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[montgomery#1]

Does anybody know where i can buy a cheap plack for a european mount I shot my first deer this year and would like to mount it. I dont know any taxidermists. Any help would be awesome. thanks in advance.

[gottagetabigun]

you can buy a unfinished plaque at a craft store for less than $5. a little stain/varnish and your in business. thats what i do.

[223reload]

Take a look at vandykes.com or wasco.com you can get free taxidermy catalogs from them.

[cats4uandme]

no idea. sorry.:sad2:

maybe a taxidermist will coma along soon. i hear through the vine a few might be.

[boilerman]

Cabelas sells a european mount kit.

[montgomery#1]

I really didnt care for cabelas plaques. they werent what i was looking for.

[Scott Daw]

Cabelas sell the kit including plaque to do the euro mounts. Cheap depends on your income. lol

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0022126226094a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=european+mount&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=european+mount&noImage=0

[montgomery#1]

Thanks scott but Im looking for something a little different. ive got every thing but the plaque.

[chambers bd]

Have you tried scheens, cabelas also!

[brandon]

This is just an idea I have been doing taxidermy for about 8 years now partime. I have started mounting euros on peices of drift wood. YOu get a flattish peice of wood most the time I try to get one with a small ridge in the middle that way I can mount more than one on it some shading to the left and some shading to the right. Most of my customers like this better than the plaque type.

[cats4uandme]

TAKE A LOOK AT #6. HE DOESNT LIKE CABALAS.

[cats4uandme]

#6. POST SAYS HE DOESNT LIKE CABALAS.

[cats4uandme]

http://www.mckenziesp.com/taxid_store/catalog_category.asp?CategoryID=%7BAFB3B850%2D2A0C %2D4797%2D9DE0%2D861D31849AA2%7D&mscssid=GGKRA855NDJG8NXCMA8F3G6T2SCRCRJ4

that link will take you to mckenzies panels. there are no pics though. i have them in my catalogs.

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/subcategory/105/

this link takes you to vandykes panels with pics.

http://www.taxidermy.com/

this wildlife artist suppy co has pics too.

sorry i didnt help earlier. ive been doing some thinking about my staying here or not. this is a topic i was trying to help folks with. but i wont get into it publicly.


cheap from $5.49, to $59 to $229. these are just 3 from vandykes. they have all price ranges,

[montgomery#1]

I like the 3d ceder roots in the panel an display section. That is more what im looking for. Thanks for the info. and Its not that i dont like cabelas i just wanted some thing that will stand out a little more.

[cats4uandme]

vandykes is a cabalas company but cab sells just a couple genaric displays for the do-it-yourselfer. vandykes is a professional taxidermist company owned by cabelas. the ones cabales sells are in the vandykes catalogs too. i get 90% of my supplies from them.

[montgomery#1]

I never said i didnt like cabelas i just didnt think they had as good of a selection as van dykes. Cabelas is pretty good on some things, I just didnt like the selection they had. Thats all, the reason i like van dykes is that they have alot more to choose from.

[cats4uandme]

ya i just ment that you said you didnt like cabalas selection and two or three said try cabalas after the fact,lol. they hadnt read the posts i guess,lmao. vandykes is a bit cheaper on supplies than mckenzie on forms ect... so i get most from them. but mckenzies catalog is about 2" thick compared to vandykes 3/4".

[montgomery#1]

Alot of people try to sell every thing from cabelas on me but it doesnt always work. Unless im looking for a good salt water reel for alaska. Thanks for the info and talk to you later.

[CarolinaCats]

This is a funny thread...Cabelas owns Van Dykes....LMAO

Thats one company McKenzie has'nt got yet......

[CarolinaCats]

I get 95% of my supplies from McKenzie. Nothing against Van Dykes at all. McKenzie is 35 miles from my house. so I save big time on picking up bulk orders than having them shipped to me. I worked a deal out with the sales manager from Van Dykes and purchased a tumbler and corn cob grit for free shipping.
:wink:


vandykes is a cabalas company but cab sells just a couple genaric displays for the do-it-yourselfer. vandykes is a professional taxidermist company owned by cabelas. the ones cabales sells are in the vandykes catalogs too. i get 90% of my supplies from them.

[cats4uandme]

ya mckenzie has more selections and forms for sure. ya shipping eats up cash for sure. vandykes had a free shipping in december for all internet orders over $100. i took full advantage on that. hed several whitetail forms to order as well as an airbrush. so that saved me over $100 in shipping alone. i do like mckenzie forms a little better and when i step up operations here ill probably get most from them as well. i did a button buck a few years back and vandykes didnt have anything to fit it. and i like mckenzies shouldermount forms with pre installed hangers.

[massa_jorge]

a jigsaw and a router, you can make anything on your mind! :wink: the icing on the cake for a self made mount would be a self made plaque!

[montgomery#1]

Yeah but i dont have the money fora router. They are pretty expensive. And i already orderd Some thing to put the skull on.