cascade Taxidermy. Nathan had no problem stealing those away from me.

As far as Roger's.  My good friend has used him since the 70's and I just went that direction. One of the reasons I tried CASCADE was because I was losing trust in Roger.  After my experience with CASCADE Roger's is 10X better.  It's going to be tough to trust another taxi.

I've been PMed by another Taxidermist who wants to help me out.  Hopefully we can make something happen.

you will see more of me now that I'm a member, hopefully fun stories and serious gear reviews. 

[jackelope]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,34057.msg406396.html#msg406396

The above link is to a thread started by Nathan (Cascade Taxidermy) claiming to be a customer of Cascade taxidermy and claiming he does great work.  Then Buckkiller gets on and agrees that he does great work.

I don't know if Buckkiller = Nathan also.......or maybe he's a brother or friend.  But that thread should probably be nuked.   

Edit - actually I just read the rest of that thread.  Looks like guys caught onto Nathan and whoever buckkiller is.  But still, somebody might not read the whole thread and believe that the taxidermist does good work.

Hunter1971 and Buckkiller are the same person, or are using the same computer. Both have either Cascade Taxidermy emails or links to Cascade Taxi's website. I'd be 99% positive that they're both the same person based on their profiles.

Well I see buckkiller and hunter1971 have the same IP address. 

Weird that buckkiller lives in Oregon.   

And has a Cascade Taxidermy email address.
 
Maybe they have an email hosting business on the side.

[Band]

Your screwed yourself, Nathan.  No doubt your business will dry up completely before long.

[MountainWalk]

I can say this; Eric Stouffle of Bremerton does a fantastic job. One man show, does the work at his shop at his house and takes a limits amount of work in.  My one and only mount, an eight year old BT,,looks life like and recaptures exactly what he looked like seconds before I shot him.   The mam even tok nos as I described the scene to him.    15 months and 512 dollars. He will have my biz on my first roosevelt bull.   Sorry to hear about the saf expeirence.

[Skillet]

 
It just baffles the imagination how some people like Nathan at Cascade Taxidermy have no problems with perpetrating dishonest acts like he did here - especially when a business like taxidermy is dependent on people trusting you.

[blindluck]

All I can say is WOW!!!

[boneaddict]

Welcome to Huntwa kpigott963      I really do look forward to hearing your stories.  It sounds like you have taken some nice critters.  Thanks for stepping up so that some other Dad doesn't have to disappoint his daughter, or risk losing precious trophies.  You took some justifiable heat from the Huntwa Family at first, but I bet we all appreciate your efforts now.   Thank you and Welcome.   When you are looking for some future taxidermist, we have some sponsors that have shared much of their beautiful artwork.   The toughest decision will be deciding which direction to go.  There is some serious talent on here.