Apple Grove Taxidermy

10/24/2024

YOUTH HUNTER SPECIAL!

Apple Grove Taxidermy is offering $20 off any youth hunters purchase of a european mount for deer, bear, lions and other similar sizes.

$50 off larger critters like elk and moose

This applies to all hunters 17 and under!

We’ve taken TWO whitetail bucks with necks over 22 inches ALREADY! The rut hasn’t even begun and the deer are FAT FAT FAT

Get ready for a nasty cold winter as my old man used to say!

Pics used with permission Thanks…
Anna Vogt VowelsAshley Enger Bates
Cody Barker

10/06/2024

Sharing for hardest working girl I know! ❤️

Working at the WSU Vet Hospital in the large animal care center AND as our prepper/flesher for Apple Grove Taxidermy. Also my favorite hunting partner ALWAYS willing to be drug along on my dumb hunt ideas 😂😂

https://gofund.me/2bb4fe2e

These two have such a beautiful friendship. Help and prayers for them both in a tough time are so greatly appreciated.

Craig Laprath

10/06/2024

Ever met someone who’s surprised to find out how lucky they are?!

AGTaxidermy client and friend Joe DeGravio drew a 1.8% chance antelope RIFLE tag!!

I was humbled when he invited me to go along. Whirlwind of a trip (literally 40+ mph winds and Lots of miles and Lots of glassing found him his first beautiful antelope! Aka ‘Speed Twinkie.’

Congrats Joe and thank you SO much for letting me join the adventure!

We tried to stop and have lunch with Kevin Costner and crew filming Yellowstone on the Dutton Ranch outside Darby, but ‘apparently’ they were busy filming. Excuses 😂😂

10/04/2024

We’re up and running smoothly with the game hanging and processing this season.

Please feel free to share with others that we are now processing wild game only.

Common questions I’m getting calls for:

1. We do NOT do domestic animals at this time - Wild Game Only

2. Each animal is hung labeled and designated with a cut date. It’s then cut, wrapped and ground ONE at a time. Meat is never mixed with another customers. You will receive every bit of meat your own animal yields with very little waste by our professional butcher.

3. We hang it for proper aging but we do offer express processing for a fee for those who may be in town for a very limited time. We cut two days a week typically.

4. Meat is hung between 36-38 degrees in a low humidity cold room on numbered rails labeled individually by customer.

Flat fee covers:

Hanging/Aging
Cut
Wrap
Grind (w/ your choice % beef fat no additional charge
Freeze and Store until pickup

Deer - $200
Elk Calf $350-400
Cow/Small Bull - $450
Large Bull -$500
Moose - Call Us

10/01/2024

You may have seen Tyson Chambers post already about his big 7x7 bull elk mount, but what he didn’t say is just how much of the mount he worked on and did himself.

Tyson got approval to do his PHS Senior Project mentorship to actively learn taxidermy, and in this case, by learning on his own elk he harvested last fall!

I’m certain he far exceeded his required hours really coming over to work on it every chance he got it seemed. From the very beginning prep for the tannery and a whole lot of steps in between before he ended up on the wall.

Congratulations again, Tyson!

Amy Chambers

08/31/2024

And we’re off!! Those Vowel boys sure know how to get it done! He had his eye on this buck all summer! First night archery, one and done! Beautiful summer coat and colors.

Could be the year the youth hunters get all the greats ones!

If you see one in velvet and want a mount, move quickly! This buck was days away from rubbed off. If ever you get one, keep it as cool as possible (not wet though) and call me. I have a velvet preserve treatment that needs to be on as quick as possible. We’ll see how good Jace’s taxidermist is if he can replicate that! 😂

The locker is cooled and ready, and we’re cutting/wrapping twice weekly!

Anna Vogt Vowels

08/26/2024

In my 30 years in the woods I’ve never shot a bear near as cool as this one. She’s 11! Dad (Ty) told her to aim for the white patch and it was one and done! I sewed a hole 1 inch above that.

Found a shoulder mount suspended on a high branch looking down to replicate. I love pickup days! Mom and dad kept the mount a secret and she even made it through the door with a confused look until we told her to turn around and look up! Priceless!

Ashley Enger Bates

Mounts are moving out as fast as I can turn them but not at the expense of quality!

07/23/2024

I hope the winners of our gift certs got their certificates. If not, they should be there Thursday night for pickup as posted. Congrats to all the logging event winners as well! Certs are good for taxidermy or meat cutting.

Sharing a few turkey displays

If you get a gobbler in the spring or fall, call me! They’re fun to do in the spring lull before capes are back from tanning.

Thanks Case Vantress and Shane Gulickson for letting me share these.

Note: The full fan/wings/legs/beard displays are awesome but very large spread out as you can see for space planning.

07/19/2024

Support the Lions Club at Potlatch Days tomorrow with raffle tickets! We’ve donated a stack of $50 gift certificates to an already GIANT pile of drawing items Delford and John Cone have helped put together.

Also, this ad is going out in the Potlatch CIA this month. We’re now doing European mounts for ALL species now! Deer, elk, moose, bear, lion and domestic cattle/bulls.

Our meat cooler is on and running! August hunts are almost here. We will again have Chayde Jensen cutting up wild game this year!

We are simplifying the entire process for one flat rate to include everything from skinning, hanging/aging, processing, cutting, wrapping, freezing and disposal!

