Whats an acceptable time frame on getting your animal back

[Bean Counter]

+1. Can't hardly wait to see Michelle's euro mount of my elk 

[JJB11B]

Someday I will kill something worthy of a full mount and not just a euro

[Hornseeker]

All I know is, keep your chin up Charlie and keep working at it. You have a helluva a talent there... there will be hurdles and bumps in the road. Just be honest and keep developing your system and business and it will all come together!!

[blacktail luv]

Charlie, I think I'd wait two years for one of your mounts if that's how long you said it might take.  I've went the quick and cheap route once before...never again!

[buckhorn2]

Is there an system or order on when mounts are started. Like if you take one in say in september and then someone else takes one in for example in november are you ahead of him to get the mount done. Or do deer get done first because that season comes first or is one mount easier to do so they are first. Is there a list on the wall of the taxidermist that shows the order of when will be done next or if you bring mounts to the same taxidermist do you get preference and bump the new guy back. Just got to wondering about how things get put into the waiting list.

[bow-n-head]

I looked at the smilies and we need one "greasing a palm" sorry I couldn't help it.

[bucklucky]

Hey Buckhorn, I go through and try to keep to the numbers as they came in as far as shoulder mounts go . In my book everything is in numerical order . Lifesize projects take quite a bit of time to do so they get thrown in here and there as there is tons of base work , mods, and just time involved but will still   try to keep them in order as best as I can . Also  when you deal with a tannery sometimes they dont get capes back to you in the order they were brought in so you work through the best you can. There were points in time when The old tannery I was using would skip a whole months worth of capes so I only had a few november capes to work with even though Id be on octobers stuff. You have to mount what you have back from the tannery if you are running right behind them. Now when they would do that to me it really gets to be a pain to keep everything straight jumping back and forth for me. I know have a list sitting on my bench and try and work down that list as they came in. The past 30 or so mounts I have done have pretty much been in order. ther may be a mount or two where the forms just didnt fit like I would like or just didnt like the form so I would have to re-order a form. Sometimes that will get out of wack a bit but not too often as I usually pre fit before I order my forms for best fitment.

     One reason I decided to try and tan my own stuff for a while was partly to try and get back in order as other stuff (Rugs, lifesize, big capes etc.) was at the new tannery. And also to see if when I was tanning if I had any of the issues that the old tannery was having with epedermal slippage and loose hair wich I never had one issue . That right there tells me what we had thought about the old tannery was correct, something in there process was getting messed up.  So far I have tanned approximately 50 capes give or take this past year. I even threw in a cape that had been out for 10 days and smelled of rot and never had an issue with slippage what so ever.

   Now when tanning I have to do batches of elk together and deer together , and antelope together. Elk capes take more work to get to rehydrate from being salt dried so you dont want to mix rehydrations. You want capes to rehydrate about the same time so they all go into the pickle when the pickle iis at 85 degrees at the start.

    Every now and again I will have a customer that may ask for something to be done for a gift and will pull something ahead , but that doesnt happen too often. I do have a customer right now that took a job out of state and is moving the begining of february so I moved his ahead by like 6 or 8 mounts.

 

[Michelle_Nelson]

Hey Buckhorn, I go through and try to keep to the numbers as they came in as far as shoulder mounts go . In my book everything is in numerical order . Lifesize projects take quite a bit of time to do so they get thrown in here and there as there is tons of base work , mods, and just time involved but will still   try to keep them in order as best as I can . Also  when you deal with a tannery sometimes they dont get capes back to you in the order they were brought in so you work through the best you can. There were points in time when The old tannery I was using would skip a whole months worth of capes so I only had a few november capes to work with even though Id be on octobers stuff. You have to mount what you have back from the tannery if you are running right behind them. Now when they would do that to me it really gets to be a pain to keep everything straight jumping back and forth for me. I know have a list sitting on my bench and try and work down that list as they came in. The past 30 or so mounts I have done have pretty much been in order. ther may be a mount or two where the forms just didnt fit like I would like or just didnt like the form so I would have to re-order a form. Sometimes that will get out of wack a bit but not too often as I usually pre fit before I order my forms for best fitment.   

 

[buckhorn2]

Thanks for the information Charley seems like a lot of stuff to sort through for you guys don;t know how you keep everything straight must be a headache dealing with tanners and still trying to be on a schedule. I talked to Michell once or twice and she explained about the tanner problem and how it slows stuff down on delivery. Anyway everyone is happy with your guys work and it;s worth the wait to hang something to be proud of and will last. Been looking at some of the mount taxidermy pictures and wishing.

[Got Deer?]

I've had an animal in the shop since August of 2010 and was given a 1 year date give or take a few months.  Very exceptable turn around.  I'm willing to wait for a great mount.  I emailed numerous times and no returns back.  I finally called and was told that in 2 to 3 weeks I would be able to come out and select my mount style and to pick up my skull back in July of 2011.  I waited for my call back and nothing.  I assumed with the new season starting up they were busy so I was not pushy about anything.  I waited til november to email again and still no response back.  Also sent one in December.  Is 16 months of waiting and not even being able select a mount worth it?  Is waiting this long worth the wait if communication from the taxidermist is pretty much non existent.  I want the best mount possible done and don't want to pressure anyone just to get crappy work.  Just a phone call or email back might calm my nerves a little.

[jjdavis2222]

Sounds like you might of been ripped off! Are they still in business?

[bobcat]

I've had an animal in the shop since August of 2010 and was given a 1 year date give or take a few months.  Very exceptable turn around.  I'm willing to wait for a great mount.  I emailed numerous times and no returns back.  I finally called and was told that in 2 to 3 weeks I would be able to come out and select my mount style and to pick up my skull back in July of 2011.  I waited for my call back and nothing.  I assumed with the new season starting up they were busy so I was not pushy about anything.  I waited til november to email again and still no response back.  Also sent one in December.  Is 16 months of waiting and not even being able select a mount worth it?  Is waiting this long worth the wait if communication from the taxidermist is pretty much non existent.  I want the best mount possible done and don't want to pressure anyone just to get crappy work.  Just a phone call or email back might calm my nerves a little.

Who is the taxidermist?

[seth30]

I have only used taxidermists from this website, and not only is the turn around time great, but the taxi's I have dealt with, had great communication and kept me informed on the process.

[sirmissalot]

I've had an animal in the shop since August of 2010 and was given a 1 year date give or take a few months.  Very exceptable turn around.  I'm willing to wait for a great mount.  I emailed numerous times and no returns back.  I finally called and was told that in 2 to 3 weeks I would be able to come out and select my mount style and to pick up my skull back in July of 2011.  I waited for my call back and nothing.  I assumed with the new season starting up they were busy so I was not pushy about anything.  I waited til november to email again and still no response back.  Also sent one in December.  Is 16 months of waiting and not even being able select a mount worth it?  Is waiting this long worth the wait if communication from the taxidermist is pretty much non existent.  I want the best mount possible done and don't want to pressure anyone just to get crappy work.  Just a phone call or email back might calm my nerves a little.

I would probably stop by his shop

[Harp444]

My bear rug took about 11 months and full bobcat mount took about same amount of time. Both are amazing works of art and everyone that sees them are extremely impressed with how great they look.