Kindred Spirits Taxidermy

06/30/2024

06/07/2024

Three more deer shoulders out the door and fish for Rick Stoermer

06/07/2024

Pick up day is so awesome, love seeing happy customers . Roger Koopman mount .

04/24/2024

Turkey beard display board
Oak lazer design
$40

03/31/2024

Favorite pike mount, reproduction

03/30/2024

Way to go Josh!!! Cool mounts!!

01/24/2024

Just finished earmuffs, I have coyote and beaver so far.
Mittens - coyote and beaver
Hats - Racoon, coyote, beaver and soon fox
Working in shop on full body mammals
Right now , bobcats, coyotes, otter, beaver,
Fox and mink. Sewing on hats and mittens etc at night.

10/13/2023

Well I will still need to play with his feathers a little bit more but
I’m happy with his pose .

10/12/2023

Keeping caught up always!!!
Working on waterfowl, turkeys, and yes —
Barred Owl for Warren County Conservation , and still loving it since -
1993!!!
Sneak peak work in progress-

10/04/2023

Hours- 8-3:30 M-F
Other times and days by appointment

Call me if you need me or have questions.
Thank you to all my customers .
319-759-1045

Webpage under construction at present.

07/26/2023

Loved this one

04/15/2023

Found some photos for you , Heather.

04/15/2023

Reminiscing through photos and enjoying cool mounts.

04/01/2023

Loved fishing there,
Four days and they did all the filleting and freezing
Took home ice chest full of heaven !!!!!!

03/30/2023

I could not resist!!

03/30/2023

I’m proud of my grads, who have gone on to do great things.
TEACH always says, “Success does not come to you!!! - You go to it”…..!
Example: Jordan Hackl
Jordan began taxidermy lessons with me eleven years ago.
Granted he has worked extremely hard to get his just appraisal at this point in his young life, but I think I remember saying at one point , I will one day say I knew him when. When he was a struggling beginner, at “Lake Fork Taxidermy “.
So proud of you , Jordan. Now judging and teaching at the Ohio Taxidermy Show this coming weekend. I so wish I could be a mouse in the corner and watch him at a distance. Best of luck to you, as always,
TEACH. JoAnn Waddell

03/30/2023

Johnna Knapp
Iowa State taxidermy winner,
First mounts!!!!! Win third place ribbons ,
Unbelievable!! But good work as a beginner she entered in the professional category
Not amateur.

03/30/2023

You will be glad that happened!!!!!
At school, anyway, cause now you know what to do!!!
I like to ask former students to remind me of their experience when their TEACH said to them “you’ll be glad that happened”…..
Here are a few examples:

03/30/2023

And , first time competitor , Johnna Latty Knapp, three - 3rd place ribbons in professional category . Whitetail Pack mount, bass in splash habitat, and migratory bird categories. Photos to follow

03/30/2023

Need to shout out about recent grads , winners at Iowa state taxidermy competition.
Mike McCarty - Best of Fish category
First place -Fish reproduction-Walleye

02/24/2023

Proud of you, Jordan, great to see this!!

12/18/2022

Choose your wood ,wall mount or table mounting panels,, $60 each

12/06/2022

My old number is not good anyway ,
319-759-1045
New number .

11/30/2022

Well I am feeling like channeling Jerome Sokolick today.
I have very fond memories of him, saying pull up a stool and pay attention. He was pretty cool.

11/04/2022

Interesting European skull mounts lately.

03/06/2022

I heard from Bruce Bailey yesterday,
I trained him years ago, looking for a mature elk cape , for a customer mount.. anyone out there know of a suitable cape for sale let me know. Thank you.