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21316 Highway 86
Cambridge Springs, PA 16403
(Please call or text to arrange an appointment)
(724) 854-2639
Happy Friday, folks!
I just wanted to give you all a little update before we launch into Christmas week.
I caught a nasty bug sometime around Tuesday and I’ve been down and out since then. I will not be available for pickups or drop offs today, as I’m taking it easy, resting up, and trying to beat this thing before the holidays.
As soon as I’m back on my feet, I’ll be hitting it hard to prep, mount, and finish mammals and waterfowl that I took in during the 2023 season. I suspect I’ll be entirely finished with them around the end of January, though some may trickle into February
Here’s to an awesome Christmas and New Year for all of us!
** I mounted the handsome buck in this photo on Monday before I started feeling crummy ** ... See MoreSee Less
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Take care an get well. Merry Christmas .
Yesterday, Ashley and I attended a benefit dinner/ raffle in Ohio that was hosted by a few of my amazing clients.
It was an awesome time meeting new folks and catching up with old friends. And while we were there, I mounted this studly February buck from last season! I wish I had taken more photos, but at least we got a few of the finished mount 😎 ... See MoreSee Less
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Awesome!! Thanks for sharing.
Over 1,500 followers!! 🤯
I’d like to send up a big thank you to my Facebook gang for the support. Folks have asked what I do to advertise. The answer is, very little. I have a business sign out front, I try to keep my Facebook page active and entertaining, and referrals/word of mouth does the rest of the work.
Below are a few deer I’ve recently mounted, hot off the press. After this weekend I will be finished mounting whitetail from the 2023 season. For the rest of December, through January, and possibly into February, I’ll be working on the rest of the mammals (and ducks) I took in during the 2023 season. That includes black bears, coyotes, squirrels, a bobcat, and a handful of ducks. Then, once finished with all of that, lll move to work on turkeys from last spring 🤘🏼 ... See MoreSee Less
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I enjoy seeing pictures of your work!
Awesome!! Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing. 👍👍
Enjoy all your work an pictures, someday I will get one worthy of mounting
Yesterday I had 7 deer dropped off including this gigantic main frame 8. Congratulations Dave Bastow on a beautiful Pa rifle buck!
Before I head back to the shop to cape the few that were frozen, I’d like to congratulate and thank all of the folks who support my business in one way or another. You’ve all helped make this taxidermy dream a reality. Not only am I able to run my own business, but it’s a booming one at that. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all! After yesterday, the total antlered critter tally reached 86. It’s gonna be a busy spring, summer, and fall bringing them all back to life! ... See MoreSee Less
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Folks, PLEASE, please, please.. If you can not bring me a critter within 1-2 days of harvesting it, get it in a chest freezer and then bring it to the shop when you’re able. Even in cool temperatures, I’ve seen capes go bad in 3-4 days when the temperature is above freezing.
When a cape is unfrozen, bacteria will start to do its thing and decomposition essentially begins. At that point, any mammal skin runs the risk of “hair slipping.” This is a taxidermy term for hair falling out. Slipping can be in small patches, like the cape in this photo. Or it can be at a much larger scale where the cape is no longer useable.
I make this post because I’ve caped a few deer in the past two weeks that were left out for too long and had a funky smell to them. Nothing is worse than getting notified by your tannery that a deer cape is losing all of its hair. So don’t let that be your cape! ... See MoreSee Less
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Found this out the hard way last year
You can also have some hide lock on hand to make sure your trophy is safe. www.velvetantlertechnologies.com/products/hidelok-game-hide-preservative
Snowy photo shoots 👌🏼 📸 🦌 ... See MoreSee Less
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The whitetail train is trudging forward, even with all of this snow! Congratulations Justin and Darrin! Hard to beat a father, son double up (and this is Justin’s *dad’s* first whitetail ever!)🤘🏼🦌
❗️❗️In case anyone was wondering, I am absolutely still taking whitetail. Tell your friends 🤣❗️❗️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Today has been a good day! We did some doe patrol, taking 2 doe from the property out back. Then I took in a drake mallard and 3 whitetails!
One of those bucks belongs to this young man. Another first buck we’ll be working on! Congratulations Nolan and Kyle! The Snows getting it done in the snow 🤘🏼🦌 ... See MoreSee Less
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Along with producing quality taxidermy work, I feel like educating clients is an important part of my job. I want folks to know the difference between a great, mediocre, and poorly done mount.
The pics below are the eye and nose detail of a buck I had mounted for me in 2011 (by what was considered a quality taxidermist in northeast Ohio) and a buck I sent home 3 weeks ago.
I won’t blab on about all the difference, but to me, it’s pretty evident when compared side by side. ... See MoreSee Less
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And that's why I go to you my friend
#finishworkmatters This guy's nose would be fun
My first mount looks like shit compared to yours and I can’t unsee it lol. Biggest thing that jumps out at me when I walk past them, tear ducts. Why is that a detail I pick out and see???? No idea but I can’t unsee it now lol
Night and day difference my guy!! Solid work