WB
I only have a dozen or so trophies all in.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 08:33

For the most part from varied Taxidermists they have done well. My Wilson mounts are OK, one hog had 4 teeth fall out in the box but I glued them back in. Might have been rough shipping. One duck head is popping off from a mount, not really my favorite anyway but hey, I paid good money for it. My worst experience is from a guy in Missouri, about 7 hrs. away near St. Louis. My Red Stag is all mangy looking and has shrunk.

On my shrunk mount it's cracked the nose and around the eyes. Looks so bad I'm tempted to skuttle the whole thing and rig some euro mount thing or just save the horns. Taxidermists as a stereotype are odd folks. You won if you ever see it again, period. Kudos if it's within a year or so. The Y-O used to ream me on shipping, but we picked up a couple while we were there. The quality was OK. Except one time they got the wrong phase color Sika cape on Doug's horns. But they made a concession of some sort.

Very difficult dealing with some guys, it can certainly be a crap shoot.