Taxidermy pictures

[bearheart]

Does anyone know where I could find pics of lifesize bear mounts and prices for lifesize mounts of grizzly bears. The pics need not be from B.C. taxidermists, they could be personalpics, just looking for ideas. The prices are for B.C. shops.Thanks!

[ruger#1]

Check this out, no grizz though. http://www.billsbearrugs.com/bear-mounts.htm this is from vernon. http://www.a1furtraders.com/grizzly.html also try this one. http://www.timberlinefurniture.com/wildlifemounts.html This is a Canadian site. http://www.furcanada.com/wildlife-mounts.html

[Mr. Dean]

This is Mainlandhunters shop. http://www.headsabovetherest.ca/

This pic is one that I did of a small Grizz that he has done a full mount of.


http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSC_0005_edited-3.JPG

Check out his site. He's got other pics and can help you out with questions.
DEFINATLEY where my Bear will be goin!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Here's a buddy's done by Harley White of Kelowna Taxidermy in Westbank.
http://usera.imagecave.com/BrentT/image656.jpg

SSS

[bearheart]

Is the last one kept outside? Or this is a pic before he took it into his house(?), palace:-o Lovely work, though, thanks.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Just going home from the taxidermist's.................although it might work to keep the vaccuum salesmen away:roll: .

SSS

[bearheart]

Does anyone have figures on whats being charged for these mounts. My guy is quoting "about" $4,000! Thanks and donations accepted:)

[sawmill]

My bear done by Peter Martinson in Terrace,it was 9foot 6 but badly rubbed so I went for the half mount.Cost 1100$ 20 years ago.

[BlacktailStalker]

Hmmm I think i need to start putting in for grizz LEH. Might be one of those things I'd like to do once.
Pearly whites on that one Sawmill :)

[bearheart]

My bear done by Peter Martinson in Terrace,it was 9foot 6 but badly rubbed so I went for the half mount.Cost 1100$ 20 years ago.So with inflation and all, $4,000 for a life size doesn't sound too high, eh?:???:

[ruger#1]

Taxidermy - Lifesize Grizzly Bear Mounts
This Full Lifesize Grizzly Bear is priced at $3100.00
http://www.a1furtraders.com/images/bear1.jpg
Next Grizzly (http://www.a1furtraders.com/grizzly3.html)
If you would like to place an order or have any questions please contact Doris or Peter at
2817 East Vernon Road
Vernon, BC
V1B 3H5
Bus: 250-545-9550
Fax: 250-542-9094
info@a1furtraders.com (info@a1furtraders.com)

[sawmill]

He was a big bad *******,my little son and daughter wouldn`t go in the room for weeks!This one almost got me,I had to trail him in thick willow cover,I have no idea why he was still alive after the first 2 shots,both thru the shoulder and lungs.They sure are tough.And scary.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

So with inflation and all, $4,000 for a life size doesn't sound too high, eh?:???:

Sounds about right. I think my buddy paid ~$3200-$3500 in 2001. Depends on the size of the bear.

Sawmill-I'd love to do a mount like that but I'm sure my kids would feel the same as yours did....probably my wife as well:roll: ......

SSS

[bearheart]

Thanks for figures, my kids are all grown and my trophies bore my wife except for my Shiras moose who she thinks is kinda cute!?!:roll:

[Will]

He was a big bad *******,my little son and daughter wouldn`t go in the room for weeks!This one almost got me,I had to trail him in thick willow cover,I have no idea why he was still alive after the first 2 shots,both thru the shoulder and lungs.They sure are tough.And scary.
Sawmill,
While I often don't "take" to the open mouth pose on Bear mounts.....I will say yours looks very well done :)
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=802&d=1173652683

I just find that most look kinda "Cartoonie" I dunno why ? the teeth always look overdone too big or ??? :|

Not just bears I find this on Cats etc too.
http://www.a1furtraders.com/images/bear1.jpg

[Wild Images]

Log on to Taxidermy.net and go to Taxidermists' web pages
you will find alot to look at :)

[bruin]

Just a question, do alot of you guys like the snarling bear look? I find it very unrealistic, the one in the yard psoted by SSS looks great!

[Hidehanger]

I specialize in big game/ungulate taxidermy, but if it were me I'd call Harley White in West Bank as he does very nice work.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Sawmill,
While I often don't "take" to the open mouth pose on Bear mounts.....I will say yours looks very well done :)
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=802&d=1173652683

I just find that most look kinda "Cartoonie" I dunno why ? the teeth always look overdone too big or ??? :|

Not just bears I find this on Cats etc too.


