Thread: Taxidermy costs

Originally Posted by Padox

$2300 for a fallow as I just won 1 over the weekend

That’s getting up there

Originally Posted by Bush Basher

That’s getting up there

when I got my big red done 36 years ago it was done in Taupo and cost over a grand...between 1200-1600 cant remember exact figure so it hasnt really gone that nuts.

$1750 for a fallow withVern Pearson. Same for a sika. 2 years ago it was $1450

1981 - shoulder mount for a 8 pt sika stag i shot - Clarks Taxi in Taupo was $150.00. About 2007 a 14 pt red stag I shot was $1k from O'Roukes, Pleasant Point. Back then I thought the prices were okay for the 80's but didn't have other commitments in my early days. From 2000's had a house etc but again few of those electrical gadgets so life was simple....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

when I got my big red done 36 years ago it was done in Taupo and cost over a grand...between 1200-1600 cant remember exact figure so it hasnt really gone that nuts.

Are you sure about that Micky Duck? That doesn't seem right, I can't imagine the cost was anywhere near that 36 years ago. I had my big red done by Vern in Taupo in 2001 and that was only $700 then and that included him supplying the head skin which was $50 from memory.

maybe it was less than grand..parents payed for it... but it sure wasnt the $150 you put in #19

Well if a typical shoulder mount takes about 20 hours to do @ about $60 hr for labour, (because it is a skilled job). That's not counting the cost of the form (whether bought or home made), glass eyes, tanning, hide paste, paints etc etc etc.... The cost mounts up.... no pun intended One thing I've noticed about many hunters is that they spend a fortune on gear, but want the cheapest taxidermy, tanning and butchery.... Sure everyone wants good value, and that's fair enough. But usually; quality costs.....

Originally Posted by Hunteast

1981 - shoulder mount for a 8 pt sika stag i shot - Clarks Taxi in Taupo was $150.00. About 2007 a 14 pt red stag I shot was $1k from O'Roukes, Pleasant Point. Back then I thought the prices were okay for the 80's but didn't have other commitments in my early days. From 2000's had a house etc but again few of those electrical gadgets so life was simple....

I had my 14pt red done about the same time at O’Roukes it was $850 and still looks as good today as it did back then. How has yours held up?

Alot of the costs have gone up in the last couple of years like most things. Also some of the supply chain in the taxidermy line has been hammered from overseas supplies but it is improving.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so you will get that moose done then????

I had my moose mounted but I haven’t got it on the wall yet. Needs a certain amount of Space!

Originally Posted by Southcity

I had my moose mounted but I haven’t got it on the wall yet. Needs a certain amount of Space!

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Fantastic bull. Congrats.
Canada or Alaska ? Russia perhaps ...?
Which taxidermist did you choose for your work ?

Originally Posted by 30.06king

Fantastic bull. Congrats.
Canada or Alaska ? Russia perhaps ...?
Which taxidermist did you choose for your work ?

Northern BC. On the Yukon Border. Horse back hunt. I got the Taxidermy done in Canada. Shipped it with my goods back to NZ as I was living there. Most recently though I have been using Big Game Taxidermy in Christchurch ( he’s moved to Kaikoura.). I’ve had him do 2 fallow, 1 chamois, and a Ram.

I got this done in the 90's guided hunt with O'Rourkes one night and one day. Shot 7 and they mounted the buck wallaby.Cost 800 dollars back then.

Originally Posted by Southcity

I had my moose mounted but I haven’t got it on the wall yet. Needs a certain amount of Space!

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What an awesome bull. You could loan it to a Hunting/gun store for them to display then we can all pop in to see it

now dundee I KNOW that fella has been done 100% correct,those boys were plurry good at thier jobs...but there are two things that my eyes pick out from a wallaby in distance...that one really shows the two tone grey road cone..but the micky mouse ears not so much