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not really sure, i dont like replicas, i think they look really fake, but they do last alot longer, but i have skin moounts that are over 20 yrs old they are still in great shape, just dont hang them where the sun will bake them all day
there are plenty of taxidermist around pulaski that do just as good if not better work for 13-14 a inch, his deer do look great, but they all do when they are first done, i think his fish doont loook so hot, that 1st walleye looks terrible, and he says no gurantee on the tanning of the hide, for 800 bucks he better nt mess that up or it wont last 4 months
NO TAXIDERMIST can guarantee a hide. It is impossible. I am a graduate of the Rinehart School of Taxidermy and have done Whitetail mounts for years, NO ONE CAN guarantee a HIDE. Now a guy can say he will replace a hide and try again but to guarantee one , absolutely not. I am not sure how much you know about this subject. I am leaning towards not much.
Stewart at North Country Taxidermy does great work as well. Hastings, ny
Not picking on you Adam, but you haven't seen good fiberglass reproductions if you think they look fake, but you are right, bad ones do. Good ones are out there, but like anything else, you have to shop for the right artist. I think I have only seen a handful of skin mounts as good as this repo.....(Image removed from quote.)