Buck-Shot Taxidermy

Buck-Shot Taxidermy works on big game, small game, birds, fish, pets, and other mammals, including large and exotic specimens.

You can choose from shoulder and game-head mounts, full-body mounts, fish skin mounts and replicas, bird mounts, rugs, and custom habitat displays designed as more than simple wall pieces.

Owner Mark Van Leuven has over 20 years of taxidermy experience, is largely self-taught with further mastery through the Garden State Taxidermy Association, and runs the studio full-time under multiple federal and professional licenses.

The studio highlights award-winning work, detailed habitat scenes, and the use of high-quality materials and techniques to achieve realistic, competition-level mounts.

Buck-Shot Taxidermy does not publish set prices and notes that costs vary by species, size, and complexity, so you should contact the studio directly for quotes.

Reviews describe turnaround times that can extend well beyond quoted dates, with some customers reporting significant delays and, in isolated cases, non-delivery of remains.

Additional services include custom habitat bases and woodworking, bear rugs, freeze-dry work, pet preservation under the “Pets Forever” line, remounts and refurbishing, finished mounts for sale, taxidermy classes, consulting on trophy care for trips abroad, and estate or insurance appraisals and cataloging.