Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: duckman40 on May 15, 2013, 07:15:02 PM
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took the wife bear to the taxidermy. going to try whidbey island taxidermy. the work that i saw was really nice. he only starts at $600.00 and that includes a open mouth.
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What are you having done :dunno:
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Bear rug with an open mouth.
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$600 for a rug w/ open mouth.....sounds very reasonable. Please keep us posted as far as turn around, quality, and end cost.
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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.
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Maybe the costs for the Taxi is a base rate for parts of process regardless of size?
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Its been a couple years since I've asked around but all the ones I talked to charged by the foot, I know the one I use still does
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My taxi does it for 135 a liner ft. but he is getting out of the business. i found a guy in Dayton that charges 160 a liner ft
