snareman1234
11-22-2009, 08:23 PM
I am a trapper as some of you guys know,
and I sent some skins from last season into two taxidermists in agassiz
1 bobcat to high caliber taxidermy,
1 bobcat to nature's window taxidermy
and 5 beaver and a bear ( only because jamie at HC was guiding at the time)
so I got the bobcat back from High Caliber, it is beautiful, fully prime, skin is soft and very supple, fur was combed and dryed, awesome product
At natures window I have got the " ready next week thing" for a couple months
and finally I got them back after about 30 phone calls ( i brought the bobcat in about 10 months ago and the bear and beaver 5 months ago)
So the bobcat is wet when I get it, looks like crap, has clusters of gunk in the fur......and!! It has about 6 loonie sized holes in the hide!!
I am a trapper, and a good skinner, and I skinned the animal, and I know there was not a single hole in it when I brought it in!
The beavers were hardly even tanned, they were wetish too, and all teh skins reeked of a chemical smell! the beavers were stiff, and not suplle at all!
I had been planning on getting my family and girlfriend some "russian style" fur hats for xmas, but that wont be happening, these beaver hides are garbage, they are all like half tanned.
The sides where the skin is thinner is soft, and the back, where it is thick, is pretty much rock hard! the hide color is blotchy and looks almost like it did when I brought it in!
The bear is OK, but he didnt black out the light spots by the crotch, and it too reeks of chemical smell
Anyways just a heads up gentlemen, to try and help you avoid some pain
and I sent some skins from last season into two taxidermists in agassiz
1 bobcat to high caliber taxidermy,
1 bobcat to nature's window taxidermy
and 5 beaver and a bear ( only because jamie at HC was guiding at the time)
so I got the bobcat back from High Caliber, it is beautiful, fully prime, skin is soft and very supple, fur was combed and dryed, awesome product
At natures window I have got the " ready next week thing" for a couple months
and finally I got them back after about 30 phone calls ( i brought the bobcat in about 10 months ago and the bear and beaver 5 months ago)
So the bobcat is wet when I get it, looks like crap, has clusters of gunk in the fur......and!! It has about 6 loonie sized holes in the hide!!
I am a trapper, and a good skinner, and I skinned the animal, and I know there was not a single hole in it when I brought it in!
The beavers were hardly even tanned, they were wetish too, and all teh skins reeked of a chemical smell! the beavers were stiff, and not suplle at all!
I had been planning on getting my family and girlfriend some "russian style" fur hats for xmas, but that wont be happening, these beaver hides are garbage, they are all like half tanned.
The sides where the skin is thinner is soft, and the back, where it is thick, is pretty much rock hard! the hide color is blotchy and looks almost like it did when I brought it in!
The bear is OK, but he didnt black out the light spots by the crotch, and it too reeks of chemical smell
Anyways just a heads up gentlemen, to try and help you avoid some pain