Fox-fire Taxidermy

10/07/2025

Cody M's albino doe mount finished this week.

09/29/2025

Some good stuff here.... -Aaron

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09/25/2025

I bought a bunch of stuff from a shop that quit business years ago and now that I no longer do fish hope someone can get use out of these, 6 trout bodies, 4 crappie forms and 2 Lg Mouth Bass. Also 2 antler mount forms. Pick up at my shop in Pittsboro ALL FOR $10. 919-579-4850.

09/25/2025

I'm offering a few things from my shop.... A set of Kudu horns with a tanned wet frozen kudu cape $200. Price reduction on a big mule deer mount that was unclaimed, now just $400. Also 30 screw-in tree steps $10. All are at my shop near Pittsboro, 919-579-4850

09/25/2025

As our deer season moves forward lots of whitetails will be taken and photographs are a part of the hunt for many of us. In the excitement of the moment images get recorded as they were including the blood, the tongues hanging out of the mouth and other things that can take away from a picture. In my first picture the bloody mouth is indeed "real" but had I realized how it was looking to the camera I would have taken a bit of time to wipe it a little cleaner. The two following photos of a different deer are a little more "tasteful" to me. Blood is part of a hunt and doesn't ruin a photo for me but when I have taken the time to clean things up a little I like the pictures better. Just something to think about when you start taking those pictures this season.

09/22/2025

https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/22/hunters-found-dead-victims-of-lightning-strike/ A very sad story.

Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, experienced outdoorsmen, were caught in a storm Sept. 12, according to Bridget Murphy, Porter’s financée

09/07/2025

Jerry L's mount was finished this week in my shop. The buck is a fantastic whitetail for Chatham County, (or pretty much anywhere in NC). Larger antlers are sometimes taken in this area but not often. I hope Jerry will love the mount.

09/07/2025

Russell P took this dandy 8 point whitetail in Granville County last season. It is a very fine buck and Russell's "best" so far. Not many Piedmont 8 pointers have as much antler as this one. We sent the teeth out for aging and surprisingly this deer was just 3 1/2 years old.

08/28/2025

This is definitely the oddest critter that I have ever mounted.

08/25/2025

Our NC deer seasons are on the minds of a lot of hunters. Soon some will release an arrow on a fine whitetail and will plan to have it mounted. Many hunters will be disappointed to find that they damaged the cape while gutting their deer and the cape is either unusable or heavily compromised. My picture is the inside of a poorly skinned deer cape. The sewing required about 5 additional hours to repair. The stitch lines are highlighted here with a sharpie marker. All of this damage is in the brisket area and up into the base of the neck. It is the hardest area to repair other than the face of a deer and sewing in this thin skinned and lighter haired part is difficult to do and have it not be a glaring mess. Today's deer manikins require more brisket and shoulder skin than the old forms of years ago. PLEASE...... watch a you tube video on proper deer skinning if you are not well experienced at this. I have a video there which you can watch by going to you tube and searching foxfire taxidermy. Every taxidermist wants to please their clients but the first step in any mount is the care done by the hunter after the kill. Doing your part well is very good insurance that you will be happy with your mount.

08/21/2025

After many problems with my landline I am changing my phone number to a cell phone. If you have tried to call or have left a phone message but did not get a call back, it's because I could not understand your message. My new phone is 919-579-4850.

08/09/2025

A couple of very nice mature whitetails finished this week in my shop. On the left Thomas A's dandy old Orange County buck and on the right is Blaine W's Alamance County buck.