Taxidermist costs

[Andrew McLaren]

grayghost,

You are so right! [Or correct?] In almost any business where there is a free market system you get what you pay for! Well, mostly you get what you pay for and mostly you also don’t get what you don’t pay for!

I am really unsure of what to advise my clients: To use a trusted local taxidermist, of which I know quite a few, or to just have trophies Diped-'n-Shiped and use a Home Country taxidermist. Your insight has me now leaning more towards advising the latter. The fact that mountings can be scheduled by arrangement means better budget control, AND you can surely stop all work the moment you see that the chosen taxidermist is not doing a good job. I like that, and I don’t think that any of our South African taxidermists are capable of doing that for an overseas client. The admin and shipping costs would be prohibitive. But I suppose that the wise South African Hunting Outfitter will only venture an opinion when actually asked in such a manner that a direct reply is required.

Could you please help some more and provide me with the e-mail address for John Mehan of Fauna & Flora in Jamaica as there are quite a few things about shipping Dipped only trophies to the USA.

Thanks a lot.