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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I guess white goes with anything.
But man, if you're talking $5,000 for stuffing, and then you add in a license and guide and travel and stuff, that's an expensive stuffed animal.
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Cabelas was buying all these on the market because at the time they were expanding retail in a big way. Building a pile of stores. Then 2008 happened (to be more accurate, the gas price spike in 2007 happened) and that all stopped. I audited it between 07 and before 08 when the world ended briefly.
They had prices all over the board. They got some stuff bought pretty right, where they were patient and stuff. Other stuff they entered into open auctions and it was more expensive. A lot of stuff they'd go buy a collection, and so there would be a bunch of stuff they couldn't use. Like I said, I'm not nearly an expert.
But if it's worth displaying in a 12 million dollar house, it isn't going to be some deer some hickabilliy killed on the back 40 and got stuffed in the back of some dudes trailer.
There is (or at least was...not really my bag) A LOT of money in taxidermy.