I agree Will. Sawmill's looks great despite being 20 yrs old!

What's even more unrealistic looking than just snarling bears are the 4 1/2' snarling black bears that my taxidermist mounts for a lot of European hunters shot with G/O's . No matter how good the taxidermy is something just ain't right about a snarling cub:roll: .

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[bearheart]

Log on to Taxidermy.net and go to Taxidermists' web pages
you will find alot to look at :)Thanks alot, that was just the sort of thing I was looking for, gives me a good idea about price and quality. thanks again!

[blaker_99]

Great input from everyone on the page. If you're looking for a high quality full mount on a grizz 9'+ you're looking anywhere between $3500-5000 depending on what type of form you want him standing on such as rocks, driftwood etc. I know the mount usually is made to resemble the look of the animal the minute before you shot him, but i did see this grizz mount with a salmon in its mouth! It looked amazing sorry no pics but just a thought on the topic. Harley White does great work but expect 2-4 years turn around time. cheers.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Great input from everyone on the page. If you're looking for a high quality full mount on a grizz 9'+ you're looking anywhere between $3500-5000 depending on what type of form you want him standing on such as rocks, driftwood etc. I know the mount usually is made to resemble the look of the animal the minute before you shot him, but i did see this grizz mount with a salmon in its mouth! It looked amazing sorry no pics but just a thought on the topic. Harley White does great work but expect 2-4 years turn around time. cheers.

2-4 yrs turn around time for Harley??
He usually is less than one year, sometimes a little more. My buddy told him to take his time with his life-size grizzly and made payments for a couple of years. Occassionally, he takes longer for a life-size if he has to get in some special material or is waiting for a new form to come out.
He doesn't like having any carry-over from the year before when new animals start coming in and will adjust his staff to stay within those time frames.

SSS

[WoodOx]

Yeah, worst time frame ive had from Harley was about 13 months - he was super busy and for his quality of work I can say its worth the time. Apparently hes best known for sheep, but ive gotten two muley heads done and both are amazing.

[blaker_99]

Stesorry to stir up the can o worms my man. When i took in my full mount on my goat which was 5 years ago now it did take nearly 2 years to get back. I know my uncle also spoke with Harley and Harley himself said that if he wants to get his Grizz back within 2 years it would be hard pressed so he just told Harley t get to it when he could and approx 3 1/3 years later Harley gave him a dangle and t was ready. Sure it was at a discounted cost and both my goat and te grizz are top knotch work. He's the best around now...... Just wish Jack Farris was still around. Anyone have any moounts from him? cheers.

[MattB]

The guy i use does a pretty good job. He has some wicked sheep mounts in his house as well. I've got no complaints with my new mount, i think its the best looking one of the 3.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/matthew_brown69/P1020012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/matthew_brown69/P1020010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/matthew_brown69/P1020007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/matthew_brown69/P1020011.jpg

[WoodOx]

Yeah, looks nice Matt. Does anyone know why some taxis put the deers forward behind vs infront of the ears? Dont mulies put their eats infront of their horns when they hear somethin?

I know you can pin em back if you want spread ot look bigger, but thats clearly not the case with Matts bucks.

Matt - Do you goto OC?

[Mr. Dean]

MattB;
That's a nice look'n wall... Can I come over for dinner? :lol:

I need to know how they scored.

[MattB]

I think the taxi put the ears like that to give the impression that they are listening to somthing. A lot of deer i have seen while still hunting are constantly twisting their ears into all sort of positions.

Agaucher-Im going to UNBC right now. I was at TRU for the previous 3.5 years.

Mr. Dean-The middle buck is the biggest, he went just under 184". The other big typical goes just under 180" and the smaller widest buck was shot by my brother and I in 2002. I never scored him, but i would guess in the mid 160's and is just under 28" wide. There's gonna be another addition to "The Wall" in a couple weeks, my brother needs to pick up his 202" double dropper 8-) .

[Mr. Dean]

The middle buck is the biggest, he went just under 184". The other big typical goes just under 180" and the smaller widest buck was shot by my brother and I in 2002. I never scored him, but i would guess in the mid 160's and is just under 28" wide. There's gonna be another addition to "The Wall" in a couple weeks, my brother needs to pick up his 202" double dropper

Ath's whooooowl!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Stesorry to stir up the can o worms my man. When i took in my full mount on my goat which was 5 years ago now it did take nearly 2 years to get back. I know my uncle also spoke with Harley and Harley himself said that if he wants to get his Grizz back within 2 years it would be hard pressed so he just told Harley t get to it when he could and approx 3 1/3 years later Harley gave him a dangle and t was ready. Sure it was at a discounted cost and both my goat and te grizz are top knotch work. He's the best around now...... Just wish Jack Farris was still around. Anyone have any moounts from him? cheers.

