Moonshine Taxidermy Wellington

22/07/2025

A few more tahr.

16/07/2025

Had a great evening yesterday at Whanganui NZDA giving a quick caping presentation and talking about big game taxidermy.

23/04/2025

Hi everyone
Excited to announce the shoulder mount giveaway winner is Jimmy Welsh. Thanks to everyone who started following our page , keep an eye on our posts as we will do some more specials in the following months.

10/04/2025

For those heading out hunting this weekend, remember to skin at least 20-30 cm past the front legs to give us enough hide to work with.

10/04/2025

03/04/2025

WIN A SHOULDER MOUNT WORTH $2000!! We will give away a free shoulder mount voucher to one of our lucky Facebook followers. To enter all you need to do is tag in at least 3 hunting buddies on this post, then visit our page and hit the follow button. The winner will be selected randomly from the list of our Facebook followers and announced on the 22nd of April. (Voucher is valid for 12months from 22/04/2025)

25/03/2025

Nice wide sika. 2 broken points rebuilt and tidied up.

20/03/2025

A few custom shields cut for us by Allworks. They can be sized to fit any mount or skull. The shape and color combinations are endless. Get in touch if you would like to discuss your next custom project.

19/03/2025

Excited to announce that now we can be found on the NZDA app. For members only discounts look for us in the NZDA Exclusive Deals.

06/03/2025

MEDIA RELEASE
New charity aims to feed struggling families while protecting native forest.

A new charity is being launched to provide needy families with high quality protein through Kiwi Harvest. The We Hunt Food Charitable Trust is the latest initiative from the Fiordland Wapiti
Foundation and allows hunters to gift the venison they harvest, to help provide food security for their local communities.

The Fiordland Wapiti Foundation has a long history of helping kiwi families access good quality food. During Covid, it organised the donation of 18 tonnes of prime venison to food banks around New Zealand. Fiordland Wapiti Foundation General Manager Roy Sloan says that early initiative was an eye opener. “The project showed the need for donations of top-quality protein to struggling families, and even today we continue to supply food banks in Auckland with meat processed from deer we cull in Fiordland,” Roy Sloan says. “We wanted to build on that so hunters can donate their venison to more food banks,
knowing their Koha is going to benefit people who need it. “The current economic situation and rising unemployment is putting pressure on families, forcing growing numbers to turn to food banks for help. “The food banks tell us that the hardest food product to source is red meat. The We Hunt Food Trust has the solution,” Roy Sloan says.

We Hunt Food Trust will be donating wild-harvested venison to Kiwi Harvest in Southland for distribution to agencies who feed those in need. We are extremely proud to partner with Kiwi Harvest and look forward to seeing the positive impact this initiative will have on local communities.

“The meat will all be processed professionally, and is of course, from healthy free-range animals,” Roy Sloan says. The meat donations also benefit conservation by helping to protect native forest that wild deer graze on. “At the moment, deer numbers are high, and hunters are under pressure to control populations to help protect the environment. While they are doing well by culling thousands of animals, they are concerned healthy free-range venison is going to waste.”

Roy Sloan says the We Hunt Food Charitable Trust is the result.
“We just wanted to join the dots, and it makes perfect sense to donate the excess venison to those who need it. “It is a win-win situation – the Trust can provide needy families with meat by giving it to food banks while helping achieve our conservation goal of reducing deer pressure on native forests.

The We Hunt Food Charitable Trust will be launched at Hunting and Fishing’s Invercargill store on March 12 from 11am to 1pm. Formal launch 12.30pm.

This is a community project that will need community support to be successful and appropriately, one of our partners The Grocer will be on the barbeque cooking venison to mark the event.

“We want people to be able to taste for themselves the quality of the venison the Trust is providing so they can see the nutritional benefits of the protein families will be getting through food banks,” Roy Sloan says.

Please join us for the launch:
When: March 12, 2025, from 11am to 1pm
Where: Hunting and Fishing’s Invercargill store 97 Leet Street

05/03/2025

Been a busy few months finishing bits on our workshop and increasing the capacity of the tanning shed.
Looking forward to seeing all the animals coming off the hills and hearing the hunting stories.
In the meantime here are some photos of our recent work.

16/12/2024