Holler Taxidermy

01/22/2025

01/20/2025

Reminder the Customer Appreciation Giveaway Live Drawings is tomorrow on January 21, 2025 at 7:30pm. There will be 2 drawings for my Taxidermy customers all that were took in since my last giveaway till this drawing. First prize is a 2 person ladder stand and second prize is a $50 gift card. And there will be another drawing for customers who have left a Google review a $50 gift card. Thank you to all my loyal customers and all new ones that choose Holler Taxidermy. God bless everyone and whether you can watch the live or not I’ll call all the winners to let you know Good luck!!!

01/11/2025

I’m getting ready for the Customer Appreciation drawing. The drawings will be live on January 21, 2025 at 7:30pm. If anyone still wants to bring a mount in just call or message and bring whenever best for you. There will be 2 drawings for my Taxidermy customers all that were took in since my last giveaway till this drawing. First prize is a 2 person ladder stand and second prize is a $50 gift card. And there will be another drawing for customers who have left a Google review a$50 gift card. So there’s still time to bring more in or leave a review to be eligible. Thank you to all my loyal customers and all new ones that choose Holler Taxidermy. God bless everyone and whether you can watch the live or not I’ll call all the winners to let you know Good luck!!!

12/23/2024

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! From our family to yours. And thank everyone for your business and support. I will be closed Christmas Eve and Day. Still won’t be accepting any more processing this year. But still will be Taking Taxidermy work. I will be putting a update on our customer appreciation live giveaway soon. God Bless you all !!

12/09/2024

New policy’s going forward: the only processing that I will be accepting will be if it has Taxidermy work on it also. This includes Euro or shoulder mounts. And this will also be limited availability so always call or message before you bring anything. These changes are necessary in order for me to focus on current and future Taxidermy clients needs. This will be for all hunting season even bow season. And I will not be taking any processing in the coming year till all previous Taxidermy orders are completed. Ideally this will help in if you harvest a trophy I’ll have room and time to be available to process and take care of your Taxidermy needs in one stop. I do appreciate everyone that has ever used my services. And hope and pray the best for you and your family. One other policy change year round. I will not be accepting anything or have my phone turned on Sundays till after 2pm.

11/28/2024

This is a great video for anyone who wants to bring a mount from out of state or from a CWD zone to be transported for Taxidermy!

Here is how I skin (or cape) a whitetail deer head for taxidermy! This is pretty universal for all deer species, but of course this a whitetail deer! Blackta...

11/27/2024

We would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. The shop will be closed all day tomorrow. There will no pickups or drop offs taken. We will reopen Friday morning. We will still accept Taxidermy but no processing for the rest of the season. Thank you for supporting our business! God Bless You All!

11/16/2024

Update before the weekend. I will still be taking Taxidermy orders but not processing do to needing to catch up on processing. I will post when able to take more. And then will only accept processing orders from my new and existing taxidermy customers. In an effort to be able take care of all there needs in one stop. Sorry but this is my new policy from here on out. I appreciate all who have used my services but have to focus on my Taxidermy clients. God bless you all!!

11/09/2024

Some of the last mounts from last season. Everything took in from last season had less than a year turn around time. Call me for your next mount needs. (606)205-7634

11/04/2024

Got a coyote done today I’ll have some bobcat mounts up it a couple of days! Check out the reflective eyes.

10/17/2024

Price lists for Taxidermy and Processing 2024-2025 season. God Bless and stay safe in the woods. Good luck!!

10/16/2024

This post is to help with all around quality of your harvest/Mount. Say we have everything field dressed correctly and want the animal mounted. Best case scenario it’s a cold day,dry out and can get hung up quickly to cool down. If is a mount you still want to get it to who ever you use or caped and put in the freezer if not ready to get mounted yet. Some things that go wrong if you process yourself and your worried about getting the meat in the freezer and the hide is laying on the ground with leaves and dirt on it. This brings the possibility of introducing bacteria. Anytime the hide is over 40 degrees bacteria grows quickly especially if its also wet. Bacteria will also grow just from not being cool enough. And when there gets to be enough on your hide it starts breaking down. Then once there’s enough you could get a hot spot on your hide/mount or even worse total slippage. And one this happens there’s nothing anyone could do to fix this. So make sure to keep your hide as dry as possible and cold if putting on ice be sure your hide is in a plastic bag to keep from getting wet. Either get it to your Taxidermist. And if you plan on storing in your freezer. Make sure it’s dry and put in multiple plastic garbage bags making sure everything is well covered. To ensure to prevent freezer burn which is basically freeze drying and ruining your mount. So always leave ample hide especially in the brisket area and keep cold,dry or frozen. And if you have any questions about what to do just give me a call. I hope this helps someone.

