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Pelletier Taxidermy, 36 pinette Lane, Fort Kent, ME (2024)

11/08/2024

There’s a lot of debate when it comes to hanging your deer after a successful hunt. Head up or head down? Age for a period of time or get it to the butcher right away? Everyone wants to have the best tasting/tender meat as possible. Honestly, I’m no expert on this topic, but as a taxidermist, here is what matters.

Get the skin off asap. The longer you leave the skin on, the more potential problems I’ll have. This benefits your meat AND your future mount. Below are some pictures showing the proper way to skin your animal before bringing it to me. Once this is done, don’t leave the head/hide anywhere that’s more than 40 degrees. Bacteria growth leads to spoiled hides and anything over 40 degrees accelerates bacteria growth. My walk in cooler stays at 33-35 degrees and I don’t want a fresh hide staying in there for more than 5 days before I can flesh/salt it. If you know you can’t get it to me quick, drop it in a chest freezer. In a perfect world, I want your head/hide the minute your done skinning it. From this point you can do whatever floats your boat when it comes to hanging/aging…and you’ll have a quality mount. One last thing, either hang it by a rope around the antlers or from the rear legs. DO NOT wrap a rope around the neck and hang it. Not even at the weigh station.

My family goes through a lot of game meat. I usually get a few deer each year and I always skin them right away and hang the carcass in my walk in cooler for a couple days. Then off to the butcher. It may not be the best way, but weather it’s a 100lb doe taken downstate or a 200lb+ buck taken up here, our deer meat has always been excellent.

10/29/2024

With the statewide opener right around the corner, I just wanted to let everyone know that for this fall, I’ll only be accepting deer from aroostook county locals and existing customers. I can only do so much in a year to keep the quality/turn around time where I want it.
To manage the work load it takes a lot of planning…it’s a balancing act. There could be years when the bear/moose seasons are slower, which means I could take more deer. There could also be years where I have to take in less deer because the bear/moose season was extremely busy. Bottom line, I want to make sure I can always do deer for locals because that’s why I started taxidermy in the first place.

Good luck to everyone! With the season falling a little later than usual, it should be a good one!

10/13/2024

MOOSE HUNTERS PLEASE READ UNTIL THE END!I’m reposting this as the process to get your bull into the shop will be very similar to the previous week.

When you’re successful on your hunt and want your memory preserved, keep me in mind! Quality is the first priority, followed by a turn around time of well under a year, generally 6-8 months. I absolutely love mounting moose, and really care about the finished product bringing you back to the day of the hunt every time you look at it. I don’t settle for less and I’m not interested in using anything but the best quality materials. I’m also able to ship your mount, anywhere in the lower 48.

My shop is equipped with a walk in cooler. Getting your hide cool ASAP is key. A beautiful finished product starts with a well cared for hide. Don’t wait, call and get your hide to me right away.

I’ll be hunting all of this week. I’ll have cell service on and off, and also will be home every night to take care of the moose dropped off during the day. My father, Dennis, will be here at the shop during the day to take in your bull and get it into my system.

When you get your bull down, call my cell 207-231-0072. There will be instructions in my voicemail. Also be sure to leave a voicemail or text, and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

I’m not taking in European or antler plaque mounts.

**my quota for bears has been hit, I will no longer be taking in any bears for the rest of the season, all 2024 bears are currently at the tannery”

Thanks to everyone who have supported me along the way.

10/10/2024

I’ve been done mounting all the 2023 deer since July…but with the cooler morning temps finally getting here, it’s a nice reminder that November isn’t far away.

09/29/2024

It was a slow start to the week but the last half more than made up for it. Between moose hunting and taking in bulls here, it’s been busy to say the least. If I have not contacted you yet about the bull you dropped off, I will by Tuesday.

Congratulations to everyone who was successful this past week, and good luck to all the hunters hitting the woods for the next October season.

09/21/2024

MOOSE HUNTERS PLEASE READ!

Moose season is here….I Hope everyone’s as excited as I am. Good luck to everyone in the coming weeks.

When you’re successful on your hunt and want your memory preserved, keep me in mind! Quality is the first priority, followed by a turn around time of well under a year, generally 6-8 months. I absolutely love mounting moose, and really care about the finished product bringing you back to the day of the hunt every time you look at it. I don’t settle for less and I’m not interested in using anything but the best quality materials. I’m also able to ship your mount, anywhere in the lower 48.

My shop is equipped with a walk in cooler. Getting your hide cool ASAP is key. A beautiful finished product starts with a well cared for hide. Don’t wait, call and get your hide to me right away.

This year, I’ll be hunting both bull weeks. I’ll have cell service on and off, and also will be home every night to take care of the moose dropped off during the day. My father, Dennis, will be here at the shop during the day to take in your bull and get it into my system.

When you get your bull down, call my cell 207-231-0072. There will be instructions in my voicemail. Also be sure to leave a voicemail or text, and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

I’m not taking in European or antler plaque mounts.

