Turkey taxidermist

[djrcm7]

Hey guys, my brother killed the bird of a lifetime and we're trying to find a taxidermist for it. The guy we used to use is around 700 for a bird now. We're in mid/north missouri. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Pics welcome too!

[Bowguy]

Buddy I don't do tons anymore but the price seems cheap to me. Tons of work, check some of his pieces. Turkeys are lots of work

[fallhnt]

Hazel Creek

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[hobbes]

Considering that you are in Missouri,  Hazel Creek has to be considered for turkey work.

[dublelung]

If you're wanting a full body mount done on a turkey for a bargain price then be prepared for a bargain looking mount. I'd rather hunt with a cheap gun than use a cheap taxidermist. That said, Cally Morris is the man.  http://www.hazelcreekinc.com/taxidermy.htm

[J-Shaped]

Buy once, cry once on a turkey mount if you want a good one. $700 is not totally unreasonable if the taxidermist is good.

[dejake]

Doubtful that Cally Morris would even see your bird, let alone work on it.  One of the best I've seen is Mike Mizelle of Blackwing Taxidermy.

[hobbes]

700 is a bargain for a good turkey mount.  You'll likely pay more if you have a "turkey specialist" mount it.

[TauntoHawk]

birds are expensive its why I don't haven't one mounted yet at the price it takes to get a great looking mount and you do want a great looking one I always think maybe I'll get a better more deserving one. I think the guy I've used for deer is $875 for birds these days.. eventually i'll get one or two on the wall even my wife wants one

Lots of hours go in but that doesn't make the check writing less painful

[spaightlabs]

Todd Huffman at Birdman Studios.

http://www.birdmanstudios.com/newmounts/newmounts.html

Check out the colors on his heads - to my eye they are the best I've ever seen, by a long shot.

[hobbes]

Blackwing turkeys look really great also, but if I lived in MO it's doubtful I'd pass by hazel creek to have a bird mounted Florida.  As far as Cally Morris seeing or touching the bird, I wouldn't care.  The shop does great work.

Just look at some of the work that is posted here.  Ask yourself does it look alive.  If the answer is "almost, but there is something about it....." Then it doesn't matter how many folks are polite and say "looks great".......it's not.  Plenty of examples of less than ok work posted online.

[stinkpickle]

You can try Rick Morris at the Turkey Roost, too.  Heck, either Morris would do. 

[Bowguy]

Sounds like cally Morris is a great lead but does he fall in the $700 range? If he does God bless em. I know prices change from place to place but if not have touched one for that price 10 years ago. Again in that area it might be fair

[hobbes]

I believe Hazel Creek will be more than 700.  I think they were in that range 10 years ago if not more.

[spaightlabs]

If it is $700 when the market is charging  a good bit more than that just don't be surprised if it is, as Hobbes says, just a little off.