Northeast Custom Taxidermy

05/24/2025

Ben is holding down the fort in my old guiding business… give him a shout after the lottery if you’re successful next month in drawing a tag.

05/02/2025

What a youth day for Grayson and Ava! Eight minutes apart a few hundred yards apart, they each found a buck. Grayson was also lucky enough to make MASTC with his buck. Congratulations guys and good luck this Fall! I get very few deer with cowlicks, but interestingly enough, both these bucks had cowlicks on the back of their necks, especially Ava’s.

Both forms are Mears Whitetail Forms Semi-Upright Offset.
Grayson’s ears forward - SUOR 22
Ava ears back - SUOL 19

04/30/2025

This beautifully racked coastal buck had a few pretty neat things going for it. This deer aged at 8.5 years old and had a very short nose, 7 1/8”. Most of the deer I get 8 years old would usually have a nose measurement of 7 3/4-8”. It only dressed 150lbs on the dot, it was shot during the rut and heavy necked, but overall it was very compact like a lot of the deer near the coast. They definitely are built differently than Big Woods deer.

Forrest had found the sheds from this buck the previous two years and decided he was going to hunt him with his son. Last year he crossed paths with him and his son, Nolan had his first buck! Neat thing is, the buck was 8.5, Nolan was 6 years old!! He is turning into quite the hunter.

Mears Whitetail Forms SSR 21

04/29/2025

I don’t know what I would do if this 7.5 year old 200+ lb buck stepped out! Hunter was after him a few years and finally crossed paths with him.

Joe Coombs Classics Taxidermy Supply 9500 with custom Big Woods Bucks wool on the back, available only at Northeast Custom Taxidermy.

04/28/2025

Moose form pickup day… I’m lucky to have a supplier of excellent moose forms not too far away!

04/28/2025

Gavin crossed paths with this beautiful 7.5 year old buck after going after him for a few years. Persistence usually pays off. Congratulations Gavin!

I’ve got a couple really nice September moose for Big Mountain Outfitters clients to put back together real soon, stay tuned!

This buck is on a Matuska CC semi-upright

04/27/2025

Finished up this custom project for one heck of a Maine moose, that is the new archery record for Maine harvested by Steve Morse last Fall.

Since it was truly a once in a lifetime moose, I figured I should try to do something special for a mount. Steve needed a straight shoulder wall mount for the area he was going to be hanging it, so I decided on turning a straight shoulder form into a wall pedestal that would have a hard left turn, but still be a straight front on view as viewed standing in front of the wall. That pose would fit his wall spaces as needed, but show off the shoulder better and be something that you don’t see as often. Something custom…

It turned out excellent! Congratulations Steve on a great Maine moose!

-TM Creations Straight Semi-Sneak form, altered to a wall pedestal

Maine Antler & Skull Trophy Club

04/26/2025

Knocked out some finish work this past week… been a while, but with new shop area finished enough to get back to work, I’m starting to put some animals back together again.

Champions Choice white banded eyes

04/22/2025

A great opportunity to see some great trophy’s from Maine! There will be a lot of racks and taxidermy to view. If I mounted a MASTC buck for you last season, it can be displayed at this year’s bi-annual banquet. I was also able to get a few of the MASTC bucks from this past Fall finished up for display. I’ll also have the new Archery record book moose harvested by Steve Morse on display.

This years MASTC banquet on 4/26/2026 schedule of events

Guest speaker: Christi H. Elliott
Guest performer: Styles Haury

This years large raffle items -
• Muzzleloader
• 243 rifle with scope
• 83 square inch Ozark trail butane griddle with hard carrying case
• Camo jet sled

Last banquet 50/50 winner won over $1,700!!!

Looking forward to making this the best banquet thus far!

03/31/2025

Little less time to apply this year, don’t forget… starting tmrw!

Who else will be submitting an application for a Maine moose permit tomorrow? If you have any inquiries or require clarification on any aspect of the application process, please do not hesitate to contact me directly or refer to our website at eaguides.com. I will provide a link tomorrow once the site is accessible. Best of luck to all applicants!

03/30/2025

Every Big Woods hunter should take 14 minutes and watch this video. Such a simple thing, but so much packed into 14 minutes. Big Woods are like a big river when fishing. It can be daunting and intimidating where to start. You break rivers down by seams and structure. You break the Big Woods down by the info in this video to find the 10% of habitat that bucks spend 90% of their time in. Great video!

Hal shows how to use a map to break down the Big Woods and figure out where you should hunt.