Complant about tannery

Do I complain here about a tannery?

 

Re: question about complaints

They were foxes that got tanned all of the foxes I got from you guys, AndyO, Muckland and two others. Now I have to get foxes like the ones I have again.

 

It was “Size Doesn’t Matter” Hide Tannery in Florida. They mangled the foxes that I sent to Willingham's Taxidermy. Eliie couldn't do the foxes. They cut open most of the foxes after I told them over the phone and by e-mail I need them to be cased. I will post pictures

 

big ouch on my Marble fox. I payed $225 to end out with big holes on her chest, part of the stomach missing. the right leg split in half and half of the left leg missing. I hope I can still make her into a stuffed animal. All the foxes are greasy which I can fox that

 

I went over the foxes and there are alot this cut out or missing. Now I lose all this money on these foxes. Shoulld I ask for money for the Marble Fox. Some of her back is missing. I will post pictures later on today

 

Thanks once again for your help Ellie

 

Here is what I got back from the tanner. I'm so pissed off!!!! I told her wanted the foxes cased in e-mail and over the phone. Let me know what you guys think.

I am sorry if you are disappointed in the results of some of your hides but we can only work so far with the hides that we are sent. Many of the hides you sent were animals killed with shot guns. The ones with several small holes are from the pellets that were used to kill the animal with. The one with a burn mark is actually where the animal was gut shot and the stain left does not always come out of the hide. I left the hair on one in that area of the gut shot so you could see the mess that was left from the animal being killed in that manner. Several of your hides I could tell you got from different hunters. Some had their ears turned, some did not, some the legs were about shot off after you unfroze them and fleshed them there was simply nothing left, one had the tail striped down and then back up again by someone not knowing how to properly debone the tail. It is very important that people buy hides from trappers that know how to skin and properly kill an animal. When wanting animals cased they shoiuld be sent with all legs and everthing completely turned. I'm not sure what your original arrangement was with Ellie or what she may have agreed to but when sending them to almost any tannery the hides should be prepped. I'm not sure what she may have worked on these or simply didn't even look at them at all. I did explain to you on the hone that hides do come out much better, especially smaller animals, if they are split and not left cased but I typically won't even accept hides to be cased unless they are completely cased and ready to go. Unfortunately, Ellie had called my partner instead of me who did not ask all of the details to begin with.

the other 3 foxes had already been completed as well and do need to be paid for to be shipped. PLease let me know how you would like the rest handled.


Alysia Posey
Size Doesn't Matter Hide Tannery

So is she asking just for shipping or the tanning? I will not pay for the tanning.

 

The marble fox came from AndyO

 

What are the names? I might check into it for next fox and yote season.