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Darryl's Taxidermy

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Darryl's Taxidermy

Darryl’s Taxidermy is celebrating 37 years of business in the Grand Valley. Darryl’s Taxidermy is celebrating 34 years of business in the Grand Valley.

With over 40 years of experience, there is not much he has not mounted. Darryl is not only known for his expertise in the field of taxidermy, but also as a renowned big game hunter with trophies including his 1997 Colorado mountain lion that ranked No. 5 in the world.Darryl’s taxidermy studio is one of the finest you will visit. His collection of Boone and Crockett mounts has been featured in many

books, magazines, and newspapers. Darryl has one of the largest collection of B&C Trophy Mule Deer mounts in the West.

12/22/2024

Happy hunters picking up their European skull mounts. Around here Dave is known as the European guy, not because he’s European, but because he’s in charge of doing all the skull mounts. We got in over 150 this year, and to have all of these done before Christmas was quite the feat! Everybody give Dave a big Atta-Boy!…..Not really. Don’t fill up my comment section, he’s not that awesome !

12/17/2024

Santa called and said he was short a couple of reindeer this year and did I have any extras. I told him no but he could borrow a couple of Big Mtn Goats. The Billy on the left was taken in British Columbia by Kyle Goddard of Palisade, Colo. The Billy laying down is a Colorado Mtn Goat taken by Ryan Smith of Fruita, Colo.

12/04/2024

“4 year anniversary”. 4 years ago today Halle came into my life. A little 14 year old kid told her mom and dad she wanted to try taxidermy. Being homeschooled and extremely intelligent she was quite bored. She needed that artistic challenge and mom and dad were all for it. I have been very blessed with her presence here and have enjoyed watching her turn into an extraordinary taxidermist. Maybe one day she’ll take over the business…. She is certainly capable. In the meantime she still doesn’t talk very much….. but she does have to work with 2 old guys. (She forgets that we were young too a long time ago.)

11/29/2024

Moab, Utah native Cliff Gilliland who now lives in Alaska invited his son Ben up for a Kodiak brown bear hunt in 2022. He had the hide sent down to us for a bear rug. We promised him we’d have it completed when he came back for a Thanksgiving visit in 2024. We still have a few bear rugs from 2022 to finish, 3 more elk, 15 more deer and some miscellaneous critters…. Then it’s on to 2023.

11/25/2024

Hunting season is over! Hallelujah!! We can finally get back to work and finish up all these mounts from 2022. It was a perfect amount of critters brought in this year and with not accepting bears for rugs anymore we will definitely start getting caught up. Here’s a few successful hunters from last week. Proud dad Freddie Chavez and 15 year old daughter Kendall with her big buck. Martin Menart with a nice 180 class buck and Mike Harmeling with his Grand Mesa buck. Although the regular seasons are over, we will continue to get animals in such as Buffalo, mountain lions, bobcats, and exotic critters. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

11/22/2024

BIRTHDAYS!……. I’m so over ‘em. My mind feels like it did 35 years ago (at least I think it does). My body on the other hand does not feel like that…. It feels like 67 years old. The good news is, I still got a 6-pack… it’s just in a different location now!

11/19/2024

All “hands on deck” around here. The one thing we get done really quick here are European skull mounts. They get immediate attention and are completed in a matter of weeks. These are some of the 2nd and 3rd season deer and elk. I hired Keely back to work a couple days a week, (she worked here 4 years ago and is a really good sewer). I have Halle so busy around here doing the mounting she needed her own assistant. Apparently they turned Dave into their errand boy as they sent him to get subway.

11/15/2024

More successful hunters. All animals were taken in Colorado at their “Secret Hunting Spot”. Lance Shufelburger and his hunting buddies with his big 8x8 elk. Robert Manuppella with his 30” 3x3 buck. Travis Christensen with his 190” mule deer. Bruce Penny dropped by to pick up his 6x6 archery bull and drop off this huge 8x9 elk found dead on his property during September archery season.

