Dead Heads Taxidermy

11/25/2025

Meat in the freezer! Threaded the needle right to the heart, 120.3 yards with the 308, nice way to break it in! Let’s hope I can fill my buck tag and my last doe tag, handful more hunts left out here before heading home.

11/24/2025

11/24/2025

11/23/2025

Mornings we live for! Primed and ready to roll thanks to - nice way to kick off the day, touching off the DHT savage followed by a long drag from the woods.

Congrats to my old man for knockin one down this morning, been out here since opening day and finally punched his buck tag. This old farm land has always produced deer for us! We got 5 more tags to fill and plenty of days left! 🦌

11/20/2025

Awesome velvet mule deer, just finished a whitenening job on it and thought this would be a good example to share. The condition of your skull, cape or what ever else your looking to have preserved and mounted is going to determine the outcome. When a skull is left with any tissue, grease and blood on it for long periods of time and drys up, or is hard boiled it’s close to impossible to get that stain completely out with peroxide. No fault to the hunter, as he did what he was supposed to so he could travel back with this beautiful buck! Just wanted to throw that out there as I’ve seen a good number of skulls like this brought to me over the years.

Your best bet for a perfectly white euro is to keep the fur on and get it in a freezer or right to your taxidermist. That or know that a proper paint job is another route you can take, though it takes away from the natural bone just some thing to consider. One way or another here at DHT I will do my absolute best to snap your old skulls back!

Thanks Charlie for the opportunity to work with this velvet Muley! Not every day I get to see one of these!

11/18/2025

The seasons come and go faster then we like. It’s important to take some time to slow your roll and reflect on how it’s going, and what your getting out of it. This season for me I’ve come to realize is all about the connections, new and old. I want to bag a deer just like the rest of you, but I’m finding greater satisfaction and appreciation in the people that have found their way into my season, my 2025 stories and memories being made. Sorry for the long post but just want to highlight a few of those people.

This old jacket is one I inherited this year from my good friends Sam and Annie Christoni. The jacket belonged to Annie’s husband and Sam’s dad Tom Christoni, someone who played a prominent role in my teenage years who passed away back when Sam and I were in college. He is someone I will remember who had a great sense of humor, lived for a good time and was just like the rest of us deer hunters. It’s an honor to be able to cut some tracks in his jacket and is a nice reminder of all the great times I got to have over at the Christoni residence.

This custom savage was done by a friend of mine who’s been one of my biggest supporters. Paul ( ) has taken time to help me at some shows, has given me many words of encouragement and is now a partner with DHT, having his services available for anyone looking to add some color and patterns to their skulls with hydro dipping and cerakote. He brought my vision to life with this savage and it puts a smile on my face when I’m out there trying to get a deer with it. Makes my hunt feel that much more special.

Last one is a shout out to Adrian over at - the dudes energy is contagious, and his program was exactly what I needed to get myself in a better routine, prioritize my health and be ready to walk miles in the deep Westfield snow in hopes to get my opportunity at a buck. That one conversation at Huntstock was all it took to get on board and do something that’s completely out of the norm for me. Couldn’t be more thankful!

Moral of the story is there’s more to it then just harvesting a deer - and always remind yourself of that every day your out there.

11/17/2025

Nothing like cold brass and steel on a crisp and snowy November morning. Waiting patiently in hopes your opportunity finally arises. What’s your hunting sidekick of choice? Or are you like me and have multiple for every occasion and style of hunting?

If im sitting and waiting, my cross magnum is always the go to!

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

Congrats to the winners!