**my quota for bears has been hit, I will no longer be taking in any bears for the rest of the season from the general public.**

Thanks to everyone who have supported me along the way.

09/14/2024

Moose season is right around the corner…who’s ready?

08/29/2024

With Bear season being in full swing…the shop officially smells like bear again. It’s nice to see hunters having alot of success…hopefully it continues into the rest of the fall.

A customer brought me a set of match shed antlers that he found. He knew this buck for many years…after the hunting season this deer would yard up for the winter by his camp. They would see him all the time. Well, he eventually got shot in 2019 by another hunter many miles away. In tribute of this awesome deer, the customer decided to have him mounted up using a spare cape off another Maine buck,and hung in the camp.

08/23/2024

It’s hard to believe bear season is just about here…last season was my busiest yet and I plan to continue that momentum into the coming year.

I’ve made a lot of improvements to the shop in the offseason. I take alot of notes and run a lot of controlled tests to always be improving the overall experience for the customer. This last year, I’ve restructured a lot of my process to do just that and I’m very happy with the outcome.

My end goal is simply put, a happy customer. I want to recreate the day of your hunt with a piece that will last a lifetime and potentially be passed down. Other than my dad helping me take in moose during those couple weeks and the tanning process, I’m a one man show and plan to keep it that way. By doing this, I have full control on the quality from start to finish and everything gets done to my standards. I take a lot of pride in every piece and put my name on each one.

Everything needs to be turned around and finished before the next season starts for a taxidermy business to function properly. The only way to do this and keep the quality to my standards is to take a limited amount of work each year. This will be on a first come/first serve basis. If you’re interested in me mounting your animal, contact me and I’ll send you a price sheet that includes all the information regarding the process. I can’t stress enough how important it is that you read through all the terms and cooperate.

Sorry to be long winded…but I want to wish the best of luck to everyone this coming fall and I look forward to the months to come. I was passionate about hunting for as long as I can remember as a kid..long before I ever started doing taxidermy. I plan to do a lot of hunting this fall. I feel it’s important to keep that passion alive for myself, that way taxidermy continues to be something I love to do and translates directly to the finished piece you receive as the customer. Don’t forget to have fun out there and enjoy what we’re so lucky to be able to do.

08/18/2024

This buck came all the way from Texas. There’s a lot of different subspecies of whitetails throughout the country and Texas deer are some of the most unique.

It was my first time working with one and a pretty fun project. I look forward to doing more in the future.

08/15/2024

On November 17, 2023, a dream came true. This hunter connected with this beautiful 211lb buck, finally making her way into the “biggest bucks of Maine” club and getting her patch.

08/05/2024

This buck was a two day journey…a lot of emotional highs and lows…typical when tracking bucks!

The first day, the hunter caught this buck with a doe mid-morning. Things happen fast and shots were fired. The buck was hit, but not hard enough. He kept on the track the rest of the day and never caught back up to the buck to get another shot.
He got right back on him the next day and didn’t give up. Before the day was done, he was able to make his shot count and ended up with an awesome northwoods buck.

Out of all my personal mounts, I don’t have a single buck mounted full upright. I did a handful of these this past year and I really liked how they look. With a little luck this fall, i’d like to put my next buck on one.

08/01/2024

Here’s a buck that was taken and mounted years ago… the customer wanted to have him redone. Old mounts can be touched up, but the quality of the end product just won’t be there. Almost always, it’s best to start fresh and do it the right way.

If it was a Maine deer, I’ll only use a new cape from a Maine deer. We have some of the prettiest deer in the country and I find they look unique. Based on the conversation with the hunter and general guidelines of how deer are proportioned, I feel like I can get these remounts really close to how the buck originally was.

07/25/2024

Here’s the biggest antlered buck I got from northern aroostook county last fall. He scored right at 130”…if I remember right he dressed out between 215-220lbs. I had a few in the 120” range also…but the majority of mature bucks taken from the county that I did were between 100-115”. None made MASTC.

Regardless, any deer up here is a trophy…they’re a bit tougher to come by than other parts of the state.

07/17/2024

Northwoods beauty.

07/12/2024

Another Buck from Saskatchewan. This buck came in chasing does and grunting…so we chose to try to replicate that in the finished product. Mounted full sneak, with his mouth slightly cracked open to give the illusion of him grunting every few steps.

07/09/2024

How does a Saskatchewan whitetail make it to northern Maine? Great customers!
This buck was a beauty, taken on the second day of the hunt. With his body being so big, it takes away from the antlers in the photos.

I choose to custom fit each piece, with the end goal of making each one unique. I attached a trail cam photo of this buck for comparison.

**all 2023 deer should be done by the end of this week, hang tight, you’ll be hearing from me soon!**

06/28/2024

This bull made for a long night. He was taken at 3:00pm and finally made it into the back of the truck by 3:00am. He weighed north of 1000lbs with a 55” spread.

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