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The 2003 World Taxidermy Championships (April 8-12) in Springfield, Illinois was a truly amazing show!
I learned so much there, through the many seminars, and the thorough critique that the judges gave me on the mount I had entered.
For those of you who are wondering how I did... I got a third place on my tiger cub, in the professional division, and I am very happy with that! I think the World show is, by far, judged even harder than the Nationals.
The following is a collection of photos I took at the show, in no particular order.. There are photos of competition mounts, me with my friends, and the trade show. I will be adding photos of more competition pieces later! All photos were either taken me or my dad, or Randal Waites.
To view a picture, click on the words. This will help cut down on picture loading time.
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The registration area
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Standing in front of the Crowne Plaza |
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Me with my tiger mount |
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Another shot of me with my tiger |
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Me with Ken Walker |
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Me with Mark Haineault |
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My dad and I at the awards banquet |
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The competition area |
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Competition area #2 |
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Competition area #3 |
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Competition area #4
You can see my tiger on the table |
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Competition area #5 |
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Bobcat sculpture by Chris Krueger |
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Deer mount by Chuck Partak |
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Deer mount by Dave Toms |
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A view of part of the deer head section |
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More deer |
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A close up of one of the master division deer |
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A cute little doe by Kurt Ainsworth |
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A bald eagle. Not sure if it's real or a recreation |
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Rare Black-footed ferret by Ken Walker |
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Another view of the ferret |
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Red foxes by Jason Snowberger |
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Ducks by Frank Newmeyer |
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Freeze-dried snowshoe hare |
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A whitetail judge giving a critique |
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Mounted koi fish |
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Here is a recreation panda! ...It won Best-in-world recreation |
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Ken Walker about to go on TV and talk about his panda |
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Squirrels by John Lager |
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A pronghorn antelope mount |
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Some type of parrot (?) |
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A beautiful pheasant |
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Roe deer shoulder mount |
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Ringtail lemur mount |
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Some of the shoulder mount sculptures |
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A baby bird mount by Simon Blackshaw |
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The skeleton section. There were only 3 entered! |
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Two tiny sparrows |
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My tiger with his ribbon! |
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Porcupine mount by Randal Waites |
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Another shot of my tiger |
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Freeze-dried coyote pup |
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Bill Yox giving a whitetail critique |
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Me with some friends at the wind-down party..
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Ken Edwards playing the piano at the party. That guy is amazing!
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Me playing the piano at the party |
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Me with my parents... haha, just kidding. Linda Haineault and Randal Waites |
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John Schmit with his not-yet-completed wolf sculpture. He won best in world! |
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The finished wolf sculpture |
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The live sculpting area |
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Sika deer sculpture. 2nd in world winner |
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Small bear sculpture. 3rd in world winner |
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Matt Thompson whitetail seminar |
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A view of the trade show (Van Dykes booth) |
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Another view of the trade show |
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Me with the Van Dykes Crew..
Taken at the Van Dykes hospitality party |
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Me at the Art. Rocks booth |
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Me with Bill Yox...
You blinked, Bill!! |
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Me and Bruce Rittel at the hospitality party |
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My dad and I checking out the fleshers at the Van Dykes booth |
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Me talking to Mark Haineault and Kurt Ainsworth.
My eyes look wierd! |
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This is a picture of a lady interviewing me for a book she is writing. She traveled to the world show all the way from New York just to get information for her book! |
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This pic was taken in the trade show.. that's Elmer Feltner (Scrubby) on the right |
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Me signing a shirt for a lady |
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Here I am asking Bill Yox to sign MY World Show shirt |
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He used Mark's back to press on! |
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Ken Walker all dressed up for the banquet |
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