Beautiful Taxidermy

[Don_Abbate]

was just at wholesale sports langley the other day and noticed they had a new taxidermy display at the entrance thought it was pretty cool and took some pics with my phone, thought some of you guys/ girls would like to see, here they are.
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[KB90]

Straight from the Wild Sheep Banquet!

[Don_Abbate]

so thats where its from lol its a first time view for me lol

[KB90]

Yeah, It's someones mountain, they set it up at the banquet every year, sure is awesome isn't it!

[buford19]

Nice work.

[Don_Abbate]

yah thats a dream to have something like that in your house

[Call of the Wild]

Very nice display!!!!

[Allen50]

lots of hard work making this, looks cool,, thanks for the pic,,

[Don_Abbate]

no problem

[hunter1947]

Very nice workman ship thanks for posting.

[1/2 slam]

That was done by Frank Gilbert of Fur and Feather Taxidermy in Surrey.

[ROEBUCK]

very nice :-D:-D

[Mik]

Great looking mounts, one day ill have to visit that store.

[Skeena Shooter]

Hahah i was there for my first time today and saw that! What a great store!

[tristanmac]

props to the taxidermist, some great work!

[Crys Shorty]

Thats beautiful, can't imagine what it would have cost! About 1000 an animal plus habitat like that , wow! Thanks for sharing, they didn't have it there the last time we went down.

[HD95]

Thats beautiful, can't imagine what it would have cost! About 1000 an animal plus habitat like that , wow! Thanks for sharing, they didn't have it there the last time we went down.
Lifesize mounts run about $3000.00 per mount.The taxidermist is a master of his trade.There is no one better.Fur&Feathers,Surrey

[Crys Shorty]

Lifesize mounts run about $3000.00 per mount.The taxidermist is a master of his trade.There is no one better.Fur&Feathers,Surrey

I was referring just to the cost of making the mount itself, not making a profit due to the fact that one persons profit varies with anothers. For instance that cougars mannikin is worth about 250, then there's tanning, eyes, earlines, ect. Each animal would take approx. $1000 to make.

[blacktailghost]

their is an incredible amount of time that is put into every single one of the mounts as well, it isn't just materials. we are talking hundreds of hours on the rocks alone

[nolimits]

They must have put up this display just after I went through the store. Nice indeed. I went once to Cabela's in Lacey , but what impressed me the most, and what I remember vividly ever since, is that taxidermy display there. I hope, that this display at Wholesale Sports is there to stay for good.

[blacktailghost]

it's only there until his new trophy room is built

[IslandHunterBXL]

thats amazing! bet thats worth a few bucks

[bsa30-06]

Very nice gonna have to stop by and see it in person.

[4cefedomni]

I was referring just to the cost of making the mount itself, not making a profit due to the fact that one persons profit varies with anothers. For instance that cougars mannikin is worth about 250, then there's tanning, eyes, earlines, ect. Each animal would take approx. $1000 to make.

You should go check out Fur and Feathers. You'll see that Frank does not buy any of his mannikins, he makes them all himself from forms he has made and then tailors each one to fit the individual animal. There is no one size fits all, every animal is different.

And believe me there is not much profit to be had in the taxidermy trade, people that do it, choose to out of the love for the animals, not for the money.

[BiG Boar]

I met the hunter last year for all of those animals. He is a really nice guy on top of being one heck of a hunter.

[nolimits]

I went there today, looked at it and all I can say is that the display rocks. And rolls. Quality is outstanding. Went around it couple of times and enjoyed every second of it.