Tall Tales Taxidermy

Tall Tales Taxidermy works on a wide range of big game, small game, predators, and exotics, with limited fish work and no specific emphasis on pets or birds in the provided information.

You can choose from shoulder and full-body mounts, European and horn/antler panel mounts, pedestal and wall-pedestal styles, as well as rug mounts with custom habitat bases.

Yukon Grubaugh has been competing and placing in Safari Club International Alaska Chapter competitions since at least 1991, with awards across birds, small and large life-size mounts, shoulder mounts, and rugs.

Their website and photo galleries emphasize detailed, realistic craftsmanship, artistic poses, and custom-designed presentations, supported by competition-proven work and long-term repeat clients.

They publish detailed, itemized pricing for mounts, rugs, tanning, skull and horn work, and repairs, with example prices such as $800 for a deer shoulder mount, $3,000 for a moose shoulder mount, $6,850–$10,500 for a brown/grizzly bear life-size mount, and a required 30% deposit on all work.

Crating and shipping charges are not listed online, so you are asked to call or email for those details, and reviews note a quick, timely turnaround compared to many other shops.

The studio also offers custom habitat bases and pedestal scenes, rug making (including African skin rugs by size), tanning of flat hides and capes, skull bleaching and European mounts, repairs, and finished mounts, capes, horns, and skins for sale, and they state that they buy capes and lifesize skins.