I had a taxi string me along for a year on a spec trout replica. Had a $100 deposit. Went by his shop in San Antonio, it was vacated. Hunted him down, and hounded him for my money back. Finally got it after another year. Scumbag.
He then opened up another shop in Comfort, I knew a few people there and passed along my the bad experience about him.

Make a personal visit and collect your property.

It didn’t happen to be Joy Roman?

I don’t recall the guys name. It was a long time ago.

I wish I knew where to start, last place she was on isn’t the same place she’s at now if she’s even doing work still.

Are we still talking about taxidermy?

To me a crooked taxidermist is way worse than your garden variety rip-off artist because they are stealing more than money or property - they are stealing memories.

Most the delays are tanneries, most Taxi’s don't do their own tanning


Reason #101 to learn to cape a skull. Covid closures

i called them yesterday. it will be finished in 2 weeks........................stand by

NOPE, havent heard a peep

been almost a month since I was promised 2 weeks. I just hope its done right !!

If you can find out where she is, a phone call from your Sherriff can work wonders especially if she is in same county as you are. If she is outside your Sherriff's jurisdiction the call will not have the punch as it would but will wake her up. I had to get my sheriff to make what he called a courtesy call but it worked and I had my mount in about 2 weeks after his call. I had been trying to contact my taxi and he would not return calls but he called me the day the sherriff called him before I got back to my house.

Man I wish I hadn't seen this thread being bumped; I am itching to call and check on my 2019 muley now.

My fallow is gonna cost $750 also. Checked around and found it's pretty much the going rate.

she called yesterday.....its ready

ill ask what the hold up was

have to go back and look at my pictures, make sure i get mine

No need in asking what the hold was. You’ll just get a line of BS.

It’s not always bs. Supply companies are litterslly running out of foam to pour mannikins. Tanneries are having trouble getting their chemicals. And certain paints are months on back order. Yes some is bs. But there are plenty of issues going on in the supply world for taxidermy

Thanks for the honest explanation.

Post a pic bud.

For you north Texas guys I have used Clear Creek Taxidermy in Denton and I’m south of Houston. The taxi is Marc Hacker. He has done me right on 2 going on 3 whitetails. Very good on communication.

For us south Texas guys Rob Valle in pipe creek is also excellent. He owns hill country taxidermy. No not the chick that took everyone for a ride several years back.

Nog, how big of a Whitetail would it take for you to shoulder mount? Curious.

On topic-I think one year turnaround or a little quicker is common from my experience. Also heard the tanneries were way way behind this past year.

I have 3 or 4 shoulder mounts that are good deer but not huge. My wife and daughters have also taken good deer that we have mounted. I have never taken a really big whitetail and am hoping for a true once-in-a-lifetime bottomland buck one of these days. I have had a couple on my place over the years but it has never come together. I’m not a score guy but if you’re looking for a number I would say 160 plus - a big, big deer for my neck of the woods.

That’s pretty much the boat I’m in. Never killed a big whitetail....have 3 “nice” ones on the wall but not a big one.

From time to time I think about buying a hunt from a friends ranch and going and killing a giant but then I think about it and figure that money could be used on a hunt somewhere else for something more exciting. It’s unlikely I’ll kill a true big buck on my place, although the neighbor has killed a 163” buck so I guess it’s not totally out of the ballpark.

Yeah for some reason going on an outfitted whitetail hunt has never interested me in the least - I’m sure because I grew up hunting them.

The funny thing is that in my quest for the “biggun” over the past few years I have passed on two or three deer that would have been personal bests. I’m thinking a good one this upcoming year may be in trouble. I’m ready to shoot one.

I know quite a few taxidermists in San Antonio, and in Texas for that matter. PM her name and I may be able to help you.