One of the guys I use is probably one of the best in the nation.
Predators and cats in particular are the most difficult animal for taxidermists to get right.
This lion won the taxidermy world championships a few years ago.
You will not find a more well done cat that this anywhere.
He went to such extrenes as to skin the lion's tongue and custom tan it as to acheive anitomical perfection as opposed to using the run of the mill plastic ones used by commercial taxidermists.
Two years ago I had him do this Monster Lynx, he had to alter a small mountain lion form to fit as no one makes a Lynx form that was big enough.
Being such a spectacular specimen, he decided to make a competition piece of it.
The mount took second place at the Championship in Reno that year.
It truly looks like a live cat, near perfection.
He won this division with this gorgeous Stone Sheep.
His prices may run off the average Joe, but when you demand true excellence there are few options.
There is good taxidermy, then there is world class taxidermy.
Top judges going over the entire piece with a magnifying glass.
Sol,
Is there anyone else that you would have mount that monster steelhead than Dave?
I don't think so.