Squirrels

200

 

$425.00 + base, if desired. Less than $200 is nuts. If I am mounting a tree rat, I am going to make money.

 

Same as a mink or fisher, their all a pain. At least $325.00

 

$350 + any thing other than a standard bark base

 

$350 + base

 

250 for squirrels w/o habitat, I like them their easy for me

 

I get 250 to do one. Not that bad to do

 

Doing one is a piece of cake. Doing one RIGHT is a whole nuther story.

 

Wow am I the only one shocked at these prices? I charge $600 plus base

 

Good for you JerseyJays, I might as well raise my prices to match yours, very few want to pay what I charge anyway.

 

Well I'm shocked. I don't relish squirrels but I suppose if I didn't ever want to do them I'd charge $600 as well. You can charge anything you'd like for anything, but whether or not somone's willing to pay it is a different story.

Years back, one of the more wealthy people in the area called me and asked if I mounted squirrels. I said that I did and gave him the price. He came right over. He carried two bags with him AND two squirrels. He said that he and his grandson had gone out that morning and his grandson had killed his first squirrels. He had a pose and told me that he wanted them together so they'd set on the piano in his great room. Then he set the other two bags up on the counter. I opened it and I saw that it was a caped out whitetail with the antlers already treated. The other bag was the same. I know he saw the look on my face and he said, " I've used (the guy across town) for 30 years. I asked him if he'd do the squirrels and he refused. I went over and picked up the two deer I'd left with him and told him that if he couldn't mount squirrels for me, he couldn't mount deer heads either." Nothing wrong with asking a fair price for honest work, but PERSONALLY, I think $600 is embarassing.

 

I mount 2 a year at $25,000. Then I go on vacation the rest of the year.


Really I charge $250. Almost always they are for kids. I like doing them.

 

I got more hours in a squirrel than a deer head, materials are a little cheaper but in comparison they should be roughly the same price in my opinion. I charge a tad more because I don't like doing them. I've mounted maybe 1 every year or 2 at that price...
Here I'm new jersey everything is pricey, high priced taxes, high priced car ins, high priced homes, high priced taxidermy because the taxidermist needs to make a living.

Sorry... but that's what life dealt me, and I don't want to move