ABOUT THE COVER

Our Gallery this issue features the Best of Category Professional Division winners from the 2017 World Taxidermy Championships. David Schmidt's entry of two fighting wolverines won Best of Category Lifesize Mammals. In 2016 he won numerous awards with this piece at the UTA show, including the UTA Artisan Award, the McKenzie Taxidermists' Choice Award, Best Lifesize Mammal, and the UTA Masters Champion. The two wolverines both scored 95 in the Professional Division at the 2017 World Show.

The Breakthrough Gallery:   2017 Best of Category Winners

Reference Study:Coyotes, Part 1 by Larry Blomquist

Getting It Up by Bob Berry

Make Plans for the 2019 World Show by Larry Blomquist

Part 2: Striped Bass Reproduction by Mike Kirkhart

Selling Your Business? by John Jennings

The 2018 European Championships Salzburg, Austria

Reference Study: Ring-necked Pheasants by Larry Blomquist

REFLECTIONS REVIEWS AND REVELATIONS

Innovative Products by Larry Blomquist

Q&A by Larry Goldman

I WOOD Like to Know by Larry Goldman

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