Truman Lake Taxidermy

Hunters make sure to leave plenty of cape so I can give you a quality full shoulder mount.

This shows how I do ears it's not uncommon for their to be a RIP in the thin ear skin but no big deal with the finished product you can't tell it ever had a RIP the one step I didnt show is ruffing up the earlier and putting glue on it with red tinted paint. I also paint over it with a touch of white after drying.

Some timber rattlers I tanned these were killed by neighbors

Had a customer cape a deer out . I usually just chuckle caping is what I do after they leave. Every once in awhile someone actually tries to do just that cape one out and almost everytime they create more work for me. This customer actually did fairly well But they split down the back I use a short Y incision so I turned it inside out and pre-sewed it after trimming for the ragged cut which shortened the cape 1 inch.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone

A special thanks to all our veterans out there. I will offer a $50 dollar discount to any veteran or active military for any full shoulder mount this deer season. Thanks so much for all you do and have done to preserve our way of life.

Truman Lake Taxidermy would like to wish all the youth deer hunters the best of luck. I will take $50 dollars off the cost of a shoulder mount for any deer brought to me by a kid this youth season.

I am going to have some contests to give customers opportunities to save money on quality mounts. The first is a, ‘guess the score contest’, on a monster buck t...aken by my good friend Vernon Ullrich in Ozark Missouri in 2018. The person who guesses the score closest in inches both gross and net and likes and shares the page will get 50% off a full shoulder deer mount for themselves or an immediate family member for a deer harvest in the 2019-20 deer season. I am charging $450.00 this year so that is a savings of $225.00 You must also put your guess both for gross and net in remarks on the page. I will even give you a couple of hints. The tip to tip measurement is 11 and 7/8 the greatest spread is 20 1/8 the buck has 6 scorable points on the right antler and 9 scorable points on the left antler. The first circumference of the left antler is a whopping 6 0/8. I am an official scorer for both, Missouri Show-Me Big Bucks and Archery Big Bucks of Missouri, if you need to have a buck scored, I would be happy to do it for you. their is never a charge for scoring antlers. I will have more contests with opportunities to save money in the coming weeks so stay tuned. Remember you must like and share the page to be entered I will post a copy of the official score sheet after the 2019-20 season has concluded on January 15. See more

I purchased one of these machines at the Missouri taxidermy show in August I used it to add realism to Doug's bear mount.

here are a few pics of the bear Doug and I Put together I mounted the bear Doug helped me with the habitat base.

I am a registered scorer for Missouri Show-me big bucks and Archery Big Bucks of Missouri the only one in St.Clair county. All scorers are volunteer we never ch...arge for our services. I would be happy to score a buck for you if you need it. I am not a registered scorer for Boone and Crocket or Pope and Young but can put you in touch with someone that is if you need it. It cost a lot to get registered and certified to be a scorer for those clubs. I may try to do that at some point but not now. my number is 417-399-5767 Here is a run down of the minimum scores needed to enter these clubs. typical non-typical Boone and crocket 170 195 Pope and Young 125 155 Muzzle loading rifle assoc. 130 160 Mo. Show-Me Big Buck Club 140 155 Show-Me Big Buck (shed) 60 70 Archery Big Bucks of Mo. 115 135 See more