Thread: Recommendations for a Sambar mount?

As above.

@Wildman go see Jason at Ruahine taxidermy Home - Ruahine Tanning & Taxidermy I haven't use jason personally but will if i get another head. Very clean and professional set up work shop.
Don't use the guy up in hawkes bay happy to give you his name via a pm. The guy is a complete plonker

Originally Posted by bigbear

@Wildman go see Jason at Ruahine taxidermy Home - Ruahine Tanning & Taxidermy I haven't use jason personally but will if i get another head. Very clean and professional set up work shop.
Don't use the guy up in hawkes bay happy to give you his name via a pm. The guy is a complete plonker

I've used Jason twice. Once for a red and once for a sika... Extremely happy.

Also, don't use Craig Fergusson at "The Taxidermy Shop", ever. Anyone. He's a liar, scammer and terrible taxidermist.

I just looked up who Craig was and his online reviews says a lot about the guy

Thanks guys. Good to know who to avoid as well as who to use. I think I posted a photo a year or so back but can't find it now. Thing is I'm moving to Chch in 2 weeks and unlikely to ever get a better sambar so thought I'd get it done.

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Originally Posted by muzza

Steven Barclay at Taihape does good work

My Sika is with him now, workshop isn't as tidy as Ruahine tanning and taxidermy, but I've seen three of his mounts that were done for mates and they were very good.

My mounts from Jason. Ignor the damage to the velvet on the jap... That was from its time with Craig before Jason fixed it.

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A lot of guys at my nzda use tasman taxidermy. Brett is usually pretty good.

Vern Pearson does a great job, brother in laws Sambar and Rusa come out mint.

Booked in with Jason on Friday...

I don't know Craig Fergusson very well at all, he's tanned a couple of skins for me and did a good job. To add a different perspective to the comments on his service as of late: I called in to pick up a skin a while back (1-2 years ago?) and he was really stressed - his wife was in the process of dying of cancer and he was her primary care giver.