When it came time to plan my annual trips to the 2021 Texas Taxidermy Association and the National Taxidermy Association conventions, I really didn’t feel like driving 2,000 miles roundtrip, twice, three weeks apart. So we got the brilliant idea to combine these two conventions with a western road trip that Gayle (my wife) and …
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NTA 2019 Major Award Winners
With 240 competition entries, this was by far the biggest show in the past 12 years for the NTA. Sioux Falls, South Dakota was the location for the 48th annual National Taxidermist Association convention, competition and trade show. The NTA had been at this facility twice before, in 2005 and 2011, and each time I …
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NTA 2018 Major Award Winners
Kathy Blomquist told me, “Pulling into the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Illinois felt like coming home.” I know exactly what she meant! Arriving at the NTA’s host facility was a familiar experience. In fact this was the eighth week that I has spent at this beautiful hotel attending taxidermy conventions. It could not have been …
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2018 Texas TTAI Award Winners
If there was a Best in World award for the most outstanding state taxidermy convention, Texas would surely take the gold medallion. It is amazing how a show this good continues to improve year after year, but it does! The 2018 TTAI convention was the biggest and the best so far, with over 200 superb …
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2018 UTA and OKTA Winners
I just returned from the 2018 United Taxidermist Association bi-annual Expo which was held in conjunction with the Oklahoma Taxidermy Association’s annual convention. I had always heard about what a great show the OKTA puts on, but this was the first one I had ever attended. I do believe the board members of the OKTA …
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