An different take on HTL and TSS

[Yoder409]

From another thread:

You will be impressed want that lil #9 shot will do to a gobbler at 40 yards

Didn't wanna hijack the other discussion, so.........

Was talking to my taxidermist last week about how many years payment it's gonna take for.me to square up for.my 2018 spring season......  :/

Anyhow.........he was semi singing the blues over how labor intensive and time consuming it is to repair/salvage birds that have been shot with HTL shot and the TSS 8's and 9's in particular.  There are so many pellets and most times the majority of them leave an entrance AND an exit hole......   He said it is a painstaking and expensive process to mount them.

Just a random, passing thought if you're gonna be taking a trip of a lifetime and hoping to bring back precious trophies for mounting.

[Snood Life]

Never thought about that. But I could only imagine how TSS could be a taxidermist's worst nightmare.

[Deputy 14]

That's really interesting. Never gave it much thought. I shoot lead anymore so I don't guess I need to worry too much about it.
On a side note it seems to me there would be a lot less work dealing with a lot of tiny #9 holes rather than some lead #4 or #5 cannon ball holes.

[Gooserbat]

Well since I only saw off the spurs and stuff the beard in a beer mug I guess it's of no consequence how much tissue is gone.   

[Fullfan]

The last time I checked a local taxidermist here wanted 570.00 to mount a bird. Don't think they have any room to complain with a price like that. Maybe he should find another way to make his living.

[Sir-diealot]

The last time I checked a local taxidermist here wanted 570.00 to mount a bird. Don't think they have any room to complain with a price like that. Maybe he should find another way to make his living.

Was 750 here 3 years ago.

[Gobble!]

The last time I checked a local taxidermist here wanted 570.00 to mount a bird. Don't think they have any room to complain with a price like that. Maybe he should find another way to make his living.

Giving them away at that price, assuming they are good quality.

[Spitten and drummen]

My taxi never complains. He is well compensted for his troubles.

[tracker#1]

My taxidermist uses the synthetic heads and they look awesome....

[Fullfan]

The last time I checked a local taxidermist here wanted 570.00 to mount a bird. Don't think they have any room to complain with a price like that. Maybe he should find another way to make his living.

Was 750 here 3 years ago.

Ouch  the last bird I was going to have become a dust collector was a public land stud with 1.5 daggers. I just could not bring myself to spend that kind of money. 750.00 is just crazy..

[Bowguy]

The last time I checked a local taxidermist here wanted 570.00 to mount a bird. Don't think they have any room to complain with a price like that. Maybe he should find another way to make his living.

Maybe you should actually know what's involved. An I damaged bird for a bunch more than that isn't worth doing. Imo turkey are a great bargain.  No wonder so many mounts are bugged eyed, pointy nosed on  mammals, etc. Fellas are trying to make money n rushing. I'd rather not do anything for cheaper than I need to
Maybe you should do what gooserbat does if you think 570 is too high? Or...
Maybe you can try mounting one n see what's involved??

[Bowguy]

The last time I checked a local taxidermist here wanted 570.00 to mount a bird. Don't think they have any room to complain with a price like that. Maybe he should find another way to make his living.

Giving them away at that price, assuming they are good quality.

They can't be good quality unless he saves money by not eating or paying rent

[KentuckyLB]

My local Taxidermist charges $550.00 for a full mount. Now this is in Kentucky not sure if varies by state or something but they look good to me the few I have seen done.

[longspur]

Are these full strut mounts? Would it make a difference?

[dejake]

What most people think looks good are actually pretty bad.  If a taxidermist only wanted $570, I'd walk away.