11/12/2024

Third season weather conditions have been perfect. Hunters are reporting seeing plenty of deer. The snow storm has pushed the big bucks to lower elevations and they are really chasing the does around. The Bake family (Matt, Reagan, and son Grayson) from Washington state, filled-up opening morning. Michelle Redd and her mother Rose teamed up to get their deer on the Grand Mesa. Eric Wacker shot this 31” muley on his property on Glade Park.

11/07/2024

I always make time for my clients and special friends when they stop by. In this case Dana Hollinger, (the world renowned trophy mule deer antler collector) is in Colorado to hunt mule deer. He is throwing all sorts of cash my way trying to buy some of my record book mule deer. I’m getting close to that point where one day I’ll sell the whole collection and retire…… just not yet, but I’m listening to offers.

10/31/2024

Darryl and Dave working on European skulls. We’re giving the once-over and the finishing touches on September elk and 1st season rifle elk. The wait time on skulls is usually just a matter of weeks. Shoulder mounts on the other hand is a different story…. We’re easily 18 months to 2 years out!

10/23/2024

It just might be the New World Record Typical Mule Deer. This is a well known deer among antler collectors. I first saw it over 25 years ago at a Sport show. It has been scored before but the antlers will need to be X-rayed and re-scored by a panel of judges. Then it will be entered in the record book by the new owner depending on the final score and potentially being the new world record. All I’m going to say is that it’s a Colorado deer. I won’t be answering questions from comments on Facebook as I expect to get bombarded with questions.….. just watch in the future as I’m sure it will be an internet sensation.

10/18/2024

All my customers have been very patient. Everyone has waited 2 years to get their trophies back. Deckun Summer and his dad Nathan from Gunnison showed up to pick up Deckun’s trophy bear. Steve and Dana Gander from Wisconsin picked up their Pedestal elk and European elk. They left us with 2 more elk… they are very successful hunters. Floyd Martinez is all smiles after seeing his 6x6 elk. Darryl and Halle Groom a couple of elk getting picked up by some hunting buddies from Minnesota.

10/15/2024

Happy hunters with their trophies. Mark Miller with his Colorado muzzle-loading moose. Justin Eller and his proud dad with Justin’s moose. David Donohue and his hunting buddy Dave with David’s hard earned elk. It took over 30 years to draw the ranching-for-wildlife tag. David suffered a stroke a few years ago and lost the use of the right side of his body. He had to learn to shoot left handed so he was ready if he ever drew the very rare tag. Ryan Biggs and his dad Daren with Ryan’s 6x6 elk taken on unit 61.

10/08/2024

A real nice Colorado Black Bear (dark brown phase) taken by Brandon Buchanan of Paducah, Kentucky.

10/01/2024

Some happy hunters picking up their trophies after waiting almost 2 years. Elizabeth Filener was about 9 months pregnant when she shot her deer. Now she brings her 2 year old son to pick up mom’s deer. Jacob Krol drove from California to pick up his 2022 deer mount and shows off his 2023 deer antlers that we will be mounting for him in the future. Joe Combs stopped in to pick up his 2022 deer mount and while here bought this buffalo skull to give to his daughter. Nicole Browne is all smiles after picking up her first deer she’s ever harvested.

09/25/2024

Two big ole’ Bulls to be picked up. The bull on the left is mounted on the standard 90 degree sharp turn. The bull on the right is on a standard 90 degree turn with an alteration (tilting the head upwards). The client said “mount it the way you would if it was yours” so we turned it to show off the best side and changed the angle of the head so that he’s sniffing the wind… looking for the cow elk in heat.

09/20/2024

Some more successful hunters from the last couple of days. Patrice Clark and her husband Bob with Patrice’s Colorado muzzle-loader moose. Cameron Brown with a nice archery full velvet Buck. Taylor Fuoco and a Grand Mesa Archery Bull. Alex Kanigowski and his dad with Alex’s 15 inch antelope taken in Wyoming.

Address

159 29 Road
Grand Junction, CO
81503

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 6pm
Sunday	9am - 6pm

Telephone

+19702432933

Website

http://darrylstaxidermy.wordpress.com/

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