I decided to contact a taxidermist near me to see if he had any scrap pieces of deer or elk that he would be willing to sell me. He replied that he had a huge box and to stop in sometime and we could work something out. I stopped by today and he was not kidding about a huge box. The box was 3ft by 2ft by 4ft and filled with deer, elk, some kudu, and some zebra hide. I started looking through it and picked a few pieces out that I wanted. He said he would sell to me for $5 a piece, then he started taking more pieces out and I ended up with 5 pieces and some small scraps. He ended up telling me $20 total for the pieces. Here is what I ended up with. The business card in the middle is for scale.
The top left is scrap from a steer hide, the left edge moving down into the bottom is elk, and the rest is deer. I'm going to have deer hair for a LONG time.
Josh
