bear mount ?

[ljones]

what is the going rate with of you guys on a  black bear half mount with open mouth,  no habitat  

[urcysk]

I would charge 400.00 but thats just me

[Uncle Harley]

$650 open mouth 550 closed

[alexm]

 Wow how can you do this for that price ?? that means a full mount would be around $1200.
 Just wondering how you could do it with, Tanning and cost of the form . teeth, eyes  hide paste paint time with the customer skinning ??/not a very good hourly rate ..
Alex

[Uncle Harley]

my Hrly shop rate is dang near double what my day job is  and my day job is one of the better paying jobs for the area, so I do ok  LOL  but thanks for your concern

[Jim Kimball]

Wow........ You guys are pricing for a head/shoulder mount..

Bears are our bread and butter here in Wisconsin..

We break them down by weight as far as pricing goes..

Half Mounts
up to 200# are $995.00
201# to 400#  $1295.00
401# and up are  $1495.00

rock/liimb habitat is included if needed...  open mouth is $125.00 extra

[Uncle Harley]

Wow........ You guys are pricing for a head/shoulder mount..

Bears are our bread and butter here in Wisconsin..

We break them down by weight as far as pricing goes..

Half Mounts
up to 200# are $995.00
201# to 400#  $1295.00
401# and up are  $1495.00

rock/liimb habitat is included if needed...  open mouth is $125.00 extra

im in IL and we barely see any in my neck of the woods   when we do get em they are already skinned and salted  or  skinned and frozen with the head in   what am I suppose to do ask them how much is weighed and take their word for it.

[ljones]

i was looking on some websites and looks like the rule of thumb on half mounts is 50 to 70 percent of a full mount  if thats the case the last full mount i did was $3000 with a nice base so if i take off $500 for the base then take 60 percent of $2500 thats $1500 that sounds pretty good to me.

[alexm]

   No concern'' I just can't work for that . Jim I am more on your page and Taxidermy! is my day job. I want to retire some day and have some thing to show for it!
Alex.

[Todd B]

I just finished one up and the bill was $1100.00.  Not quite what I have on my price list but I thought it was a fair price.  My price list says 70% of life size and $125.00 for open mouth.

Todd B

[Uncle Harley]

sounds like I'm way off, I have never done one  only shldr mounts in my shop  and full life size in other shops so I'm only estimating my time   but how much more time does a half life size take than a shoulder mt.  what does it take an extra hr in skinning the front feet and  in prepping the legs  and an extra 30 min of sewing the legs?  Everything else I can figure easily tanning is a fixed ammount  form  is a  fixed cost ?  ..................OK let me ask you this  what is a closed mouth bear shoulder compared to in price to a wt shoulder in your area.    I send my bears out  and do my wt in house  they take me the same ammount of time and forms cost dang near the same  so I price my bear shoulder mounts  just like I would a WT  pluss the added cost of sending out to a tannery and shipping.

[Jim Kimball]

Yes you ask them........... Before you qoute the price... Most all hunters will brag the weight up a bit anyway..

Head and shoulder black bear are  $575.00 closed mouth and $125.00 more for open.. any habitat add ons are extra..

Standard WT Deer wall mounts are $595.00

Good to see you again Alex.... Maybe we can retire together someday..

[Uncle Harley]

based on your whitetail prices  then I'd say I'm in the ballpark for my area  good thing you don't live in my area then huh?  LOL!

[bill@hogheaven]

Instead of trying to justify low prices I would be looking at every way possible to raise them.

[RoyalOaksTaxidermy]

Im at 750 for a shoulder mount, 1500.00 for half life size and 3000 and up for life size..   My deer are at 600.  And bear is more work than a deer.. Specially having to deal with those heavy stinky greasy things compared to a deer..