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Midwest Flyway Taxidermy

Our shop focus is on quality, high-end, artistic taxidermy pieces.

01/21/2025

Here's a few custom paint schemes we just finished for our work flow. It's a shirt week around here, with a Texas Predator hunt only days away, but we are fired up to get these birds into production.

Let's take a minute to talk about what goes into our paint jobs. First of, we start with a blank canvas, the white pintail head in the 1st picture is an example. From there, we pull up reference photos of live birds, not the dead bill from a client bird, as that is no longer live reference. We us a mix of powder paints and acrylics to layer and achieve the depth and realism found in nature. As with every aspect of taxidermy, we can never get it perfect, but in striving to continually get it closer, we land on something that is a pleasing version of the real deal.

Even something as subtle as adding a layer of raw umber to a black golden eye bill creates depth and the leathery look they have. It's a fun game we play, trying to hit the mark. Anyway, enjoy your Tuesday and get after it!

01/13/2025

It's been a string of early season birds as of late. Thankfully they are all dead mounts as it allows the client to still display a bird that is full of pin feathers in a way that honors the hunt and the bird. A few of the birds, like the shoveler, and one of the wigeon, were very well plumed. I'm very thankful to have clients that allow for flexibility in their posing as plummage should allows dictate the pose.

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆IMPORTANT☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆FEBRUARY 1ST-we will begin our intake for the season. If you have birds, reach out after the 27th to schedule a drop off.

We also have a limited number of bobcat and other predator slots available. Call for info.

01/11/2025

What makes great taxidermy, simply put, it's getting all the subtle details right. After the anatomy is correct, and the skin is properly aligned and groomed, creating convincing finish work that gives the illusion of life-like appearance takes it over the top. We are striving for that with each mount. Here is an example of some cast feet for a wigeon. They are molded from a fresh bird, and then cast out of plastic, that is custom colored. From there, all the feet are custom painted to match reference pictures. We still have plenty of improvements to make, but these feet are a great step in raising the bar for our clients.

11/01/2024

We are nearly done with all 2023 deer and bear. Here is a few that were just finished up.

09/02/2024

Happy Labor Day! It's a holiday that now only signifies the upcoming hunting seasons for myself now that I am out of the teaching field. It used to have a much different feel...🤣

Anyway, time for an update. I have been slowly but surely working away at orders. Each one gets my full attention when I am creating your work of art. That said, I'm behind. I had an opportunity to expand my other business that began in 2001, Putnam Exteriors LLC, and when I say it went well, I mean it. We are finally at a point in which I have hired the right employees for our team and there's a balance. This has allowed me to be more productive in the shop. Some of you might be frustrated that this competing interest has slowed progress, but I can assure you that it is the best thing for you. All of the training and quality you see is a result of my success in roofing and siding. Without that, I could never afford to be a starving artist. Lol. That said, I have some incredible trainings on the slate and I cannot wait to up my game further for you.
If you could like our Exterior business page, we would appreciate that in a major way as we grow it. And if you ever need those services, rest assured we are really good at what we do there as well. The details matter no matter what we do!

Moving forward, I will be reaching out to customers when their turn is coming up. We will take the remaining balance prior to starting your project, to avoid some long wait times on payments that have been a bit too frequent this year. If you are not able to swing it, we will work through the line up and reach out again. This will ensure you aren't pressed for time to get here immediately while at the same time we are being compensated for the work in a predictable way.

As always, if anyone has changed their mind, we can get your bird(s) back to you. I know it can be hard to wait when you are excited.

Thanks!

02/24/2024

This cool pack mount is all finished up. I need one with a mule deer. Check out the subtle detail in the close ups.

02/15/2024

We made some progress on a really cool customer piece. This head was molded and we were able to use the original teeth from the coyote for a truly authentic and accurate mount. The base flesh color will take paint and create a soft natural look. I'm very excited to finish this one up!

02/13/2024

Daggers for days on this old boy! He will be displayed from this angle to show off those weapons of mass destruction. Only 1 turkey to go!

02/08/2024

Gobbling Tom on the stand today. There's a fair amount of work to go but he's taking shape nicely!

01/31/2024

We are sooo close to finishing the 2022-23 work. This scarred up brute is one of them. If you are in that group, know we will be doing your project shortly. This includes turkeys!

01/30/2024

Set up a turkey saddle this am before starting on a deer mount. This one is gonna look super cool with that smooth roll on the back!

01/17/2024

Check out the detail in these custom cast oldsquaw feet. They paint up so nice and absolutely zero shrinkage or heavy painted look. These suckers are raising the bar in the industry for obvious reasons. We now have mallard, wood duck, wigeon, pintail, cinnamon teal, bufflehead, harlequin, scaup, ringneck, and oldsquaw.

01/16/2024

Here's a fitting scene given the current weather we are in. This Buffy and Goldeneye are finally seeing the thaw after some frigid weather. Hopefully we can say the same soon!

01/13/2024

Back in the shop after a little duck hunting trip to South Texas. Finish work on this mouflon is complete and we prepped 2 oldsquaw for mounting.

01/03/2024

It's been a bit since I shared. Here's some of the recent activity. We started off the new year with a family mount. The ram is my son's from Hawaii. He's only been asking for it to be done since the day we got back in the summer of 2022 🤣. Here's to a productive year of knocking out goals and bettering ourselves as a result.

12/23/2023

This ol boy is heading home today. I love everything about the feel of this piece. From the dew on the corn stubble to the attitude of the tom sneaking in to inspect the scene. Turkey season is only a few months away!

12/20/2023

Check out the depth and realism in these cast bufflehead feet we molded and poured in the shop this week. We are actively building our mold library with the goal of including these in all our customer mounts as time goes on.

12/15/2023

Finally Friday, or is it Pheasant Phriday? 🤷 It's been a productive week already with several geese, a cool Light colored pheasant, and several custom bases built. There's a cool bufflehead pair in the works right now. I will share the full story on that in a future post.

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15747 W Holt Road
Brooklyn, WI

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