Legacy Taxidermy

09/27/2021

09/27/2021

12/24/2020

Having trouble with the live.

12/24/2020

Thank you to everyone for a great year. We greatly appreciate all of your business. Still have a little space for a few more.

12/23/2020

We will be going live at 8:00 pm to do the drawing for the Whitetail Shoulder Mount Giveaway! Good luck to everyone!

10/30/2020

Best of luck to all the Young hunters this weekend. Any youth deer brought in by Monday afternoon will receive $35 discount.

10/21/2020

One of the biggest bodied bucks I've seen dropped off today. Going to make a stud of a mount

10/18/2020

**FREE WHITETAIL SHOULDER MOUNT**

We will be holding a drawing for a free shoulder mount of your choice. Each deer dropped for a shoulder mount will be entered. Refer a friend and they mention you, you get another entry. If you are drawn you will receive your deposit back and your shoulder mount will be completely covered. Drawing will be held December 23, 2020. Good luck to everyone.

10/06/2020

Attention all hunters!! If you’re looking for a place to take your trophies this season don’t hesitate to let us preserve them for you! If you’re tired of paying ridiculous prices for your mounts and waiting up to 2 years at some places to get your trophies back, please contact us after your harvests!

Shoulder mounts: $350
European mounts: $75
Will give $25 credit for usable and correctly cut cape from European.
Contact us for any other questions or information.

10% Military Discount

Good luck this coming season everyone!!

08/28/2020

Good luck to everyone this weekend!

08/18/2020

Quick reminder for anyone caping out there deer for a shoulder mount. These cuts provide plenty if skin for any pose or style mount.

08/18/2020

Velvet Antler Care. I hope this is helpful and if you have any questions please call 423-963-7153 We are located in Fall Branch, TN.

All of us hunters love a good set of velvet antlers. Seeing a set of antlers glow in the fading sunlight on a open hillside or through a carefully cut shooting lane can give a hunter butterfly’s. A quality, mounted, velvet buck can also be stunningly beautiful. Likewise, a mounted velvet buck that was haphazardly taken care of can make one cringe. Below are some of the most common mistakes when caring for that velvet buck.



1. Putting your hands all over the antlers. Absolutely do not drag your buck around by the antlers once you find him. Try to touch the antlers as little as possible. If you need to handle your buck for pictures or move him use his head rather then the antlers as much as possible. Bucks can rub the velvet off in a matter of minutes, so if you grab a hold of those velvet antlers and give him a yank, you might end up with a hand full of fuzz. Also, the natural oils in your hands will get on that nice, pristine velvet and matte it, thus increasing the chances of deterioration and bacteria.

2. Overheating. Antler velvet is a living tissue, just like skin or muscle. If it overheats it can spoil, crack, and break down. Get those antlers and/or cape off the body ASAP and into the shade. One thing that should never happen is covering them in a plastic bag. Plastic will keep the heat in and spoil those beautiful set of velvet antlers. Get it caped out and in a freezer OR to your taxidermist ASAP!

3. Taking your sweet time. Treat your velvet antlers as if it were meat or a gallon of milk on a 90 degree day. You need to do everything in your power to get those antlers off the mountain, out of the woods, field or wherever. If you don’t they will spoil.

4. Packing it out recklessly. You could do everything right caring for the antlers in the field and completely blow it when you pack them out. The most common ways I’ve seen people ruin all that hard work on the pack out is by letting those velvet antlers rub and bang into things. Velvet can rub off from compression straps and rope used to fasten the head to the pack. NEVER FASTEN IT BY THE ANTLERS! Don’t let the antlers rub back and forth on rack, trailer or atv. A blanket under them will do wonders to protect them. Also take every precaution you can when getting those antlers out through the trees and brush. Branches and brush WILL tear and pull velvet off, again we know from experience. Taxidermist can repair a lot of things but velvet is one aspect of taxidermy that is very hard to fix or reproduce. There just isn’t a good substitution for good, clean, well taken care of velvet antlers. Patched, painted, and reproduced velvet just doesn’t look as good nor does it look real.

Good luck to all!