Thompson River Taxidermy

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Thompson River Taxidermy Est. 2022
Mammal Taxidermy and Services
Owner Sydney Davis

Open mouth color phase black bear rug
09/26/2026

Open mouth color phase black bear rug

Pronghorn antelope shoulder mount
09/22/2026

Pronghorn antelope shoulder mount

Open mouth black bear rug
09/21/2026

Open mouth black bear rug

Closed mouth black bear rug
09/13/2026

Closed mouth black bear rug

09/09/2026

And it all comes together. I genuinely love how this mount turned out and am kinda jealous I don’t get to keep him. The amount of detail, thought and care that went into this truly makes it a passion project. Originally the lion was going to be on a tree limb but form positioning made that somewhat difficult. After some searching I found a rock big enough that would fit him. I had already mounted him with an open mouth and more alert ears (not the typical pinned that are more for a stressed and/or really aggressive lion).His expression was more of a “I see you, I’m not scared of you but I don’t like you, get away” and I now had a big rock with lots of space to give him the reason why he was saying that. My thoughts behind the habitat were to recreate an early spring timeframe with melting snow and mud, the pile of bones below him are an old deer he cached sometime in the fall, maybe early winter (is that when he got that scar on his leg - from taking the that deer down?). And because he’s on a rock ledge there’s not a whole lot of dirt to bury his kill (burying their meal is typical mountain lion behavior) so he used whatever dirt or snow was available. But now that most of that snow is gone other critters are checking out his treasure. The question is what is he snarling at?

09/08/2026

I told you it got better and this is in the harshest lighting, I’ll be posting final photos in the next day or two, so keep an eye out. Lots of detail and thought went into this mount I can’t wait to share with you in the next post! Thanks for watching and supporting!
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09/07/2026

Longest part of the habitat is just putting it all together, but I was able to get it done in 42 seconds 😁 thanks for watching and stay tuned for part two to see it completely transform!

Final black bear photos (don’t worry the spray painted wood base will be boxed in with some nice weathered barn wood by ...
08/23/2026

Final black bear photos (don’t worry the spray painted wood base will be boxed in with some nice weathered barn wood by the customer after it gets shipped back to them)
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Final whitetail done from 2024 season! I strive to be around the year mark for turn around time and so far been pretty c...
12/09/2025

Final whitetail done from 2024 season! I strive to be around the year mark for turn around time and so far been pretty consistent!

Another whitetail going home today!---
11/30/2025

Another whitetail going home today!
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Thompson Falls, MT
59873

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