Bowmans Taxidermy Bundaberg

06/02/2025

This weeks project was skinning, tanning and mounting a Western QLD boar delivered last week. Typical of those smaller sized boars with sharp tusks from the St George area caught by dogs in 40 degree heat.

31/01/2025

It’s not very often that a boar of this size comes into the shop. Especially one shot by bow, but this huge Cape York boar is mounted as a wall pedestal mount with relief off the wall on one side, dropped leg and attitude.

11/01/2025

After some difficult stitching of the dorsal cut because of the antlers laid back and access from the side, I finally put this together on Friday after about 5hrs work. The heavy skin needs to be held in place until the glue sets up and keeps the detail etc. the inside of the mouth will be detailed and finished only when the skin is completely dry and hard. Until then he sits on my bench roaring at the roof each day!

11/01/2025

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by our local Courier Mail about the full mount Boar in the Grand Hotel. A really good, informative and unbiased article about Taxidermy and feral animals, hopefully the public see this as the art form it is.

27/12/2024

Here’s a progress post of a huge NSW red stag I will be putting together in a couple of weeks time. As it was shot during the roar in April my client chose an open mouth mount in Pedestal form to fully display those antlers and replicate the roaring position they are so well known for.

14/12/2024

30/11/2024

A few months ago I was commissioned to make a boar mount in 2 halves to be displayed in an historic Pub in Childers QLD. The front half will be separated by a wall to the back end, a lot of pig hunters visit the Grand Hotel on their way north so the mount will get a lot of attention and has been a talking point since it was first caught back in August. I will deliver it next Wed and apparently the local newspaper want to do a feature story for the pub.

29/09/2024

Another local boar mount completed last week.

29/09/2024

Sometimes a wall mount just isn’t enough to really show off a trophy. Some creative rock making and habitat and a nice base complete the mount

08/09/2024

Sometimes the best way to display a trophy is not on the wall. Here I made a rock with a fixed rod inside to swivel the mount in different directions if needed. Add a bit of grass or plants to the final display to finish it off next week.

28/08/2024

Here’s a local boar just finished at Bundaberg. About 120kg and a nice Ginger colour with pretty decent tusks

04/07/2024

Bowmans Taxidermy has been producing quality mounts for 30 years, often from other countries and here in Aus. Attention to detail and creative talent assures your trophy will be one you are proud of forever

14/06/2024

With a good weather window I did a 39km solo run out to a reef and bagged out on the Spanish mackerel after 10 mins( only 1 per angler) so fished the bottom for 5 great Venus tusk fish and some sea bream. Trigger fish were in plagues so I had to wait for a decent fish to find the bait before the triggers did.

31/05/2024

Today we launched from 1770 and despite the crap conditions headed to Bustard Head. Water was 21.6 degrees and we got soaked before getting there. Put 2 lures out and trolled up 2 mac tuna so headed East around 3 rock atolls. First 2 had nothing but the last one was loaded with bait and Spanish mackerel. So proud of Carlie to weather the rough seas and still catch her own Spanish. Her first and biggest fish she has caught. Plenty of sign on the bottom but the conditions worsened so we headed back with bag limit.

22/05/2024

This large boar will be a feature at the Grand Hotel Childers

09/05/2024

This beautiful chital stag is the first for the lucky hunter who won a trip with Dan Evan Smith safaris last year. They make the best looking deer mounts

11/04/2024

Finally the rut is in full swing here, heaps of quality bucks getting around and the cold mornings are noisy as hell until about 7.30am. It’s been 2 years since I shot a buck with a recurve and this average buck is the first with my Great Plains ebony and cocobolo 45lb shooting 340 spine carbon arrows and Kayuga 125gn heads

07/02/2024

Here’s a neat 13 point red stag headed back to NSW for a lucky hunter. Bowmans Taxidermy Bundaberg