SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was contacted by the Delbridge Museum of Natural History in June about recommendations for its taxidermy collection, said Dan Coil of the ...

Editor’s note: For 2021, Jordan Rodriguez’s fishing column will appear twice a month in the Idaho Statesman and at IdahoStatesman.com. Fish taxidermy has fascinated me from an early age. Seeing a huge ...

I can’t help but imagine that most fishermen and women, at least once in their lives, has caught at least one fish that was special enough to consider getting it mounted. To some anglers the quest for ...

Years ago, when Dalton Jeffers participated with his dad in Take Your Child to Work Day, he simply headed to a studio inside their house, filled with deer, geese and fish. At age 8, Dalton completed ...

In this age of "catch & release," more and more anglers are working hard to conserve more and more fish. Biologists say that in many cases catch & release may not help fishing populations as much as ...

A well-made fish trophy — like this 30-inch trout mounted by Tall Tale Taxidermy — is a memento that will last a lifetime. Jordan Rodriguez Every angler dreams of landing a once-in-a-lifetime kind of ...

In death they hope to capture a moment in life. •Two African lions, ripping and clawing each other in battle. •A monster striped bass surging through a school of terrified baitfish. •A hunk of wood ...

From fish carvings to crocodile mounts, the Wyoming Association of Taxidermy Artists' annual convention next weekend in Casper will showcase some of the West's finest mounts. The convention is a way ...

Animal taxidermy mounts at Willamette Fish Hatchery. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) is a close second to the Bonneville Fish Hatchery, 40 miles east of Portland, as the most visitor friendly hatchery ...

Most Minnesota taxidermists must be generalists, adept at big-game, fish and bird mounts. In 2014, there were 687 licensed taxidermists in Minnesota. Adam Zwick worked as a carpenter before he became ...

From fish carvings to crocodile mounts, the Wyoming Association of Taxidermy Artists' annual convention next weekend in Casper will showcase some of the West's finest mounts. The convention is a way ...