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My story is ultimately one of being blessed to be here...and completely baffled as to why I am still here at all. In the metric of 9 lives, mine have been used up long ago and yet, here I am. Through a career in the Army and 12 more years as a defense contractor, I probably set the conditions myself

I am considering offering a 2 day hands-on workshop on Water and Snow/Ice habitats. Workshop cost is $350 per person which includes wood bases and all materials for 2 habitats…1 water scene and 1 snow scene. Workshop will be part of summer schedule. June-September Max student load is 6. Minimum t

On taxidermy competitions… I personally have not competed in well over 20 years and I will likely never compete again. I do believe, however, that my best work is still ahead of me. There is no question though that no matter what I do in the future, it is those years in the past in which I did compe

From the last newsletter…Wood duck eye rings for all you duck heads! https://www.taxidermytech.com/newsletter BTW… This method is very common and the only consistent method I have employed over the last 30 years. But there are other ways to do eye rings and I will cover some of them in future tutori

Savannah doing her skin mount…On Monday she made a top and side template of her bass and then skinned, fleshed and preserved the skin. Today she took her template and carved a custom s-curve form, which fit perfectly on the first test fit with no further adjustment required! She then mounted the fis

Summer Program for kids We get more calls than you would think asking if we had programs for younger children...I have received calls about children as young as 8 years old. Just yesterday I had a message from a Mother in South Florida with a child turning 10 that had been asking for months to lear

https://www.facebook.com/groups/taxidermytech/posts/1478496256023879/ It has been said in many ways...Successful people are ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. If you have decided to compete in a taxidermy competition and you are not pushing the limits of your comfort zon

Bird fleshers coming! I have said it before but we have finally started building bird fleshers and will have them available soon. These are rectangular machines at 24” x 16” x 6” and epoxy coated for easy clean up. The wheel is slightly above center for working larger birds and will have an optional

The April Newsletter will be out Monday!

Lifetone paints are available in full stock at Jim Allred Taxidermy Supply. If anyone has recently tried to purchase them through McKenzie you will notice they aren’t even visible on the website, that’s because they have a 9 month wait!

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Savannahs Redfish…and her bonus frog! We did not get to cast the frog but she did get a beautiful mold of it and will cast it after she gets back home to Naples. I will post the final picture of her mounts in the next few days. Great week of training…1 skin mount bass, 1 custom replica Peacock bass