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My Lion - 2011


My 59" Kudu - 2011

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Artist/Master Taxidermist - Jim Guist


(Above: My SCI Score 447 Typical Elk - Taken 2009)

I have specialized in big game taxidermy since 1979, along with over 35 years of experience studying wildlife anatomy and behavior. 

Having the good fortune to travel and hunt many of the North America states including Alaska, also Canada, Russia/Siberia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. This has allowed me to observe many animals first hand while in their native habitat, giving me the ability to recreate wildlife in exacting details

*Official Safari Club International Scorer & Life Member of SCI

*Former SCI Museum Assistant Curator, Tuscon Arizona

*Former Taxidermist Jonas Brothers of Denver Colorado

*Many awards in state and world competitions

*Graduated American Institute of Taxidermy, 1979 

*Harvested Former #1 SCI Javelna, 1994

*Harvested Former #4 B&C Alaskan Moose, 1989

*Harvested Former #1 Russian Brown Bear, 1999

*Harvested #6 SCI Crocodile in Tanzania, 2006

*Harvested all "major" huntable cats (lion, leopard, mt. lion, bobcat, lynx)

*Awarded African Hunter of the Year by SCI Ozark Chapter, 2008

*Taxidermist for the "Catch-A-Dream" hunts for children with life threatening illness at Little Flat Creek Ranch in Purdy MO, since 2003 

Please feel free to contact us at 417-743-2772 with any questions you may have.




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