TaxidermyXTaxidermist in Norco, California
Simon's Taxidermy is a taxidermy studio located in Norco, California, led by world-renowned wildlife artist Simon Romero.
The full-service, federally licensed studio serves North America and offers comprehensive wildlife and memorial taxidermy, along with artistic display and design work.
They focus on highly custom, story-driven mounts that preserve memories and celebrate your hunting, fishing, and life accomplishments.
The studio works on birds, mammals, fish, exotics, and pet memorials, covering everything from typical North American game to a wide range of other wildlife.
You can choose from standard mount styles such as shoulder and European mounts, as well as fully custom habitat and diorama presentations and restoration or remount options.
Simon Romero brings over 40 years of experience in taxidermy, sculpture, painting, and woodworking, informed by worldwide hunting and field observation of animal anatomy and habitats.
They describe taxidermy as a rare art and emphasize museum-level artistry, realism, and detailed, custom work, with pieces displayed in museums, palaces, and media productions around the world.
Pricing is customized by project, and the studio invites you to call or email with details about your species and vision to discuss costs.
Reviews report highly inconsistent turnaround and reliability, ranging from on-time delivery within quoted time frames to very long delays of years, non-delivery, and disputed outcomes, so you should confirm expectations in writing.
Beyond standard mounts, they offer full diorama productions, habitat and trophy-room design, restoration of old or damaged mounts, finished pieces for sale, pet after-care memorials, custom leather and antler items, commercial displays, education content, and help arranging or guiding hunting and fishing excursions.
Reviews are sharply mixed on quality: some customers praise stunning, highly realistic, museum-quality work on fish, game, birds, pets, and restorations, while others report very poor workmanship that damaged or ruined important trophies or memorials.
Service and communication feedback is largely negative, with many reviewers citing required large or full up-front payments, difficulty reaching the studio, unreturned calls or messages, and in some cases pursuing police or legal action over missing items, though a smaller group describes caring, friendly, and professional interactions.
Turnaround is a major concern in many reviews, with repeated reports of projects stretching far beyond quoted timelines, some never delivered, and a minority of clients saying their work was completed on schedule and was worth the wait; overall sentiment on reliability is mixed to negative.
Simon's Taxidermy operates out of Norco, California, and serves clients across Southern California and North America through its studio and extended project work.
You should contact the studio by phone or email with your project details, ask direct questions about pricing and timelines, and decide how comfortable you feel moving forward based on that discussion and the mixed review history.
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