Expert taxidermists share essential tips for hunters and anglers on how to prepare deer, turkey, and fish for mounting.

I was a few minutes into a fishing conversation with local angler Duane Osgood when I noticed a new fish mount on his office wall. The giant crappie he had caught last winter was eye catching and very ...

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 ...

Frank Kotula of Frank's Wildlife Study in Wilkes-Barre talks March 20, 2026, about what anglers should know if they want to have a fish mounted.

So you’ve caught a big fish through the ice, on a Lake Ontario salmon charter – or just casting off the dock at your favorite lake or pond. You decide to have a trophy mount made of the fish. Now what ...