Dhaseleer Taxidermy LLC

Dhaseleer Taxidermy LLC Open for business. 35 years experience in taxidermy
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Finishing up this big bear rug today.
04/27/2024

Finishing up this big bear rug today.

Checking alignment of pupils before they dry in place.
04/09/2024

Checking alignment of pupils before they dry in place.

Nearly 11pm, I guess I should call it a day.
04/09/2024

Nearly 11pm, I guess I should call it a day.

Working on a bear today and this happened. 😧
04/08/2024

Working on a bear today and this happened. 😧

04/05/2024

Doesn't look like a fair fight. Probably killed them both.

Big bear
04/05/2024

Big bear

Closed mouth bear rug in progress.
04/03/2024

Closed mouth bear rug in progress.

Deer capes tanned today.
04/02/2024

Deer capes tanned today.

Redhead duck
04/01/2024

Redhead duck

I was wondering what that itch was? 🤔 🦌 ticks.
03/24/2024

I was wondering what that itch was? 🤔 🦌 ticks.

$507.49 shipping + $107.49 sales tax for 2 bear manikins and some carving foam. 1/2 body bear manikin $804. Small full b...
03/21/2024

$507.49 shipping + $107.49 sales tax for 2 bear manikins and some carving foam.
1/2 body bear manikin $804.
Small full body bear manikin $673.
Crazy

03/20/2024

Life is a series of repairs

03/19/2024

29" walleye tanning

Blackish coyote
03/18/2024

Blackish coyote

03/18/2024

Definitely a cougar 😆

Red coyote
03/18/2024

Red coyote

Redhead duck landing
03/16/2024

Redhead duck landing

Beautiful coat on this bear
03/13/2024

Beautiful coat on this bear

45 pound coyote
03/13/2024

45 pound coyote

Worked on a whole sleuth of bears today.
03/12/2024

Worked on a whole sleuth of bears today.

Tried my luck on the Jordan River today. The fish didn't cooperate but the weather was great.
03/11/2024

Tried my luck on the Jordan River today. The fish didn't cooperate but the weather was great.

03/10/2024

A little faunal analysis

Working on this Hungarian partridge today. Coming together well considering it has 2 broken wings and 3 broken legs.
03/08/2024

Working on this Hungarian partridge today. Coming together well considering it has 2 broken wings and 3 broken legs.

16 inch perch
03/06/2024

16 inch perch

Finished this 35" steelhead today.
03/06/2024

Finished this 35" steelhead today.

03/05/2024

Drying and softening bear hides after tanning. Hides to be made into rugs, life-size, and half body mounts.

Fun day on the ice, 35 perch between 8 and 12 inches, a pike and a catfish.
02/26/2024

Fun day on the ice, 35 perch between 8 and 12 inches, a pike and a catfish.

3 days of painting on this steelhead, still a long way to go.
02/24/2024

3 days of painting on this steelhead, still a long way to go.

Taxidermy field trip
02/20/2024

Taxidermy field trip

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15794 Paddock Road
Charlevoix, MI
49720

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 8pm
Sunday 9am - 8pm

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Life is a series of repairs

29" walleye tanning

Definitely a cougar 😆

A little faunal analysis

Drying and softening bear hides after tanning. Hides to be made into rugs, life-size, and half body mounts.

Crappie painting video
Crappie painting video

Painting a crappie (spot pattern)

Removing deer brains using a simple mind blowing technique.

Homesteaders Christmas 🎄

Lake trout skin after degreasing. I was able to restore most of the faded, blotchy areas back to normal. This will improve how the paint is applied for greater detail.

Almost done

After 6 days soaking at 100 degrees, it is time for some power washing. Then 15 days of degreasing in heated water, soap, and ammonia with multiple water changes. Then the whitening process begins with a soak in heated peroxide. Teeth and bone seams are then glued and a hanger attached. No boiling involved. Believe me $150 is not too much for the effort, equipment and techniques involved, not to mention the stress and smell 😆

Fishing the shallow flats near Boca Grande, Florida.

Even the shrew is unhappy with the snow conditions

Pike and walleye season ends March 15th

Finished this 4 year old male mountain lion today. Painted the cats face and mouth, repaired alterations made to the rock and tree limb and then painted them to blend in.

Fleshing foxes and coyotes on a rotory fleshing machine. Fox have extremely thin skins, kind of like removing one layer of a two ply paper towel. I keep reminding myself to go light and easy! Every type of skin has a different feel and varies also with the time of year, a deer during September will flesh entirely different from a deer in November. Fleshing takes a great deal of concentration and can take years to master. It is extremely important on how a skin is handled before fleshing, air dried hard spots, poor skinning, dried blood clots, freezer burn, all contribute to giving me a bad day.

So far so good 😃 Sometimes I wonder what I have gotten myself into 🤣

Video of sturgeon after cleaning off mud and slim you can see the details of the skin. The skin has 3 rows of Spikes the length of the back and sides and rougher than 60 grit sandpaper when you run your hand head to tail it feels smooth but you cannot go the other way even the fins feel like sandpaper.

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