Blaker-You got any pics of your life-size goat and your Dad's Grizz?? Love to see them!8)

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[3kills]

matt who did ur work??? was it Dan???

[MattB]

Nope wasnt Dan, It was just a guy that does it for a hobby up in Logan lake.

[blaker_99]

my full size mount on my goat is under my pictures on here. as for the grizz i'll have to go take some snaps and put them on here. I reall ylike my full mount of my goat it's very impressive and realistic sitting on a stone form. Looks great, we live on the lake here in kelowna and we have a beach access by our place so the people who sit on the beach access look in our place and see a full size mount of a goat, from then on it's been called the "Goat Beach House" haha cheers Stone Sheep Steve.

[Allen50]

did you check out White Wolf Taxidermy, they did my mule deer and did a great job, www.whitewolftaxidermy.com (http://www.whitewolftaxidermy.com) she got a big black bear around courtenay area, and did a full standing on hind legs mount, and looked real good, something to check out,,, good luck.

[Allen50]

humm i just looked up white wolf, seamed not to be there, sorry, was wow almost 4 years ago i used them,, times flys when your not looking,,, sorry..

[sawmill]

Another thing I forgot to mention is that most Taxi`s do good work on deer elk ect. bur bears are very hard to do right without making them look phony or dorky because they have an expresive face.It`s the differance between getting your favourite cow mounted and your best dog.My taxi in Terrace specializes in bears cause thats what he mostly gets in his shop.Britton taxidermy in Smithers is pretty good but twice the price and a bit of an asshole(imho)Debbie Nelson in Quesnel is damn good on bears,tell her Joe from Hazelton sent you and she will cut you a deal.I guided her to a 10+ monster that she mounted full taking down a young sheep and she won best of show in a Taxi contest in Las Vegas.:smile:

[3kills]

i have neve seen his work but i heard that mike from mikes taxidermy does really good work....

[3kills]

matt my buddy got a couple deer done by a guy in logan lake that does it for a hobby wonder if its the same guy???

[MattB]

3Kills-Hard to say, everytime i stop by his place he has a few projects on the go, not too many deer this year though. This guy is older and retired (used to work at the mine). If your buddy uses a guy that sounds like that then maybe

[WoodOx]

My mounts from Harley:

www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4704&cat=500&ppuser=2071

www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4693&cat=500&ppuser=2071

www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4694&cat=500&ppuser=2071

www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4697&cat=500&ppuser=2071

Take a peek at my gallery for some others. Hes doing a 177 NT muley for me atm.


Well you can see these in my gallery - how do you take pics from gallery then post em here? I forget the command...

[3kills]

matt no i think the guy that my buddy knows is younger but i could be wrong...

[bearheart]

my full size mount on my goat is under my pictures on here. as for the grizz i'll have to go take some snaps and put them on here. I reall ylike my full mount of my goat it's very impressive and realistic sitting on a stone form. Looks great, we live on the lake here in kelowna and we have a beach access by our place so the people who sit on the beach access look in our place and see a full size mount of a goat, from then on it's been called the "Goat Beach House" haha cheers Stone Sheep Steve.How do you find your pics in the gallery?

[Stone Sheep Steve]

How do you find your pics in the gallery?
I didn't have any luck either. Found your gallery and it said you had 14 pics (couldn't see any) but the last upload date said "never". A gliche???


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[horshur]

It's too bad I don't have a pic from a full mount standing black bear taken on westside that has a plumbed dick that will piss on yah by remote control--very classy mount:lol: Not mine--wish I'd thought of it though.8-)

[bigwhiteys]

Blakers Mountain Goat (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3675&cat=500&ppuser=1224)

Carl

[blaker_99]

thanks biwhiteys for poting the quick link to my pics. wierd i went a searched under members gallery and im not even on there possibly a glitch yes. Here's another quick link to my pics if anyone has any problems with the above. Let me know if you want anymore pics closer up different angles etc.

cheers.http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1224

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Thanks BW!
Beauty goat Blaker8) !
I could see the alpine muley pic and the rack pic before that but for some reason I could not see the rest.

Harley has Reagan working pretty much full time for him so he doesn't seem to get backed up as bad.

SSS

[blaker_99]

I hear ya on that one steve. Has anyone heard or have work done by Jack Farris from vernon?