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Title: Hog Mounts Post by: Boss Hoggin Outlaw on September 10, 2014, 09:22:17 am Where is the best place to get a hog mounted in y'all's opinion? I've seen some that look like number 2 and only a few that actually look decent. And how much am I looking at paying for a good mount?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: Byrd Taxidermy on September 15, 2014, 10:41:50 pm I have some pictures of a few hog shoulder mounts I did on page 2 of this same category entitled "hog mounts". I'm in Palestine and I charge $500 + tax for a standard boar shoulder mount.
Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: Cajun on September 16, 2014, 08:49:17 pm I always wanted to do a rug mount on a hog, like a bear. Have his four hooves attached , tail, & I guess you would have to trim the bottom of the form for the head. Ive been wanting to do that on a good russian hog that was wooly, but everytime I catch a good one, some of my friends want to mount the hog.
Byrd Taxidermy, have you ever done that & what would that run??? Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: Byrd Taxidermy on September 16, 2014, 09:09:07 pm Cajun, that sounds very interesting...never seen or heard of anybody doing one like that. Don't know exactly what I would charge for something like that but I could see it getting pricey. Skinning out the entire boar for a rug mount, removing all of the shield on both sides, having to alter a manikin head to accomodate a rug and preparing the hide would be a lot of work. I would definitely be interested in doing one though...you just might be on to something!
Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: charles on September 16, 2014, 09:20:56 pm I was gonna do that too. I took a 375# hog to a guy in mo n he charged me $700 n then 6mth later claimed his freezer thawed put n my hide, along with many other peoples hides. I nvr got my money or the rug. Only problem i saw with a rug is, stepping on a tusk in the middle of the night.
Is $700 a reasonable price, considering like u said, fleshing the entire hide, tanning and setting the head properly to sit on the floor Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: Mike on September 16, 2014, 09:50:46 pm Here's a pic I found that UNDERDOG posted several years ago... I think he said it was from a friend in Holland.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/09/17/7e5ynega.jpg) Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: kerreydw on September 16, 2014, 10:02:32 pm That rug idea is cool
Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: BA-IV on September 17, 2014, 08:42:18 am I been wanting to do a hog rug for awhile. I have seen one and it was a spotted hog. A guy in Oklahoma owned it and posted it on Larry Parker's board. It still had the bottom tusks though.
Title: Re: Hog Mounts Post by: Cajun on September 17, 2014, 01:37:10 pm I am thinking you could cut the form from the bottom of his jaw to right behind the ears & that way you could get the tusks in. I would already have the hide skinned out to the first joint in the hooves & have it caped out. I am sure you would have to flesh the shield out but taxidermist have to do that on any mount & probably send the hide off to a tannery. Be a lot of work but would sure look cool.
I know bear rugs are roughly $200.00 a foot or a little more. |