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MAKING YOUR TROPHY COME ALIVE!

The difference is in the Details...

From Small Game...

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To Big Game

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To Fish

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The Details are what makes your trophy Come Alive!

Custom Fish Reproductions

Our top quality fish reproductions are for both saltwater species and freshwater species. Support "Catch and Release" by reproducing your trophy. The market for fish reproductions has increased dramatically over the last few years, which in turn has caused the quality of reproduction blanks to increase as well. many of the freshwater species blanks come with transparent, flexible fins and complete mouth detail. Both freshwater and saltwater have extremely good scale and fin detail. Why do we call the "Custom" Fish Reproductions? Because we do not use stencils when we paint these fish. Each is individually painted preferably using a photograph (if available) of your fish to reproduce its individual characteristics. This makes your trophy look like your fish, not like the last 50 that I painted.

Custom Skin-Mount Fish

This process we reserve for freshwater species only. It is more economical and uses the skin, fins, etc. of your trophy. Some species, such as trout, use a reproduction head in order to extend the life of your mount (the heads of some fish contain too much oils to be successfully removed, therefore they will deteriorate in only a few years if not replaced with a reproduction). All of the reproduction heads that we use have complete mouth detail. We call these "Custom" mounts because each fish is individually painted using a digital picture that we take of your fish before it is skinned for a reference.

North American Game

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Our special mounting process gives you the detail of a "competition" mount at "standard" mount prices. We spend a lot of time working on details, giving our mounts very realistic muscle formation in both the neck/shoulder areas as well as the facial features of the animal. This is done on each mount individually, making your trophy a "custom" Mount.

Also, we use only the best competition "white-banded" eyes, lending to the realistic "expression" that your mount will have. We only use tanned skins on our small mammals. This, along with our other mounting procedures, give your mount excellent muscle and facial detail. On furbearers (such as fox, bobcat, coyote, etc.), tanning their very thin skins gives your mount a much longer life as well as well as producing a much cleaner and fuller fur.

African Game

Each manikin is individually hand carved giving our mounts very realistic muscle formation in both the body/neck areas as well as the facial features of the animal, making your trophy a "custom" Mount. Again, we use only the best competition "white-banded" eyes and shape the eyebrows in the correct position that matches the pose of your trophy (i.e... alert, relaxed, aggressive, etc.), lending to the realistic "expression" that your mount will have. All African Game mounts are tanned skin mounts due to the salt drying of the skins done before shipment out of Africa. We use only reputable tanneries with many years of experience. Then, only the best hide adhesives are used to hold the skin in the muscle detail that we have carved in the manikin.

Gamebirds

We use only the best, most modern techniques and materials on our bird mounts. Again, a lot of time is spent on the details of these mounts. For instance, on a wild turkey, there is a minimum of three hours spent "shingling" the feathers (realigning the color patterns that the bird had when it was alive) to insure the most realistic, accurate mount possible.

Waterfowl

Again, we use only the best, most modern techniques and materials on our bird mounts. As with all of our mounts, a lot of time is spent on the details of these mounts. From the time spent "shingling" the feathers (realigning the color patterns that the bird had when it was alive) to replacing lost feathers, to using as many references as necessary, we strive to turn out the most realistic, accurate mount possible.

Medicine Wolf Taxidermy Company Profile

Kevin Kimsey started doing taxidermy in 1998. This began for the simple reason of saving money on having his trophy's mounted. It evolved into another business because he put forth the same craftsmanship and attention to detail that he put into his knives. After fellow hunters and knife customers began to request his taxidermy work as well, he decided to "hang out his shingle" and start a business out of it. As it turned out, some of the knifemaking equipment and skills were applicable to the finishing of fiberglass fish reproductions, which resulted in them being one of his taxidermy specialties. Kevin's goals as a taxidermist are:

1. To make each mount an individual work of art through techniques such as sculpting the "form" or "manikin" so that it has unique but realistic muscle and facial detail giving it its own expression, and;

2. Not to just to give you a beautiful work of art, but to make your trophy "come alive" on your wall.

A Note From the Artist

I greatly appreciate your interest in my products and hope that we can do business in the future. If you have any questions, comments or other feedback, do not hesitate to contact me. If I can't help you, I'll be glad to try to connect you with someone who can.

Contact Information

You should feel free to contact me through any of the means listed below

Telephone: 770-655-8879
FAX: 770-382-5179
Postal address: 198 Cass-White Rd. NW
Cartersville, GA 30121
Electronic mail: General Information: kevin@rafterkk.com
Webmaster: kevin@rafterkk.com