Duiker mount in DFW

[dailordasailor]

Looking to get my Duiker shoulder mounted/wall pedestal. Talked to Alpine taxidermy in Fort Worth who imported my heads for me and said $900 and about a year turn around. Any other recommendations in DFW or near by? No idea if $900 is fair or not so trying to get comparisons.

Also, show me your Duiker mounts for ideas

Thanks
Dale

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

@gizmo. Top of Texas Taxidermy in Amarillo does all my African game. Great work he does. Give him a shout.

 

[Firebird]

Wall pedestal on an afrca shaped plaque

 

[mdsalern]

I used Chisholm Trail Taxidermy in Cool, just west of Weatherford. The shortest of the two took 14 months.

 

[Doubleplay]

Don't believe when they say 12 months and add at least 6 months to it.
As far as prices they're ridiculous anyway....

 

[JimP]

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Wall pedestal on an afrca shaped plaque

The more and more that I think about it I should of had mine done like that, it is a beautiful mount.

For the OP, I don't think that there is a taxidermist out there that have enough help to get the mounts out in less than a year. My local one is 15 month out and his prices almost doubled after covid. That is one of the big reasons that I had my mounts done in South Africa last year and even then it was just over a year before I had them in my hands, but quite a bit cheaper.

 

[AimSmall]

The length of time is affected by: time required at tannery; Texas deer season.

Harwell Taxidermy, in Rowlett has done several duikers for me.

 

[mdwest]

Backyard Taxidermy & Processing

www.backyardtaxidermy.com

These guys are in Decatur.. theyre Kendall Jones taxidermist of choice in the general DFW area… and they did a good job fixing a kudu that fell off the wall a few years ago and doing some work on a gemsbok pedestal mount for me… turn around on my work wasn’t horrible… only about 6 months..

 

[Wathe208]

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Wall pedestal on an afrca shaped plaque

@Firebird, do you mind telling us who did that mount, that is awesome! I just got back with a really nice common duiker and a whopper of a blue and need some ideas.

Great post @dailordasailor, been meaning to ask the same. Thx!

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Looking to get my Duiker shoulder mounted/wall pedestal. Talked to Alpine taxidermy in Fort Worth who imported my heads for me and said $900 and about a year turn around. Any other recommendations in DFW or near by? No idea if $900 is fair or not so trying to get comparisons.

Also, show me your Duiker mounts for ideas

Thanks
DaleView attachment 566517

Erik will need to confirm this, but I believe @gizmo makes fairly regular trips to DFW to pick up hides/skulls for his shop. So you may be able to use him without having to make the trip to Amarillo.

 

[wesheltonj]

Maybe TrueLife Taxidermy in Granbury. I understand that's who Jerry Huffaker is recommending now that he's retired.

 

[gizmo]

if you will give me a shout I can help you.

 

[Firebird]

Taxidermist was Ben Nielson from Pleasant Grove, Utah. He works alone and surely a two year wait. The bane of being the best at what you do is not being able to keep up with the demand for your specific set of talents.
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