BIG GAME
Elk, deer, bear, moose.
Shoulder mounts, life-size, full-body, pedestal. Fully tanned, hand-finished, anatomically referenced. Built to last decades on a wall — or in front of a fireplace.
Learn moreABOUT THE SHOP
A Model of Excellence
Ron & Susan Orcutt — owners + makers.
Here, at High Country Taxidermy, LLC, we dedicate ourselves to providing our customers with quality, realistic, and lifelike recreations.
Because we have the upmost respect for nature's creatures, we pay close attention to detail and produce the highest quality mounts with unbeatable life-like characteristics. We pledge to provide fully tanned, professionally created mounts that can be displayed and appreciated for many years to come.
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All large and small game including birds.
(No fish, please — that's the only category we don't take.)
BIRDS
Pheasant to grouse to waterfowl.
Susan studied with bird taxidermist and sculptor Stephan Stevidas. Wing posture, feather lay, eye expression — the small choices that separate a stiff bird from one that looks like it just landed.
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EUROPEAN & HORN
Skull plates, full euros, horn plaques.
Faster than a full mount and quicker on turnaround — Europeans and horns aren't pinned to the same supply-chain delays as tanned hides. A clean way to memorialize a hunt with a much shorter wait.
Learn moreRECENT WORK
Eighteen years of work, photographed honestly.
Every photo here is from a real customer's mount. Ask Ron or Susan for the full archive — the shop has a deep portfolio that spans elk to game-bird scale.
AWARDS · MEMBERSHIPS · TRAINING
A bear that won its habitat back.
NFIBROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATIONMULEY FANATICSWYOMING ASSOCIATION OF TAXIDERMY ARTISTSCOLORADO TAXIDERMY ASSOCIATIONUNITED TAXIDERMY ASSOCIATION
IN OUR CUSTOMERS' WORDS
Real animals, real recognition.
FROM RON & SUSAN
"We dedicate ourselves to providing our customers with quality, realistic, and lifelike recreations. We pay close attention to detail and produce the highest quality mounts with unbeatable life-like characteristics."
— RON & SUSAN ORCUTT, OWNERS · HIGH COUNTRY TAXIDERMY