North Zone Outdoors Taxidermy & Guide Service

They primarily work on big game and other mammals, with whitetail as a key focus, and historically have accepted some birds and fish.

They offer shoulder, wall pedestal, floor pedestal, and pack mounts, along with gamehead mounts, full-body options, European mounts (not accepted for 2025), and custom habitat bases.

Nick emphasizes preserving hunting and fishing memories and positions his work around trusted service for Maine sportsmen.

He uses competition-quality materials, including premium eyes, nose replacements, ear liners, and Pro1 tanning and adhesives, to produce durable, lifelike mounts with detailed, well-planned habitats.

Whitetail pricing is clearly posted, with shoulder mounts at $1100 plus tax, wall and floor pedestal and pack mounts at $1300 plus tax, habitats and bases at additional cost, and custom or extra work billed at a $75/hour shop rate.

Standard taxidermy turnaround is about 12 months with in-house cape prep and tanning, limited slots for large game to maintain that one-year goal, priority given to customers who pay in full at drop-off, and an optional 90-day priority shoulder mount turnaround.

They build custom habitat bases and scenes, offer guided open-water fishing trips around Bangor from May through September, and provide a small number of moose, black bear, whitetail, and expanded archery island hunting opportunities or referrals to trusted outfitters.