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Darryl’s Taxidermy is celebrating 38 years of business in the Grand Valley. Darryl’s Taxidermy is celebrating 34 years of business in the Grand Valley.

With over 40 years of experience, there is not much he has not mounted. Darryl is not only known for his expertise in the field of taxidermy, but also as a renowned big game hunter with trophies including his 1997 Colorado mountain lion that ranked No. 5 in the world.Darryl’s taxidermy studio is one of the finest you will visit. His collection of Boone and Crockett mounts has been featured in many

books, magazines, and newspapers. Darryl has one of the largest collection of B&C Trophy Mule Deer mounts in the West.

20/08/2025

Hunting season is right around the corner and we’re getting things mounted and out the door. We really start to get behind once the season starts. It’s all we can do to keep up with what comes in….. and that’s with 3-5 employees year round. Some of our happy hunters are Megan Sherman and her guide Owen Taylor, Lane Peterson and Cadance with Lane’s big buck, Justin Geiger and his nice archery bear, and Dave Hartmann with a wolf skull he found while on his Yukon moose hunt.

17/08/2025

What a fun time the last few days have been with my huge yard sale. Made a couple thousand dollars! (Unless I.R.S. is watching…. then I only made $17.53). I’m a wheeler-dealer, I can sell white gloves to a person eating bar-b-que. Sold some antlers, buffalo skulls, shoulder mounts, log furniture and lots of Knick-knacks. I even sold 6 year old Sloan a wild turkey Bourbon bar sign and a turtle shell. Met lots of new folks, some of them got a tour of the 2 man caves. Now they know where to come for future rustic decor and man cave items.

10/08/2025

Rangely, Colorado residents Andrew Lloyd and wife Melissa, and Mike Dunne and wife Melody came out to pick up their elk and deer. While they were here they got into some of my yard sale items. I’ll be having a huge yard sale this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Lots of antlers, skulls and rustic decor, over 30 shoulder mounts and of course hunting items. Look for add in The Nickel and Daily Sentinel.

07/08/2025

No, we didn’t spill bleach on this elk. This elk, taken by Bart Paulsen in Utah, would be considered a Piebald. Piebald condition results from an inherited genetic trait. Piebalds characteristically have varying amount of white hair in their coats, ranging from slight amounts (like this elk) to an almost totally white coat.

03/08/2025

When the Sheriff patrol car pulled in I thought for sure Halle was getting in trouble again! But it was our very own Mesa County Deputy Sheriff, Rich Tafoya stopping by after work to pick up his huge Desert Bighorn sheep. CPW aged this ram at over 10 years old. It’s face is very scared up and horns broomed off from many years of fighting and butting heads with other rams.

01/08/2025

Last couple of pictures of Man Cave #2. No more room for shoulder mounts but have some space for pictures and cool decor. Some aspen trim around doors and baseboards and we’re done. Then I can start dreaming about the future Man Cave #3!

30/07/2025

As promised…. Here’s a couple of walls of some huge elk I own that are on display in Man Cave #2.

28/07/2025

Man Cave #2 almost finished. This week I’ll post some pictures of the inside. Still working on the bar. This is the deer wall. These deer are 2nd string compared to the deer in Man Cave #1. Next post will be of some of my huge elk.

21/07/2025

This is what dreams are made of. John Hempen of Kentucky arrowed this huge Colorado bull in the last hours of the last day of Archery season September 2023. This massive 6x6 main frame with two extra points between the G-1 and G-2 on each side officially makes it an 8x8. John is currently in Africa bow hunting but is following my posts. This will make him “mister popular” around hunting camp. Remember, never get discouraged and quit early… you never know what’s out there waiting for you in the last minutes of daylight.

13/07/2025

What a fun day! Two former Alaskan residents showed up to get their respective trophies. Bryan Ahlgren from Denver was picking up his huge black bear rug that he arrowed in September 2022. He brought along his daughter who never let go of the bear skull the entire time they were here! Alan Gilliland (the bush pilot) was picking up his set of locked moose antlers and his wife’s trophy moose that we brought back to their natural color. Alan brought his laptop with photos and videos of his personal hunts in Alaska. Wow…..the hunting stories that were told.

09/07/2025

Buffalo are huge animals. Just the size of their heads dwarf Halle. Both of these buffalo were harvested on a buffalo game ranch. The white buffalo is genetically enhanced and is not considered the “Sacred White Buffalo”. Michael Kraus harvested these buffalo in back-to-back years. Buffalo meat is delicious and it looks like Michael has a lot of folks to feed!

03/07/2025

Taylor Fuoco with his huge Grand Mesa muzzleloading elk and bear from the September 2023 season. Everyone have a safe and happy 4th of July…. And of course “God Bless America”.

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Monday	09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 18:00
Thursday	09:00 - 18:00
Friday	09:00 - 18:00
Saturday	09:00 - 18:00
Sunday	09:00 - 18:00

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+19702432933

Website

http://darrylstaxidermy.wordpress.com/

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