10/16/2024

I wanted to do a post to help people with caping of there deer this is how I do it. And if you use another Taxidermist reach out to them to ask how they prefer it. Also whether you use me for processing or not if you are using my Taxidermy Services I will skin and quarter while caping out. For no charge. But if you use me for processing and not Taxidermy. There will be a caping fee if done. But if you decide to Cape your own look at my picture to see where to cut at. Basically go completely around the deer at the sternum bone. And up the back of the front legs connecting to where the sternum bone is. This is plenty for a shoulder mount or pedestal. The biggest problem area I see for people is they leave all the back hide but cut out there brisket area. And that is a very critical area to have a great mount. If it’s your first time to need to have one caped. And don’t feel comfortable. Just bring to me if you’re using my services and I’ll be happy to show you how. Or call me and I can talk you through it.

10/16/2024

I’ve been wanting to explain how I field dress my game when I’m Blessed to be able to get any. This will be a long post and strictly just my opinion from my experience of processing over the years. A lot of you have learned from another hunting buddy or maybe a hunting show. And we all end up with some different results and that’s ok. And yes the field dressing is not the most favorite part of our hunts but one of the most important. First some facts a normal whitetails core temperature will be around 101 to 104 degrees. So when we harvest an animal it becomes a hot well insulated vessel. Thus the importance to start the cooling process. And venison are way more forgiving then Elk as far as spoilage goes. Both are very insulated and need the inners removed in a timely manner. Also even if your game doesn’t spoil on you from leaving them in to long you still will have a lesser quality meat due to the heat and digestive system secretion’s leaching into the outer tissues/meat. So this is how I recommend to do it and I will explain why. You do want to get everything you can out especially the digestive system all the way back. But there no need to chop all around on it because it may help it cool but if causes it to become dirty you will still lose some of your harvest for no reason. When we try to split the pelvic bone most end up messing up most of there hams and do more damage than good. Yes on some of the shows they do that cause they are deep in the woods. Here in eastern Kentucky they are dollar mart’s with ice everywhere and that would be far better than splitting in the woods. Ok here’s my way of doing it!
First after Harvest carry a piece of string something biodegradable and go to the back of the animal and cut around the a**s and other parts if it’s a Doe. Guide your knife around the inside pelvis bone to free everything up. Now use the string to tie everything off. Next roll it over on its back and start at the sternum bone to split back towards the pelvis. Being careful not to cut any of the internal organs or yourself. Then when everything is pulled out there will be nothing left from the digestive system to dirty or contaminate the animal. If it’s a doe you can go further towards the chest but if it’s a possibility you might want to mount it try not to go past the sternum to clean everything out. Try to leave as much skin on the pelvic area to prevent contaminants from touching your meat. And with this method there will still be airflow through the pelvic bone. And if you are going to be a while before processing throw some ice in to cool even faster. Not always necessary but added insurance . So whether you process your own game or bring to a processor like me. We go through a lot of money and work for our harvest. Get the most you can out of it. If you have read all this and still have questions feel free to call me and I’ll be happy to help you.

10/12/2024

This weekend October 12th & 13th is youth only fi****ms deer season! We are open for processing and taxidermy.

We are almost finished with all of last year’s mounts and we are ready to take more! Our cooler is back up and running and we can’t wait to serve you! Good luck!

10/02/2024

Some more finished. Have some Bobcats and coyote up soon! Hope everyone is having a Blessed day!!

09/10/2024

Few more finished up. Got some more almost ready. Hope everyone is shooting straight and staying safe in these beautiful Eastern Ky woods. God Bless! I offer processing and Taxidermy services to help my customers have a one stop service for your convenience.