Taxidermist?

Friends,

I'm new to to Alabama, Birmingham more specifically, from the land of the giants. I'm a lifelong whitetail fanatic, and I love quality taxidermy. For whatever it's worth, I'm not into what a deer may score as opposed to what he represents hanging on my wall.

I'm an artist at heart, and I have a deep respect for what it takes to produce a true quality mount, even though I've not the stomach to produce such work. Plus, I have two young blooming hunters in my house that will embark on their first deer seasons this fall. Anything killed -- and a I mean anything -- will qualify for a shoulder mount based upon their expectations.

I'm on a budget, but when it comes to preserving memories, I'll pay for quality.

Any suggestions?

Here's my young killers (son and daughter) ... And no, I didn't pull the trigger on either of these birds.

Bham? easy, Joel Stone, Leeds Al. Maybe 20 min east of Bham.

Stones Taxidermy

If you want to drive about 100 miles North to Jackson County, we have two great ones. Stan Gross , some say he's the best all around in the US, doesn't matter if it swims, walks or flies or what continent it came from he can make it look real. He stays backed up because he's in high demand.

There's also Chris McCarver, he trained under Stan.

Both are full time taxidermists. I have work by both. I think they both have web sites or face book pages.

Stan Gross 256-599-2294
Chris McCarver 256-599-4883

The Rack Shack in Coaling, AL.

no

Did you have a bad experience?

seen some bad work

She did a good job on mine a couple years ago. My Dad has one there now. I guess we shall see.

Rhett Kelly. Titus al.

Thanks a bunch for the help! I'm going to go visit a few of these places to get a first-hand look. This has been a great start!

Appreciated.

Surprised nobody has mentioned Charles Brown; Artistic Whitetails in West Blocton. Does nice work; got one there now.

Terry Sartin Guin Al

Charles does good work for certain , I said Joel because he is a lot closer to Bham.

Garnett Taxidermy in Gallant Al.

Never seen his work in person , however, pics I've seen on here look like top notch work.

From the sounds of it on here, sounds like he's real backed up. But that's just from reading between the lines on here.

What Bham Fred said

Joel Stone ( Leeds )

Welcome to BAMA....Hope you kept some land up there to hunt! x2....everything I get stuffed will go to Stan...great man, great taxidermist