Wild Things Taxidermy

They work on big game, small game, birds (including waterfowl), fish, reptiles, and horn mounts for a wide range of North American and exotic species.

You can choose from shoulder mounts, life-size mounts, bird mounts, fish skin mounts, fish reproductions, horn mounts, and custom habitat bases.

Owner Barry Buras is a long-time competition taxidermist with multiple placements in professional divisions from 1994–2005 and serves as an official scorer for Records of Exotics and Texas Big Game Awards.

He stays current on techniques through active membership in the Texas Taxidermy Association Inc., emphasizing detailed, competition-level work and fully tanned mammal hides using commercial tanning for large game and in‑shop tanning for thin‑skinned small game.

Wild Things Taxidermy posts a detailed price list with fixed rates for most work—for example, a whitetail deer shoulder mount is listed at $525.00 and a life-size whitetail at $2350.00, with many other big game, small game, birds, fish, tanning, and horn mount prices clearly outlined.

Customers describe pricing as reasonable and fair for the quality, and reviews consistently note that work is finished on time or earlier than promised, with a great turnaround time.

The studio offers tanning (at the owner’s risk), rug making, horn mounts that include a panel and in‑stock leather color, suitable bases for fish, and optional custom bases and nameplates, plus pickup and delivery in the greater Houston area.