Skud Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Anybody know a reliable, timely place to bring some work to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Anybody know a reliable, timely place to bring some work to? Doug does this mean you shot a bear up at Eddie's last week? I'd love to hear how your trip went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 A report is being worked on. It will be a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Brain's Taxidermy (705) 327-7889 37 Line 14 N Oro-Medonte, ON L3V6H1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Brain's Taxidermy (705) 327-7889 37 Line 14 N Oro-Medonte, ON L3V6H1 Yup, I second that, he did great work on Paul's pickerel. It is still in great shape after all these years too! Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 40 min down the road you will find Advance Taxidermy and Wildlife design they are amazing and worth the drive. http://www.advancedtaxidermy.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzuluSpookd Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Hey Skud...there's Kings Kraft taxidermy, near midland. His name is Calvin and does great work. I don't have the number on me though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Thanks for the replies. I ended up going to Chris Bowyer in Brentwood out past Angus. He has been around for 35 years but not well known. He was once the Canadian champion for taxidermy. He does a lot of polar bears and muskox for an artic outfitter. Hopefully all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattletrap2 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Skud, i realize it is after the fact, but if you ever need one again, i would also recommend Jeff Brain. The guys work is excellent and he is quick! Good luck with yours though! Let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattletrap2 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) , Dang, duplicate posts! LOL Edited September 21, 2010 by Rattletrap2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Thanks for the replies. I ended up going to Chris Bowyer in Brentwood out past Angus. He has been around for 35 years but not well known. He was once the Canadian champion for taxidermy. He does a lot of polar bears and muskox for an artic outfitter. Hopefully all goes well. Having been involved with the Canadian Taxidermist Association in the past, I can assure you that you made a fine choice. I was going to recommend Chris as one of the ones to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 An old thread... but the first thing that came up when my youngest daughter, Kristal, googled looking for a local taxidermist the other day! We dropped our 44.5" x 17" girth Northern off this morning at Brain's Taxidermy. I say "our" because we both caught the same fish 20 minutes apart on a back lake in June. Was a good thing we took it in this week, as he was going to shut his dehydrator/dryer machine down this weekend as he says it costs him $500/m to keep it running and it's time to get into deer/moose hides. So now his machine will be on for another 2 weeks with our big Northern in it. Using same... gets us our skin mount back by mid November vs the many months it would take to dry out without this "oven". There is some AMAZING work in Jeff Brain's shop I'll tell you that. Not cheap, but I'm quite positive we'll be really happy with our $1000 (tax in) skin mount. For those that are always wondering... $20/inch + tax + any special mounting instructions. Smaller fish are not necessarily priced this way...he had a 5 inch rock bass on the counter that was done for a little girl.. $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looking forward to seeing the beast, Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looking forward to seeing the beast, Wayne. I'm just ticked it died on us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I'm just ticked it died on us.... The old girl had a heart attack and died of a stroke after you caught her the second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) The old girl had a heart attack and died of a stroke after you caught her the second time. Tried to revive for almost 2 hours and we have NUMEROUS pictures showing me laying out the back of the sportspal doing so... but to no avail. I really didn't want to stuff it in a float access hole, but was given no choice! Edited October 5, 2012 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Taking my bear to Chris Bowyer was a great decision. My bear rug turned out perfect and is on the wall in my room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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