---
title: "Top Taxidermy"
description: "Since 1994 the the WASCO artistic taxidermy awards have highlighted the best work from taxidermists from all around the country."
date: "2010-09-16"
modified: "2021-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Robinson"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/alex-robinson/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/09/top-taxidermy/"
categories:
  - "Hunting"
---

# Top Taxidermy

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DMJMPT6MBF6NUDEP2N4E4ZM2RM.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo10013215791_13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VABKB7HWMOK3SDOHUH5CEWRS3U.jpg>)
*Steve Rolan, Troy, SC Coyote and Bobcat Photos courtesy [WASCO](<https://www.taxidermy.com/>)*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images2010092_21.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/BLBGZA2VSQD3JNK6OR52QJJ6WA.jpg>)
*Joe Boggs, Aurora, IN Snow Goose*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images2010093_20.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/3HRMDXGKJWI3L3SADFPFSLARSI.jpg>)
*Chip Hayes, Manchester, TN Wild Turkey and Squirrel*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo10013215794_16.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VIHVD2VL7TDBXA7FRP32MTEQGA.jpg>)
*Rodney Casteel, Juliette, GA Group of Harlequin*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images2010095_18.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/4P7N6WG46HBCC5WC62I2S6GXGU.jpg>)
*Brian Banbury and Cary Cochran, Perrysville, OH Tundra Swan and Cygnets*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images2010096_15.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/5266YQAR5A6BIMTY5GNRM5EIRY.jpg>)
*Mike Orthober, Egg Harbor, WI Bobwhite Quail*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo10013215797_12.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VKMS4SB4XEOIH2GCMRZ357VR74.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images2010098_19.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/EEWUWT6J7CG4F4ICASQYHOLKCE.jpg>)
*Jacob Clark, Pleasant Plains, AR Silver Fox, Crow and Grouse*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images2010099_21.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/TL5EGUMBPJXQOPI4WEO3SV2FUI.jpg>)
*Page Nethercutt, New Bern, NC Tawny Owl*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157910_13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/IIAJNAON4T4WDQ4XEFEEKPOG6M.jpg>)
*Amber Gonnerman, St. Ansgar, IA Coyote*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157911_13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/OTNGJB3L5WKIIASBABMMHAE53U.jpg>)
*Stephen Dotson, Jackson, MO Mallard*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157912_14.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/YJAM6E3BUC7QO3F2GHVPUUKUSY.jpg>)
*Tyler Hoffman, Missoula, MT King Eider*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100913_17.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/YYH7YO3RI3KXNQ24TFXHC64AZY.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157914_14.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/HCB6BGVVSRAXHQ4TBXSK2WHM4U.jpg>)
*Denny Cutright, Mill Creek, WV Pronghorn Antelope*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100915_13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/R3KQKRJW4B7PXFG4EEQH44KJWY.jpg>)
*Mark Gonnering, New London, WI Whitetail Deer*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157916_11.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/AR675OG7F5ZKCRBHNC4TS5EL44.jpg>)
*Scott Vohnoutka, Red Fox and Partridge*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100917_15.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/GVTG6QE6R4MFUNWE7532UONZBI.jpg>)
*Gerald Blackwelder, Montrose, CO Pintail Drake*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157918_9.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/GGBJPCOKXQ75V4NWGZSTEXDEWU.jpg>)
*Ryan Dolan, Brunswick, OH Mandarin Group*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100919_14.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/RBQG4AL5C5GMJRV7YWFWNMEDDI.jpg>)
*Don Miller, Fulton, NY Pedestal Coyote*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100920_9.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/POAQDLGPXMB7ZFPGX5B7OIBFUY.jpg>)
*Chip Hayes, Manchester, TN Mallard Drake*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157921_7.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/U32AJCKBW4SKMMLTSN3WCIM5PA.jpg>)
*Chris Krueger, Hot Sulphur Springs, CO Javelina*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100922_11.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/F3PISK2SGDGFPA6JRI34OLM544.jpg>)
*Clinton Hall, Redmond, OR Pronghorn Antelope*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100923_13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/PXP4SASICPY5UCEQMX3LTHI6DA.jpg>)
*Bob Rowe , Stillwater, OK Sunfish*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100924_10.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/6TFLMNM3J3DCXNFMWP5CWPD2EA.jpg>)
*Shane Smith, Bridgeport, AL Strutting Wild Turkey*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100925_12.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/ZDY3SU6JKFF4ZKTE7GKAYPDMUU.jpg>)
*Todd Kranau, Blue Hill, NE Zebra*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157926_8.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/U4LFKBKP34EKHWO33SF4G3FV7U.jpg>)
*Lowell Shapley, Porter TX Mandarins*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100927_6.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/2QQBE2MKOJP4YBXD6FDEPDCICY.jpg>)
*Brice Wangler, Centralia, IL Canada Goose*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100928_6.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/M7VZYQP5IPIOIZN7VDKGAUHPKY.jpg>)
*Chris Barnhardt, Concord, NC Wildebeest*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100929_4.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/XEBBZVTRSTCKEVI7PBVAOEI6AU.jpg>)
*Brian Harness, Harrison, AR Red Fox*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images20100930_4.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/MKQJB4XLBTBUG7QOXO3CUOMUCU.jpg>)
*Brett DeFreitas, Boaz, KY Osceola Turkeys*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo100132157931_2.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DY7E6DKMLH5KXHXDLB2TVNGDUM.jpg>)
*Chris Horne, Mt Joy, PA Smallmouth Bass*

## Author
Alex Robinson is *Outdoor Life’s* editor-in-chief. He oversees an ace team of writers, photographers, and editors who are scattered across the continent and cover everything from backcountry sheep hunting to trail running. He lives in Grant, Minnesota, with his supportive wife, two little girls, and a feral duck dog.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-robinson-7452461b9/>)