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dan maule

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I am sorry I didn't see this thread until now, my brother had a similar incident with probably the same taxidermist. He did a european mount of a bull elk. My brother was getting very nervous because he couldn't ge ahold of the guy but in the end he received his mount and was very pleased. I am glad you got your mount and from the pictures it looks realy nice!
 
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irontmphrke

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johnsd16 said:
Yes and no. Tanning does not take months, it also actually only takes a few days of sitting in the various solutions. So when you say that tanning ?can take months? that is not true. The taxidermist may be waiting for for months on he cape from the tannery but they are not working on it the whole time, it is just sitting in line like the tanned cape does at the taxi when it gets back.

Fleshing takes less than an hour, tanning/drying takes a week say, actual ?mounting? or putting the cape on the form, setting antlers, eyes, pinning etc takes hours, then drying time and painting is a couple days then a few hours of work again. My buddy does his own tanning and only works on stuff nights and weekends as well as his full time job, hunting and parenting duties and I get stuff back in February/March that I drop off in November or December.

I moved and can?t use him anymore and have no problem waiting for taxi work, but when someone says my taxidermist is really good.. I had to wait two years for my mount. That was not two years of work, it was the same several hours of work spread over 24 months. I was quoted 12-18 months for my deer I dropped off at my new guy a few months ago and he still hasn?t called for my antlers. I expect my cape has been sitting in his freezer or is at the tannery. He?s not ?working? on it.

Not to derail the initial post but it all plays into what the OP is going through.
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Hello. I have had some ducks (5) in with a taxidermist since 11/2/02. I have tried to contact him several times trying to figure out when he plans on getting my birds done and now refuses to return my calls and doesn't even answer them. I know he didn't skip town because my father talked to him last week and he told the taxidermist that he wanted his birds back and his deposits back (which the taxidermist said he would have to take a look into, another blow off we thought). We have had great work from this guy before and yes we do have receipts on everthing but nothing says when he promises to complete them. He keeps giving the excuses that his full-time job is working him over-time and he doesn't have time to do it. I know my father and I are not the only ones complaning since he has over 30 deer heads in his garage. So my question is how might I take legal action to get my birds back and my money. To be honest the birds have been in there so long they have basically lost meaning to me. I would also think that the birds have started to get freezer burnt in the legs and beak. Any suggestions on how I might go at this would be great.
 
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