TaxidermyXTaxidermist in Bellvue, Colorado
Wildlife Creations Taxidermy is a taxidermy studio located in Bellvue, Colorado, serving hunters from Northern Colorado and beyond near the entrance to the Poudre Canyon.
They present themselves as an artistic, quality-focused shop where each trophy is treated as a custom piece of artwork.
The studio welcomes you to visit the shop, view examples on display, and collaborate on custom designs for your mounts.
They work on big game, small game, birds, and fish, offering a broad range of options for most hunting trophies.
You can choose from shoulder mounts, life-size mounts, European mounts, antler panels, bird and fish mounts, and custom habitat scenes.
Owner and designer Patrick Wensman has over 20 years of taxidermy experience and takes pride in his artistic abilities and attention to detail from the smallest rabbit to the largest Alaskan moose.
They emphasize lifelike, detailed, and natural-looking mounts, positioning the shop as “the finest taxidermy studio for miles around” with references and many examples available.
They publish detailed 2024 pricing for big and small game, birds, fish, European mounts, and antler-on-panel work—for example, deer shoulder mounts at $975, elk shoulder mounts at $1,900, and fish skin mounts starting at $25 per inch—while noting that prices depend on size and are subject to change.
The studio stresses that you “get what you pay for” and, as hunters themselves, they aim to keep pricing affordable for the quality, encouraging you to contact them for current quotes and timing.
Custom bases, habitat scenes, and form alterations are standard parts of their work and help create distinctive, one-of-a-kind displays.
Reviews consistently praise the mounts as excellent, amazing, and highly realistic, often describing Patrick as both a craftsman and a true artist across many species.
Customers describe service as friendly, honest, professional, and respectful, noting that Pat treats each trophy as if it were his own.
Reviewers report accurate and honest completion dates and express strong overall satisfaction with reliability and the finished product, with many offering enthusiastic recommendations.
The studio is located minutes north of Fort Collins in Bellvue, Colorado, less than an hour from Denver and within a short drive of southern Wyoming communities like Cheyenne and Laramie.
You can contact Wildlife Creations Taxidermy to discuss your project, review current pricing, and plan a visit to the shop to see examples in person.
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