Outdoor Passions Taxidermy

07/13/2024

The left will stop at nothing to keep this man from being our president. I cannot wait to vote for him.

11/04/2023

We are excited to begin working with new clients from Northern Michigan. If you know anyone looking for a taxidermist, please point them out way. Also please like, follow, and share this page. Here are some mounts from the last few years….

09/12/2023

We have the shop finished at our new location in Cheboygan Michigan. We will begin taking a limited amount of clients very soon. We’ve been getting a lot of mounts finished up and sent home recently.

02/13/2023

We are officially closed at our Cody Wyoming shop. We are in the process of relocating to Cheboygan Michigan. We will resume taking taxidermy orders when we get settled around the beginning of June. For those customers who would like to continue to use our services, we are able to ship anywhere in the lower 48 so keep us in mind. Thanks for your business.

02/01/2023

If you are looking for a great bird taxidermist, look no further. Adam Hagenston, in Billings Montana has done all our bird work for clients and my own birds. He is talented, quick turnaround time, quality work, and a very honest guy. I’ve known him for 20 years before we both retired from the military. He picks up and delivers in a large area between Billings MT and Cody WY. I will post several
Of his recent mounts in the comments. Tell him I sent you. His page says Michigan, but he is in Billings. His number and instagram info is the best way to reach him.

https://www.facebook.com/HagenstonTaxidermy?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Hagenston Taxidermy is a state and federally licensed bird taxidermist business based out of Billing

12/01/2022

11/20/2022

If anyone has a set of antlers or horns from deer/elk/antelope/ moose and many others, we have a stockpile of replacement capes. We are offering a 30 day turnaround on most mounts and the replacement capes are sold at cost. Let us know if you would like more information or a quote.

11/20/2022

Skinned 2 antelope, and elk, and a mule deer for mounts today. I can’t remember the last day I didn’t skin at least one critter. Turning into a pretty good season so far for taxidermy.

11/20/2022

We even put the legs to use on his Whitetail!

10/22/2022

Just wanted to remind everyone we are open full time and accepting mounts. We are caught up with our backlog and offering quick turnaround times. We have implemented some cost saving measures and are happy to keep our prices the same as last season despite rising material costs. Please share our page and get the word out that we are still open.

10/01/2022

Have you or your children got their first antelope? Doe or buck we mount them all. Drop by or give us a call! Let us help you remember those memories by mounting your trophy!

09/30/2022

Taking in some decent antelope this week even though I’ve been sick. Shop definitely smells like antelope. I really appreciate my loyal customers who come back year after year.

09/11/2022

Just wanted to let everyone know we are open for business. We will be limiting how many projects we take in this fall in order to be able to maintain quicker turnaround times. If you have been a client in the past please consider us for your next project, and be sure to tell your friends. Good luck this season!

07/25/2022

A beautiful archery Wyoming whitetail headed home today. Nothing like short hair and big antlers. We are still open, so looking forward to archery deer and antelope work coming up very soon.

07/16/2022

Hope everyone is having a good summer. We’ve been busy in the shop and keep getting mounts finished. If you have a trophy being mounted with us, you should be hearing from us soon. Here are a few recent projects in progress

05/30/2022

Remember why you have a 3 day weekend!

01/27/2022

Been a busy few weeks in the shop getting mounts out the door. Had a few really cool critters to work on. All are in progress at the moment, lots more coming up.

01/15/2022

We are busy getting mounts finished up and out the door. Here are some recent projects finished or in progress. Thanks for supporting us!

11/02/2021

I’d like to take a minutes to thank my amazing following of customers and friends. We have just went through a very severe case of Covid that pretty much took me out of the game for a full 2 weeks. During this time we were still somehow able to take in record levels of animals to be mounted. Referrals and people switching from other local shops to us has been huge. We now have more work in the books than any time in our 15 year history. Next week we start a full time taxidermist so that we can continue to meet rising demands and keep our turnaround times 4-6 months. During the illness we got a little behind and are working 16+ hours a day to catch up. If you are due a mount soon be expecting a call from us. Thanks for your support in making our dream a success! We appreciate each and every client and referral!

10/10/2021

We wanted to take a minute and say thank you to all of our loyal customers. We are off to a record-breaking year for the shop already, and we couldn’t do it without the referrals and recommendations of our customers. We are looking to hire a helper in the shop to help us keep up with the increased workload. We hope everyone has a great hunting season, and we appreciate your continued sharing of our page and references. Here’s a deer just finished up and a 10’ Brown bear we just got in for a lifesize mount.

09/19/2021

Just got back to the shop after a quick break to hunt Moose in Alaska. It was a great hunt. Got my second bull moose ever, this one is 53” and is a great trophy! First hunt with my new 300PRC from Gunwerks. The gun did amazing. Got a ton of skins back from the tannery and forms from the supplier when I was gone. We are refreshed and ready to start getting a bunch of mounts done.

09/03/2021

3 freshly mounted turkeys headed home shortly! Between these, several lifesize mounts, and taking in Bighorn Sheep and bears, we are pretty busy. Enjoy your long weekend. We will be around the shop to take in any animals all weekend.

09/01/2021

A nice Mule Deer and a Walleye went home today! Many more mounts on deck for the next 2 weeks.

08/28/2021

A lot of mounts are being completed and picked up. This Mountain Lion is going home this afternoon. He doesn’t look as happy as the client is about this!

07/29/2021

Hope everyone had had a great summer. Also hope everyone drew some good tags and will have a good hunting season. I wanted to let everyone know that Covid has had quite an impact on the taxidermy world. More people than ever before have been out hunting and bringing their trophies in to be mounted. At the same time demand for supplies has gone through the roof and suppliers have been struggling to keep up. As we all have seen, finding enough employees to work has been a struggle. The biggest impact has been the tanneries turnaround time for getting skins back to me. They are taking about 8 months right now on tans. I normally offer a 4-6 month turnaround. Right now I am running between 10-12 months. I’m getting them done as fast as possible without sacrificing quality. Please be patient and know we will get to your trophy and give it the same attention to detail that brought you to our shop to begin with.

06/23/2021

We are working through mounts just about as fast as the tannery is getting the skins back. Here’s one of 6 antelope finished up this week.

06/17/2021

Delivered this custom elk mount last night. Wish I would have taken better pictures. Detachable antlers allowed us to get him into a basement.

05/23/2021

Been getting a ton of mounts finished up. Sent this bear home today.

04/22/2021

Just finished a pretty neat pack frame black bear. The client made the pack herself. They found the moose paddle during the hunt as well. It tells a pretty cool story for her first bear and first taxidermy mount. These kind of projects are fun to work on.