FOSTER'S TAXIDERMY
2401 NORTH SPRUCE STREET OGALLALA,NEBRASKA
308-340-7039
GAMEHEADS
LIFESIZE
PEDESTAL
DETAIL/MISC
TAXIDERMY BENCH
A good quality mount starts with how you take care of the skin or cape. Obviously we can't control the weather or hunting conditions. Try to keep it cool and dry. Best scenario is to get it to me and I can skin/cape it and get it properly cared for. If on a hunting trip skin it and get it cooled. Do not salt it unless you have it fleshed and the eyes, lips, nose and ears turned and fleshed.
1) Do not hang your animal by the neck as it will ruin the hide/hair
2) If a deer,elk, etc hang by the antlers. Do not hang by the hind legs for an extended amount of time as the face will fill with fluid.
3) Keep it in the shade or cool building if you can't get it to me in 1-2 days. If not freeze the head
4) Do not drag it far or it will ruin the hair/hide
5) Do not slit the throat
6) When Gutting stop at the sternum, we need more hide then you think, and I'd hate to charge you a sewing fee to fix the brisket
7) The diagrams above are a very good reference to know how to skin your animals for shoulder mounts or lifesize and rugs
8) Try to wash excessive blood from the cape/skin. Clean all dirt, rocks, leaves etc from the skin.
9) I prefer to cape and skin your animals. This way I get it how I want it. I don't have to re flesh the animal and fix potential mistakes, therefor saving you $$
10) If you must cape your shoulder mount animal, skin to base of the neck and get a circumference measurement before cutting it off. Please do not cut it off mid neck. This creates a ton of extra work to get it out of the skin. I tube cape mine so there isn't much of a seam when sewing.
11) DO NOT PARADE IT AROUND IN YOUR TRUCK FOR A WEEK AND EXPECT QUALITY
As you can probably tell my passion is hunting, the outdoors, taxidermy and family. I grew up in a small town Indianola NE. I moved to Ogallala in 2002 to go to work for Ogallala Community Hospital Banner Health as a Med Radiographer. I do X-Ray and Cat Scan and have been there for 17 years. In 2004 I met the love of my life and married Dana in December of 2005. I have my two beautiful daughters Shyanne and Cidney from a previous marriage and I gained two amazing children Dane and Demi with my marriage to Dana. I have been doing taxidermy since I was 16 years old. I don't compete a lot but in 2005 I won the Award of Excellence for Mule Deer and also Best Professional Game head with a Mule deer mount. Over the years I have taken several first place awards in the professional division along with numerous seconds. I have been fortunate enough to travel to many parts of the world hunting all the while gaining knowledge in a variety of different species of animals. In January of 2019 I was blessed with a beautiful grandson Knox!! On October 23rd 2019 I gained my first granddaughter Cooper Lee to Cidney and Cody . My kids have all turned out amazing. Dane is married to Jamie the parents to Knox and they are both rad techs in Grant NE. Shyanne is an art teacher in Maywood NE. and her boyfriend Zane is a heavy equipment mechanic in Curtis Nebraska where they live. Cidney works for Fed Ex and her husband Cody works for Nebraska Bull Service. Demi is a Radiation Therapist in Loveland Colorado, her boyfriend Evan is in Fort Collins getting his PHD in Physics. Dana is a lifelong resident of Ogallala and she has been with Banner Health as a Lab Tech for 30 years. Moose is my Rottweiler, Jax my mini Aussi and Ryker our Bengal cat.
