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Taxidermist recommendations?
« on: March 11, 2021, 08:48:46 AM »
I don't see any on the sponsor page.  Trying to get my contacts list together for the year.   ;)  Any good recommendations between NE and SW? 
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2021, 08:59:56 AM »
If you find one that does a hair on tan in western wa for less than 1,200, please let me know! If you looking for shoulder mounts, there are a few good taxi’s out there, I’ve really liked Zach’s work at rainier taxidermy. But for hair on tan rugs, I had to go to Idaho for a fair price. $350
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2021, 09:16:02 AM »
Darin Fuson in the Spokane area is great! he communicates well, does top notch work, and is fairly priced.
For Birds I used Seth Lane in Finley. Fantastic quick work and excellently priced
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2021, 09:38:44 AM »
Joel at BlackRiver Taxidermy is great.  Highly recommend him.  He's in Rochester.
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2021, 10:09:28 AM »
I'll drive a half day or more out of my way to drop stuff off at Advantage taxidermy near davenport...

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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2021, 10:47:01 AM »
Joel at Blackriver taxidermy does fantastic work, stand up guy as well.


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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2021, 11:22:46 AM »
Darin Fuson in the Spokane area is great! he communicates well, does top notch work, and is fairly priced.
For Birds I used Seth Lane in Finley. Fantastic quick work and excellently priced

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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2021, 06:22:59 PM »
For a hair on tan....ask your taxidermist to flesh your hide, turn the earls paws, etc and salt it.  Pay for his / her time and then ship it yourself to the tannery.  You will save a ton of money and get a faster return.  My taxidermist stop doing hair on tans because it was not cost effective for him to ship off single hides.  If he waited for a full shipment of hides, his customers would complain.  If he charged what needed to be charged to make a profit, his customers would complain.  Now he just preps the hides and gives them to the customer to ship.  In my opinion, it really was a good move.  It saves him time and heartache and I get a very nice product in a timely manner. 

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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2021, 06:11:51 AM »
Thanks for the responses.  Probably will be making a call or stopping in to see a couple that are on my travel route.   :tup:
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2021, 06:57:24 AM »
If you find one that does a hair on tan in western wa for less than 1,200, please let me know! If you looking for shoulder mounts, there are a few good taxi’s out there, I’ve really liked Zach’s work at rainier taxidermy. But for hair on tan rugs, I had to go to Idaho for a fair price. $350
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2021, 07:01:19 AM »
For a hair on tan....ask your taxidermist to flesh your hide, turn the earls paws, etc and salt it.  Pay for his / her time and then ship it yourself to the tannery.  You will save a ton of money and get a faster return.  My taxidermist stop doing hair on tans because it was not cost effective for him to ship off single hides.  If he waited for a full shipment of hides, his customers would complain.  If he charged what needed to be charged to make a profit, his customers would complain.  Now he just preps the hides and gives them to the customer to ship.  In my opinion, it really was a good move.  It saves him time and heartache and I get a very nice product in a timely manner. 

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I tried doing this, asked a taxi that is popular here, he wanted 750.00 just to prep the hide for me, f n crazy!
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2021, 07:07:33 AM »
If you find one that does a hair on tan in western wa for less than 1,200, please let me know! If you looking for shoulder mounts, there are a few good taxi’s out there, I’ve really liked Zach’s work at rainier taxidermy. But for hair on tan rugs, I had to go to Idaho for a fair price. $350
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2021, 12:18:35 PM »
If you find one that does a hair on tan in western wa for less than 1,200, please let me know! If you looking for shoulder mounts, there are a few good taxi’s out there, I’ve really liked Zach’s work at rainier taxidermy. But for hair on tan rugs, I had to go to Idaho for a fair price. $350

Oregon taxidermy is great she has done all my work and my last bear hide I had tanned was like 450$, shoulder mount 600$, a rug was like 1,400$.. located just south of Portland.

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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2021, 12:27:10 PM »
If you find one that does a hair on tan in western wa for less than 1,200, please let me know! If you looking for shoulder mounts, there are a few good taxi’s out there, I’ve really liked Zach’s work at rainier taxidermy. But for hair on tan rugs, I had to go to Idaho for a fair price. $350

Oregon taxidermy is great she has done all my work and my last bear hide I had tanned was like 450$, shoulder mount 600$, a rug was like 1,400$.. located just south of Portland.

I see several south of Portland.  Care to clarify?
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Re: Taxidermist recommendations?
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2021, 01:59:36 PM »
If you find one that does a hair on tan in western wa for less than 1,200, please let me know! If you looking for shoulder mounts, there are a few good taxi’s out there, I’ve really liked Zach’s work at rainier taxidermy. But for hair on tan rugs, I had to go to Idaho for a fair price. $350

Oregon taxidermy is great she has done all my work and my last bear hide I had tanned was like 450$, shoulder mount 600$, a rug was like 1,400$.. located just south of Portland.

I see several south of Portland.  Care to clarify?

The business name is Oregon Taxidermy LLC. There’s only one.

 


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