What does it cost for quality shoulder mount (deer) in your area? I have two huge bucks showing up on camera checking out but not chasing does yet. If I tag either one. It would be the first deer I've considered mounting. I've always did european.

Sarge

Too much

I have several shoulder mounts as well as Europeans. I will NEVER have another shoulder mount done. They are expensive and hard to keep clean.

I do like my euros. European here are $120 with plaque and name tag. $85 just the skull. Not bad. Problem i have. Running out of wall room and the wife says no more in the living room. Guess I need to add on to the man cave.

Sarge

In VA, you’ll pay $700 for a quality shoulder mount. I’d guess you could find someone cheaper, but I’m funny about my mounts. I’ve gone cheaper and had issues with bald spots on briskets, etc.

Here it is between 700 and 1000 depending on the mount style selected, deer size, and taxidermist chosen

Around here its $1000 plus, and often a two year wait. I got one done 15 years ago, probably never get another.

Wow, im out of touch with prices i guess. Maybe I won't at those prices. Maybe euro it is. I have a Nova Super Sport i could use the money on instead.

Sarge

I paid $950 two weeks ago

I don’t know about prices, but I love shoulder mounts. I’ll probably get almost all of my bucks shoulder mounted.

Wow, thats a lot of moola

I think the last one I got was $650. That’s ten years ago and at the time it was my tenth one and I simply decided I’d likely never do another because…….. what will I do with them all one day? If my sons have wives they won’t desire them all.

Since then I’ve just done my own euros . I believe you’re looking at 900 plus for a quality one here now from what I understand.

A good friend just brought his 1st recurve buck to the taxi, $1,250. Ouch. I'll probably never get another done myself.

yep, 700-1000,crazy I think, but its up to the person

Taxi equipment and supplies have continued to go up each year, about 10% every year. Taxidermists aren't getting rich.

If you want to do it once, pick the best you can find.

And waiting 2 years is unreasonable. My taxi friend back in NYS is 70, getting ready to retire from his real full time job. Still does taxidermy full time, and believes no one should wait more than 12 months to get their mount back.

Before anyone asks about his quality, he is a master taxidermist and has won many contests over the years.

I just gave him my Manitoba bear this weekend for a full body mount. He has previously placed second nationally with bear mounts.

The taxidermist I use typically takes about 12 month to get one back. She waits until Feb and orders all the supplies needed for the mounts at one time to receive a significant discount. She also does artistic mounts for some animals, like this zebra

When I retired and closed up my taxidermy shop, in January of 2017, I was up around $450'ish for shoulder mounts.Today the decent shops in here will charge you between $800 and as much as $1250. As 3togo stated, supplies have skyrocketed in price, tanning price has soared, and shipping cost are stupid high. I bellyached on here a month or so ago about UPS charges to ship me a shoulder form of a Bison, Elk, and Moose......the 3 of them together would be over $700 shipping alone! European Mounts never looked so good. I will add this though......the quality of high end work today is unmatched. These folks today, if not producing slap-together-quick junk, are able to put amazing pieces together.

$850 here whitetail

500 - 1000 get what you pay for. Main thing is want to see some of their work. Even something 5 or years old. See how it holds up. How is the hide tanned matters to.

GET? you haven't killed a deer ? Hope it happens soon.