A Word From Steve....

Having been an artist and animal lover all my life, I've always been drawn to natural beauty. I've spent many years trying to recreate nature in drawings, paintings, sculpture, and later in life, taxidermy. Trying to better the quality of my taxidermy has drawn me to create components more accurate to nature. Because mule deer have always been my favorite hoofed animal, I started out making mule deer forms. Starting with carcass casts, and ending in sculpture, the process is daunting. But, without being satisfied with the limited mule deer forms available, I'll keep trying to create a better line. I've spent countless hours working and re-working my "rendition" of the "perfect" mule deer head. And, even though there is no such thing, I think you will like the way this head mounts up, and the nice "mulie" appearance it has. Keep coming back to check out the newest available forms.

Along the way, I've found a need to produce other components such as nose casts and earliners, and in the future plan to expand to lip/nose combinations for specific rutting poses and other items. My desire is to keep refining and developing these components to fit most North American big game. I've learned how to cast the noses from nature, through good friends like Scott Humble, Tracy Jacobsen, and Bruce Capes. But the earliners, they're another story.

I was reading an article in Breakthrough Magazine a while back by Derek Ekdahl about making earliners from ear cartilage. I attempted to make my own liners using the methods explained there, with limited success. So I called Derek and talked to him in depth about the process. I was very intrigued and wanted to be able to use them in my taxidermy work. With further discussion I convinced him that they need to be on the market and he agreed to join me in producing them. I'm confident these Natural Choice earliners are the best available in the taxidermy industry today. He gives much credit to an acquaintance of his, Ken Walker for his previous article in Breakthrough about making liners from ear cartilage. Incidentally, I had previously purchased that Breakthrough just for Ken's article.

I hope you will give these components a try and offer feedback so I can further refine what I consider the best products on the market.

Sincerely,

Steve Tait

Antlers West Taxidermy
c/o Steve Tait
7592 S. 2350 W.
West Jordan, UT. 84084
Phone#: 801-694-1553
Email: awtaxidermy1@hotmail.com