A deer head takes around 4-6 hours of actual time and labor, at least for me. The foam form is around 35-40 bucks if bought in bulk, eyes cost around $9.00-$13.00, and wet tanning myself cost around 18- 22 bucks.
The tanning process involves a lot of soaking time in tubs of solution, and washings. That tanning type takes around 4-5 days before I can actually mount the skin.
It would cost me around $80-$120.00 if I sent a deer cape off to be tanned. So if you add a hundred bucks to my deer shoulder mount price, that's what most charge in my area.
Elk manikin cost me around $150.00 and $35.00 in material to tan the cape. The rest is labor.
I ,like most honest taxidermist ain't getting rich on it, but it pays my bills.
