Old Friends Taxidermy

Old Friends Taxidermy works on big game, small game, birds, fish, and various exotics, as well as offering restoration and tanning services.

They offer shoulder mounts, life-size mounts, European skull and horn mounts, rugs, and custom habitat and pedestal presentations.

With about 20 years of professional experience, this full-time studio emphasizes dependable, artistic work and long-term customer relationships.

They highlight meticulous attention to detail, realistic presentation, and high standards of quality, accuracy, and artistic design, and serve as official scorers for multiple hunting record organizations.

Old Friends Taxidermy posts a detailed price list, with common shoulder mounts typically in the high hundreds to low thousands of dollars, life-size mounts ranging from around $1,000 to several thousand dollars depending on size, tiered pricing for European and horn mounts, add-on options like open mouths and habitats, and a required 50% deposit before work begins.

They do not state a standard turnaround time, but offer rush orders for an additional charge and notify you at completion to arrange shipping and payment, with storage fees for mounts left more than 30 days and the possibility of selling unclaimed work after 90 days.

The studio also provides commercial and soft tanning, rugs, freeze drying, trophy restoration and cleaning, custom and water habitat scenes, appraisals, cold storage, velvet preservation, antler repair and replacement skulls, USDA-licensed import assistance, free pickup within 100 miles, and some finished mounts for sale.