NORTH AMERICAN
SHOULDER MOUNT LIFE SIZE
ANTELOPE AND DEER 900.00 5500-6500
*****WALL PEDESTALS ADD $75.00****
BIG HORN SHEEP 1800.00 7000.00
BEAR BLACK 800.00 5000-6500 1/2 MOUNT $2500-3300
GRIZZLY 1200.00 6500-8500
KODIAK 1500.00 7500-10500
BISON 3400.00 12,500.00
CARIBOU 1350.00 7000.00
SPLIT HORNS 75.00
COYOTE 775.00 1500.00
DALL SHEEP 1800.00 7000.00
ELK 1700.00 9500.00
ELK Bugling 2200.00
***DETACHABLE ANTLERS 150.00 EACH***
JAVELINA 800.00 1450.00
MOUNTAIN GOAT 1000.00 7000.00
MOOSE, CANADIAN 2900.00 10,500.00
ALASKA/YUKON 3200.00 12,500.00
STEER/BULL 2800-3000
**Plus Shipping to and from the beetles to remove horns**
WILD BOAR 850.00 2700.00
MOUNTAIN LION 900.00 4500-5500
FOX 675.00 1300.00
BEAVER 675.00 1300.00
BOBCAT 675.00 1600.00
MINK 800.00
RACCOON 675.00 1300.00
WEASELS 800.00
SQUIRREL 800.00
WOLF 895.00 4500-5500
*****ALL BASE WORK IS PRICED PER PIECE*****
RUGS
BADGER 1200.00
BLACK BEAR 295.00 FT
BROWN BEAR 350.00 FT
***5 FOOT MIN ON BEAR RUGS***
BOBCAT 1250.00
COYOTE 1200.00
FOX 120000
MOUNTAIN LION 250.00 FT
ZEBRA 325.00 FT
WOLF 1800.00
TANNING
ANTELOPE 225.00
BADGER 250.00
BLACK BEAR 135.00 LIN FT
BROWN BEAR 155.00 LIN FT
BEAVER 250.00
BISON 29.00 SQ FT
BOBCAT 250.00
COW/STEER 30.00 SQ FT
COYOTE 225.00
DEER 225.00
ELK 29.00 SQ FT
FOX 185.00
LYNX 295.00
MINK 145.00
RACCOON 225.00
WOLF 115.00 LIN FT
WOLVERINE 250.00
*** FEET $65.00 EXTRA ON SMALL MAMMALS***
AFRICAN AND EXOTICS
SHOULDER MOUNT LIFE SIZE
BABOON 1500.OO 3500.00
BLESBOK 1200.00 4600.00
BONGO 1400.00 6900.00
CAPE BUFFALO 3200.00 12000.00
BUSH BUCK 1200.00 3500.00
FALLOW DEER 850.00 4200.00
DUIKER 750.00 3200.00
ELAND 2900-3500 12000.00
GAZELLES 1300.00 3800.00
GIRAFFE 9500.00 CALL
GEMSBOK 1500.00 5500.00
WARTHOG 1400.00 3500.00
WILDEBEEST 1500.00 6400.00
HARTEBEEST 1500.00 9000.00
HYENA 950.00 4500.00
IMPALA 900.00 3650.00
JACKAL 850.00 2300.00
KLIPSPRINGER 900.00 3000.00
KUDU GREATER 1700.00 9000.00
KUDU LESSER 1500.00 8500.00
LION 2750.00 7300.00
LIONESS 2400.00 7000.00
LEOPARD 1500.00 5000.00
NYALA 1400.00 5000.00
ORIBI 900.00 2000.00
REEDBUCK 1000.00 4000.00
ROAN ANTELOPE 1650.00 8500.00
SABLE ANTELOPE 1650.00 8500.00
SPRINGBOK 950.00 3100.00
STEINBOK 950.00 2800.00
TSESSEBE 1100.00 4700.00
ZEBRA 1950.00 8500.00
DIK DIK 795.00 3500.00
CARACAL CAT 850.00 1875.00
CIVIT CAT 850.00 1800.00
GERENUK 1300.00 4700.00
LECHWE 1200.00 5500.00
EXOTICS
AXIS DEER 850.00 5500.00
BLACK BUCK 875.00 3800.00
CHAMOIS 875.00 3700.00
CORSICAN SHEEP 875.00 3800.00
FALLOW DEER 850.00 4300.00
GOBI SHEEP 950.00 6500.00
BHARAL SHEEP 1200.00 6500.00
IBEX 1200.00 5700.00
MARKHOR 1700.00 7000.00
MOUFLON RAM 875.00 3800.00
MUSK OX 1850.00 6500.00