Back
Country Taxidermy Studio is the life long
journey of Dale Horton. He grew up in the rural surroundings
of Kenosha County in Southeastern Wisconsin. Living on a
farm most of his youthful years, hunting and fishing was
second nature. Dale saw the beauty in the game he and his
neighbor friends bagged as part of their hunting outings.
The bright red eye of a rooster ring neck pheasant or the
beautiful plumage on the head of a male wood duck. Dale
saw taxidermy as a way to preserve that beauty for years
to come. Horton got his start back when he was about 9 yrs
old, he took a correspondence course from the Northwestern
School of Taxidermy. He used to practice on pigeons that
his brother shot for him. Once out of high school, Dale
went to a technical college for taxidermy and then started
in the business part-time. As his skills as a taxidermist
grew so did word of the great work he did. Friends of friends
were asking Dale to mount whitetail antlers or stuff that
big large mouth bass. When the amount of work he was able
to get, surpassed the amount of time he was able to devote
to his taxidermy. Dale decided it was time for the doors
of Back Country Taxidermy Studio
to open full time. He is currently a member of the Wisconsin
Taxidermists Association as well as the National
Taxidermists Association.
For the past 35 years, Back Country Taxidermy
Studio has been located in the lower level of the Paddock Lake
Sporting Goods store on Highway 50 at the east end of Paddock Lake, Wisconsin.
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