Keeling Taxidermy - Blanchard, Idaho

Keeling Taxidermy - Blanchard, Idaho specializes in North American big game and small game.

You can choose from shoulder, life-size, pedestal, half-life-size, European, horn mounts, and rugs, along with custom habitat and wildlife scenes.

James began learning taxidermy from his grandfather at age 8, later attended taxidermy school, and has operated the studio since at least 2011.

He emphasizes careful, detailed work, spends many hours on each mount, and uses professionally tanned hides and high-quality materials to achieve realistic, well-finished pieces.

Specific prices are not listed online; you are asked to call (208) 946-7030 for pricing, with a 50% deposit required, tanning accepted at the customer’s risk, and a 3% fee on card payments.

Once your hide is received, horn and European mounts are typically estimated at about 4–6 months, while shoulder and life-size mounts are estimated at about 6–12 months, depending on the work.

Additional services include custom habitat bases and wildlife scenes, custom rocks, rugs, trophy restoration, velvet preserving, antler repair, artificial velvet, detachable antlers, replacement capes, and skinning and tanning by quote.