Kansas Association of Taxidermists Convention 2010

[sean997]

A lot of great pieces at the show!  Great job guys, it was fun! thanks Kerby for posting all the pics!

[sid]

Thanks for all  who attend the Kansas show, you all made it a sucess!  special thanks go to our judges  John Griffith, Shawn Dawson, Andy Campbell and Kenneth Bauman. Shawn special thanks from me for letting me pick your brain ,You  are mountain full of knowledge.  and I am not afraid of your lazer!!!!!!! Ha!  Ha!!!

[timberlandtaxidermy]

Thanks for all  who attend the Kansas show, you all made it a sucess!  special thanks go to our judges  John Griffith, Shawn Dawson, Andy Campbell and Kenneth Bauman. Shawn special thanks from me for letting me pick your brain ,You  are mountain full of knowledge.  and I am not afraid of your lazer!!!!!!! Ha!  Ha!!!

What Lazer???

[timberlandtaxidermy]

By the way, where's the pics, Kirby!

[sid]

scroll down hes got them in 5 parts.

[timberlandtaxidermy]

Thanks sid, and thanks Kirby for posting the pics!
Nice job Kansas!

[timberlandtaxidermy]

This was such a fun show to judge.
The people from the Kansas association are a great bunch of people.
They made me feel right at home and very comfortable.
It was nice to get away for the weekend and discover that there are still some pretty cool people in this world.
It was an honor to judge with the other judges there. Ken Bauman, John Griffith, and Andy Campbell.  Nice meeting you guys. I know we went back and forth on judge's choice, but isn't that what makes it fun? Believe me, I picked up some good tips from all three of them. Thanks guys!
Special thanks to my scribe, Cindy Cunningham. there was quite a bit of stuff to judge, and she was there the whole time. It wasn't 'til after I was done juding that I found out from her husband Chuck that she had carpul tunnel surgery done on both hands awhile back. Great, now I feel like a heel!
I'm sorry if I don't remember last names, but I want to say thank-you to my new friends in Kansas. If I forgot your name, pm me and I'll let you come up you come up to Montana, and archery elk hunt with me
Cory, you don'y count because we met when we attended Meder's 10 years ago
In no particular order........CINDY & CHUCK, SUZI  & STEVE, KAREN & ROGER, STEVE (not the same one, you know who you are) JERRY, MIKE, KIRBY, and the other 100 people that were there
Thank you guys very much.
Great show

[Redwolf]

Very nice. Who did the turtle?

[LTravis]

Wow that`s some awsome work on all 5 pages....redwolf--just guessing with this one but I would say Mike Beckmann probably did the turtle...that`s just a guess..

[Redwolf]

It looks great who ever did it. I wonder if it's a traditional mount or a freeze dry

[Big John]

Sandy and I just wanted to express a BIG THANKS to the Kansas Taxidermy Association for all they did for my wife and I.  We thoroughly enjoyed the company and working with talented, knowledgeable judges like Kenneth Bauman, Andy Campbell and Shawn Dawson; what a GREAT team of Judges.  I also want to Congratulate all the winners at the show.  Yes, I know there was a lot of time spent on these mounts but hopefully the ribbons were well deserving.  Keep up the good work and don't forget those references.

This was a GREAT show with LOTS of mounts and LOTS of people wanting to learn.  This folks is what it's all about and YES I gave many critiques.  Well, I think it's going to take Sandy and I a couple of days to recuperate from all that driving.  But, we enjoyed it.  Many Thanks.....

Best,

John Griffith
Stearns, Kentucky

[LTravis]

I don`t think we allow freeze dried critters except turkey heads of course...I`m sure somebody from the show will chime in here in a bit..I wasn`t able to make it but Mike usually does most of the reptiles at the show

[KBauman]

It was an "original" cast my the one and only Kerby Ross.  Great job Kirby!

[LTravis]

Kewl---see there ya go..I`m wrong again..Thanks Kennith....it is awsome work...good to see Mike getting some competition in the reptile catagory..he he he

[Cory]

All I can say is John and ALL of the judges were a class act, with lots of eager ears to learn what to expect on a mount.  Thanks for the learning session.