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Darryl's Taxidermy Darryl’s Taxidermy is celebrating 38 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.

02/17/2025

Your thoughts….. ears forward or ears back. As a taxidermist I always ask the customer which way they want the head turned. But no-one mentions the position of the ears. I determine ear position by the configuration of the antlers. What I’m trying to do is frame the antlers and show them off. I probably mount ears back 75% of the time…. I just like that look.

02/08/2025

Some more happy hunters! Brianna Bullen with her muzzle-loader deer in full velvet. Father/son hunters Ken and Donny Dobey with their trophy deer. Mark and Kat Gorman with their huge mule deer. Congratulations everyone!

01/29/2025

Some recent critters picked up and taken to their new home. Kyle Goddard with his huge British Columbia mountain goat. Klint York holding his son Trace’s antelope. (Yes he got yelled at for grabbing the antelope by the throat after I showed him how to handle and hang the mount). Ryan Smith and his hunting buddy with Ryan’s big Colorado mountain goat. (And they’re drinking my beer). Bob Foss and his homies with his nice 6x6 elk. Everybody waited over 2 years to get their mounts back. Hate running this far behind but we are starting to mount up some 2023 animals, usually some young kids with their first big game animal. And of course some boys from Kentucky that promised me some Kentucky Bourbon.

01/24/2025

Halle presents a grey fox to Charley Every from Moab, Utah. We do lifesize mounts of all size mammals, and we’ll be working on a lifesize California Tule Elk this summer.

01/17/2025

This shop is getting filled up with a variety of critters in various stages of the mounting process. Halle adjusts and pins foam to show the muscle detail of the moose we mounted yesterday….. then it’s on to the next moose.

01/07/2025

I’m cracking the whip around here! Everybody got a raise January 1st and I’m making sure I’m getting my money’s worth. Seems like everybody’s working…. Dave’s staining antlers and getting them ready to mount. Keely’s prepping a deer cape for mounting, Halle’s sewing up the next deer in line. I’m kinda working, gluing horns on buffalo skulls. Dave’s been here 12 years and got the biggest raise…. Almost making 4 dollars an hour now… go Dave, you’re the man!

12/31/2024

WOW! AMAZING! A high school Physical Education teacher and beach boy from Virginia with a dream of moving out west and starting a Taxidermy business. Obviously a dream come true! Getting ready to start my 38th year in business. Love what I do but need to start slowing things down, I find myself working 7 days a week year-round. Hate running 18 months to 2 years out. I met most of my deadlines to get some mounts completed for Christmas and the first of the year. My dentist Scott Stoddard stopped in to pick up a few of the trophies from his and son Jayden’s African Safari. A blue wildebeest, black wildebeest, and a red lechwe. A big happy new year to all my customers!

12/24/2024

Obviously I’ve been a good boy this year. Anytime Santa drops by to visit before Christmas, you’ve been nice, not naughty (which is unusual for me). Actually Santa owed me some money towards his deer mount…. Not a Reindeer…. But a mule deer. Anyway… a Very Merry Christmas from Darryl and the crew at Darryl’s Taxidermy to all of you and yours! Santa played by my customer Robert Manuppella (who is actually a Santa for hire around town).

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.

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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