Howell Taxidermy

04/16/2024

Crazy one ready to go!

02/17/2024

Update from the “boneyard”🦌

12/21/2023

The shop will be closed starting today for the holidays unless you have scheduled a pickup. Will reopen Tuesday December 26. Thank you to all my customers! Merry Christmas one and all!🎄

12/10/2023

**NOTICE**
As of now we are at capacity! Freezers are full and don’t won’t our turn around time to get any longer than it is. We will still accept deer for European mounts. If you have already spoken with me about bringing a deer, I will still accept it if you will give me a call. Thanks for an awesome year! Happy Holidays 🎄

11/28/2023

I’m in need of some whitetail capes(Nc, SC or Ga) 18-20 inch neck just behind ears. Any of you that are having a skull mount done if you will save the cape for a shoulder mount I’ll give you a discount on Skull! Thanks!

11/23/2023

🦃Wishing you all a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends! I’m thankful for all my customers that return each year and all the new ones! And to the ones of you enjoying our heritage of hunting, hope you bag that big buck or any deer that puts meat on your table and makes for great memories! 🦌

11/20/2023

The day a lot of us look forward to all year is tomorrow! Wishing you a season full of good luck and great memories! Remember to be safe out there. Please call or text me with your taxidermy needs! I will be in the woods hunting as well this week. I have references photos for skinning your deer if you need them let me know. I’ll be taking shoulder mounts and skull mounts all season.

10/16/2023

Wishing all the bear hunters a safe and successful season . It’s a great opening morning out there ! Give us a call for your taxidermy work !

09/27/2023

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09/08/2023

I’m back from the West and back in the shop for opening day of archery season! Good luck tomorrow and throughout the season! Please give us a call for shoulder mounts and skull mounts! Also remember to use these reference photos when skinning your deer and be very careful if you get one in velvet. Get it to us as soon after harvest as possible. The velvet needs to be cold or frozen along with cape. Wishing you a safe and memorable season!🦌

06/20/2023

FYI - survey done to determine average deer shoulder mount prices 🦌

05/11/2023

03/19/2023

Had to share this one! Too funny 😂

02/06/2023

A couple beautiful 2021 trophies finished for Keith Rogers with Pursuit tv MPTV

01/21/2023

Big freak on stand today!

01/10/2023

Several finished today 🦌

12/23/2022

Warmest Holiday Wishes to All! I’d like to thank all my customers for another great year. Thanks for your patience this year with my knee surgery and the hold ups from the tannery and a few supply chain issues with products. I appreciate you! Have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed 2023!

12/02/2022

Happy Holidays 🦌

11/30/2022

11/29/2022

A few of the big ones rolling in!

11/24/2022

If you hunt this is the truest thing you’ll ever read! 🦌

This is Hunting.

It will break your heart and you will go days without getting so much as a shot at an animal.
You will miss your shot.
You will see garbage in the bush, and have to pick it up.
You will wound something one day, and it will make you cry.

It will teach you life lessons.
You will learn that one more minute can make all the difference.
You will learn that life doesn't care...the weather warms up anyways, the wind changes direction, and all you can do is work with it.
You will learn patience and determination.

It will inspire you.
You will see a mother and her baby, and your heart will swell.
You will be humbled by that doe blowing at you, less than 10 yards away.
You will see the beauty of dawn.
You will learn the feeling of being prey.
You will see things so beautiful, others seem dull in comparison.
You will speak to another species.

This is hunting.
It will make you vulnerable.
You might cry over the animals you shoot.
You might make mistakes and fret over the what ifs.
You will face your own worst enemy in the bush: yourself.
You will have to walk through the dark, basically blind deaf and dumb.
You will learn the bittersweet feeling of letting an animal live, or choosing to kill one.
You will learn the important balance of life and death.

You will become ..... you.

You will learn passion, grit, strength, emotion, Independence, determination, empathy, silence and peace.

It is where you will learn your most valuable lessons.

It is where you will make your best memories.

It is where you will cry, laugh, and love.

It is where you learn to be still and be quiet.

It is what you will devote your life to, and never regret it.

This is what we call Hunting.

~ Cody Bret

11/22/2022

A taxidermist’s work is never done…even at hunting camp! Congrats to my brother on a beautiful mountain buck!

11/21/2022

2022 Rifle season is here in the WNC mountains!! Good luck and stay safe. Please contact me with your taxidermy needs!!

11/18/2022

Couple more packs done!

10/19/2022

For all my clients who have an animal here from last season….. just picked up my capes and hides yesterday from tannery. They have been way behind schedule, as everything else is! I will be mounting these in order I received them. Keep in mind I’m also busy skinning deer and bear coming in now, but am doing my best to get them done asap! Thanks so much for your patience! This year has been an unusual one with my knee surgery and the delays from tannery. I apologize! Looking forward to all your trophies from this season! Good Luck!

10/17/2022

Wishing everyone a safe and successful bear season! Make lots of great memories out there! Give me a call for your taxidermy needs!

10/12/2022

A few more ’21 bucks finished up….

09/24/2022

Good luck tomorrow to all the youth hunters! Be safe and have a great day in the woods! Call me for all your Taxidermy needs - 828-734-6168

08/15/2022

Beautiful Buck!

08/03/2022

Every now and then someone wants wall habitat with their mount. Here’s a couple recently finished.