Taxidermy schools?
03-21-2004, 03:16 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pirate on the river Saskatchewan
Posts: 2,167
Taxidermy schools?
Hey folks i am trying to locate a taxidermy class in Canada, in saskatchewan or as close to as possible. If anybody has any links or info i would appreciate if you could help me out. I am looking for game heads, full body, fish, skulls and birds. I have searched the web but maybe there is a class not advertised on here. any help would be aprreciated ty..HIA
03-31-2004, 02:44 PM
#4
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Seattle
Posts: 1,049
RE: Taxidermy schools?
Hiawatha,
I don't know of any in Canada. Just to the south of you in the states is The Colorado Institute of Taxidermy Training. They have a real good program there & afforable housing at the school. Jerry is the owner & head instructor they keep the classes small so you get more 1 on 1 time. The one thing that really made a impression on me was that Jerry would never let you mount a animal that wasn't anatomiclly (sp) correct, never let you lie to a customer & teach you the right wayto do things. I watched him mount a pearch that was no bigger than a shad(over grown minnow) for a 80 year old man. When he picked up his fish he started crying, it was his grandsons first fish that he had caught with his granddad & they didn't get a chance to go fishing again. All the other taxidermists in the area laughed the grandfather out ot their shop thinking it was a joke.
If you do go he puts pressure on you to do your best & remember "Everything is fixable"(he will show you that everyday)!
I don't know of any in Canada. Just to the south of you in the states is The Colorado Institute of Taxidermy Training. They have a real good program there & afforable housing at the school. Jerry is the owner & head instructor they keep the classes small so you get more 1 on 1 time. The one thing that really made a impression on me was that Jerry would never let you mount a animal that wasn't anatomiclly (sp) correct, never let you lie to a customer & teach you the right wayto do things. I watched him mount a pearch that was no bigger than a shad(over grown minnow) for a 80 year old man. When he picked up his fish he started crying, it was his grandsons first fish that he had caught with his granddad & they didn't get a chance to go fishing again. All the other taxidermists in the area laughed the grandfather out ot their shop thinking it was a joke.
If you do go he puts pressure on you to do your best & remember "Everything is fixable"(he will show you that everyday)!
11-06-2009, 08:31 PM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 4
If you are willing to go to Wisconsin you should really go to American Institute of Taxidermy. I went there and was very pleased. I enjoyed my classes very much. If you are interested the website for the school is www.americantaxidermy.com.
11-08-2009, 06:21 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Calgary ab Canada
Posts: 972
http://www.selecttaxidermy.com/app.html
Tatonka, I was looking a while back also...I only know of this one.
JD
Tatonka, I was looking a while back also...I only know of this one.
JD
