Clete's Taxidermy Studio

12/12/2024

I’ve been playing Santa Claus lately. Missouri whitetail from last archery season, a young man’s skull mount from this archery, and a moose antler mount. I agreed to have these done by Christmas and we made it with a little time to spare.

12/10/2024

PA, archery, 10 point finished recently. If you’re not already, head over to Allegheny Origins and give them a follow. Here’s a link to one of their YouTube videos on the harvest of this buck. https://youtu.be/HeexE96z3lM?feature=shared

12/09/2024

This client brought in his archery buck, (semi sneak head up with the plaque) and while he was here asked if I could redo an old buck of his fathers. He was able to get another buck cape from a friend of his, who recently shot a buck. I removed the antlers from the old mount and remounted them on a newer mount for him. Thanks Dan for the work and shout out to Marlene’s pizza in Nanty Glo.

12/05/2024

I’m no longer accepting work for this season. I thought that by accepting only shoulder mounts I would be able to accommodate everyone but the demand has been way higher than I expected. Whitetail numbers were probably the best I’ve ever had. My turn around time from here is over a year and a half. Thank you so much for all the support!

11/13/2024

Beautiful PA archery 8 point, mounted in a alert upright position, sent home today.

11/12/2024

“Sunday Funday” just got better!

The next THREE SUNDAYS are for hunting! You can hunt all game in season except turkeys and migratory game birds on:

🔸 Sunday, Nov. 17

🔸 Sunday, Nov. 24

🔸 Sunday, Dec. 1

If you’re planning to hunt private land on Sunday, make sure to get a permission slip from the landowner before you go. You can find it in the Hunting & Trapping Digest (pg. 4): https://bit.ly/3Yl9J90.

Let us know what game you’re planning to hunt on Sunday!

Good luck. Have fun. Hunt safely. Thank you for being a Pennsylvania hunter!

11/11/2024

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and are currently serving in our Nation’s military. I just finished this buck and realized it was an appropriate one to share for the occasion. 9 point, PA archery, whitetail, mounted as a wall pedestal. My client is a Marine, and we used a piece of his MARPAT woodland for the pedestal backing.

11/09/2024

One of my favorites for this season so far. Congrats to Brennan and his Dad!

Brennan Luther, 11yrs old, taken 11/7/24 in 2E

11/03/2024

All finished with these two PA eight points from last archery season. The shop has been very busy lately with a lot of nice bucks coming in. Work going out the door slows down this time of year in order to take care of new work coming in. Thanks for your patience.

10/23/2024

Two Wyoming, mule deer, wall pedestals finished and sent home. These two bucks were taken by husband and wife.

10/12/2024

Two Wyoming mule deer finished and sent home this week.

10/05/2024

It’s October already and PA’s archery season is now underway. It was a very busy September and a lot of work has already come in. With the amount of work I still have to do from last year, I’ve decided I will be taking SHOULDER MOUNTS ONLY this season. NO LIFE SIZE projects this year. I have a lot of big life size projects here currently and in order to keep a decent turn around time for my clients, I won’t be accepting more. Thanks for understanding and for all the work. This is a 360lb. male black bear from Jicarilla New Mexico that I completed this week.

09/23/2024

Beautiful colors on this reddish/blonde male coyote. Taken with a bow while archery hunting in PA.

09/15/2024

A couple whitetails finished recently. Two from Kansas and one from PA.

08/29/2024

Two “First bucks” taken by young female hunters finished and sent home.

08/26/2024

Bear rug finished recently.

08/08/2024

Not your typical spring bear, not your typical taxidermy mount either. This baby bear was unfortunately hit and killed on the road. The game commission was called and it was purchased from them. My client also had an idea to incorporate a different kind of art into the piece. The habitat (with the exception of the beehive) is all made of wood, and carved by chainsaw artist Rannels Rustics.

07/29/2024

Two bobcats from Texas finished recently. Custom habitat to hang on the wall, Tom cat on top and the female sitting.