FLAT RATE:
Deer - $200
Bear - $200
Cow/Spike Elk - $450
Bull Elk - $500
Moose - Call for pricing
Hanging Only - $25 a night or weekly rate of $125

Call anytime for an appointment to drop off!

The rate includes 4 nights of hanging. Additinal nights $20

07/15/2024

I think everyone knows how much I enjoy doing pack mounts. They just tell such a story. If you’re ever undecisive on doing a shoulder mount, think about one of these.

Ernie Chandler brought all kinds of vintage goodies for this ‘trapper’s fresh harvest.’ It was about a week longs challenge of finding the right ‘layout’ of accessories with my obnoxious OCD.

On the deers’ right is a bobcat Ernie harvested that we sent off for tanning! Antique trap, wool blanket, lantern, hatchet and old rattling horns for accents.

Also check out his ‘fresh’ wounds this rutty old buck had. A few Hollywood makeup tricks and Halloween blood.

Thanks again Ernie! I appreciate you trusting me with such a challenging one.

05/16/2024

WARNING…WARNING!

Sorry, maybe a bit dramatic, but save yourself some heartache and share it with somebody else so they pass it on…

If you, someone you know harvests a critter in antler velvet, the second it’s down the clock is ticking…

Antler velvet is alive as the horns grow and needs preserved/treated/frozen ASAP

Do Not try to do a euro mount using beetles OR boiling. It will be destroyed. Consider yourselves warned. LOL

Anything with velvet is tricky. Beautiful, but very challenging! The horns have to be treated to preserve then cut from the skull cap. Dry entirely. Then reattached to a skull cap that has already gone thru whitening.

Don’t delay getting them to someone that can do it. If they go bad/rot on the inside as they’re still alive, thats untreatable.

05/11/2024

2023 Idaho Mountain Goat on the ‘habitat’ we shared a bit back. Such awesome looking critters.

Hoping this will get through to all you following to see it. SO many nonsense FB ads. It’ll be in the shop for a little bit before delivery to Lewiston if anyone wants to see him in person. Call me to set up a time I’ll be around!

04/28/2024

Took a few days away from the shop to attend the annual Limit Out Marine Potholes ProAm bass fishing tournament. Day 1 was a struggle fest as I got served a plate of humble pie, but Day 2 was much better. It was still a grind, but I did happen to land a 6 lb largemouth that earned the big fish honors for the tournament. The prize was a brand new Suzuki marine 9.9 hp kicker motor. Russ, Melissa and the Limit Out Performance Marine Team put on such an amazing tournament event. I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity!

The Big Bass Prize is about 3:45 in on the Livestream.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/ZyxwYDgBCDXg5V4W/?mibextid=WC7FNe

04/13/2024

‘YOUTH TRAP FUND’

Spreading the word for Case Vantress for a great cause!

‘We’re trying to make this year a great experience for the kids.

Anyone interested in sponsoring a kid next season for trap at the Troy Deary gun club?
Last year this fund sponsored 7 kids shooting 10 rounds of trap (one round a week for 10 weeks).
Some of these kids/parents don't have the financial means to shoot more then the one round.

My goal is to raise enough money to get these kids at least 2 rounds + a week.
$100 covers one kid for the 10 weeks of shooting.

Each person who donates (if desired) will be announced at week 1 as a sponsor.
If you have the extra funds please get ahold of me. Let's get these kids and more involved in a great shooting sport.

We are currently at $400 of my $1400 goal.’

Contact Case Vantress @ +1 (208) 875-9771 or measage him at Case Vantress or mail a check to:

Troy Deary Gun Club
PO Box 21
Troy, Idaho, 83871

Apple Grove Taxidermy is adding $100. Who else might be able to help?

https://www.facebook.com/troydearygunclub?mibextid=eQY6cl

04/11/2024

‘The Evolution of a Full Body Mount Habitat’

Working on a very special mount and thought we’d share! We won’t reveal it for another few weeks, but thought I’d share what goes into a lifesize ‘habitat.’

Admittedly, its A HUGE challenge for me with my attention to the tiniest details of our mounts to with work on something starting so COMPLETELY abstract in shape…these projects definitely stretch me.

Rock ‘structure’ can come in 4x8 abstract rock ‘sheets’ that get cut down into squares sent to us and we just start building. Look through every reference photo from the client, and go to work!

This one just needs a bit of greenery and its airbrushing detail and it’s ready for the critter!

Call us for any of your mounts, repair work or even ‘spring cleaning’ to clean off that that inch of dust and cobwebs off grandpa’s old whitetail!

03/27/2024

Finally found plaques up to par on quality and service. I’m not a big fan of mass produced ones visually and from a quality standpoint. 

I think you’ll really like these new ones. They’re custom made to order to our specs instead of mass produced.

Nice little Idaho whitetail and Oregon blacktail and an Idaho state plaque that will hold a euro bear when finished!

Each of these are in their dark walnut with havana brown leather skull caps.

Send a message to learn more

03/12/2024

You can’t tell just what a dandy this buck is until you look at the pic with Laramie and his boys in it! What a stud!

Laramie Teele

02/26/2024

Delivery Day!

Jacob Vowels picked up his dandy bull moose today! Beautiful colors and unique features on this big ol’ bull. The shop already seems near empty with him gone.

Having the entire cape we tanned the back half as a throw and we did an offset semi sneak left facing adding an extra 8 inches of body for the shoulder. Just saw a pic of him at home on his wall! Congrats on your once in a lifetime bull and thanks for trusting us with it!