Outdoor Addictions Taxidermy

2022 Awards

2022 World Taxidermy Championship

2^nd place overall Masters level in the ½ life-size subcategory in non-antlered game division (1/2 life-size back bear)

2022 Minnesota Taxidermy Guild

Masters Division Best Whitetail Wall Mount
Celebrity’s Choice Award (black bear pedestal)
Multiple Masters 1st and 2nd place ribbons

2022 South Dakota Taxidermy Association

Masters State Champion Game head (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters State Champion Small Life-size (Life-size Bear Cub)
Masters Competitors Award (Masters 4 highest scoring mounts combined)
Best All Around Taxidermist Award (4 highest scoring mounts combined)
Sponsors choice Best Elk Award
Sponsors choice Best Wall Mount Whitetail Award
Sponsors choice Favorite Large Life-size mount (Black Bear)
Multiple Masters 1^st and 2^nd place ribbons

2022 North Dakota Taxidermy Association

Masters Competitors Award (Masters 4 highest scoring mounts combined)
Best Elk Award judge’s choice
Multiple Masters 1^st and 2^nd place ribbons

2020 & 2021 Awards

Most shows were canceled due to Covid-19 these two years

2021 National Taxidermy Association

National Champion Large Life Size (Black Bear)
2^nd overall Open Division Competitors Award (4 highest scoring mounts combined: 4 bear mounts)
Multiple 1^st and 2^nd place Open Division ribbons

2021 Minnesota Taxidermy Guild

Best Bear Mount Award (Lifesize Black Bear)
Masters Best Wall Mount Deer Award
Multiple Masters 1^st and 2^nd place ribbons

2020 North Dakota Taxidermy Association

Masters State Champion Gamehead (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters Competitors Award (Masters 4 highest scoring mounts combined)
Taxidermist Choice Best Gamehead Award (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Best Bear Mount Award
Best Furbearer Award (Bear Cub)
Multiple Masters 1^st and 2^nd Place Ribbons

2019 Awards

2019 World Taxidermy Championship

3rd place overall Masters level in the single gamehead subcategory in non-antlered game division (with a Back Bear)

2019 National Taxidermy Association

2^nd place in Division of Excellence in Large Lifesize Category (Bear)
1-1^st place & 2-2^nd places in Gamehead Open Division with (3 bears ½lifesize mounts and a Gamehead)
2^nd place in Whitetail deer in Open Division
2^nd Place in Small Lifesize Open Division Bear Cub

2019 Minnesota Taxidermy Guild

MN Judge’s Choice Best of Show (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters MN State Champion Gamehead (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters Competitors Award (Masters 4 highest scoring mounts combined)
MN Best Bear Mount Award (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Taxidermist Choice Best Gamehead (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Pro-1 Award Judges’ Choice (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Mayor Choice Award (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
DNR choice Award (Life-size Bear)
Masters Best Wall Mount Whitetail Deer Award
Multiple Masters 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place ribbons

2019 South Dakota Taxidermy Association

Woody Award- Judges Choice Best of Show Runner-up (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Best All Around Taxidermist Award – for 4 highest scoring mounts in 4 Categories combined
Masters State Champion Gamehead (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters State Champion Small Life-size (Fisher)
Masters State Champion Reproduction (Mtn. Goat horns)
People Choice Best of Show (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Taxidermist Choice Best Life-size (Bear)
Best Mammal Award (Fisher)
RMEF Best Elk Mount
SD Sponsors choice award favorite Life-size Mammal award (Bear)
Multiple Masters 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place ribbons

2019 North Dakota Taxidermy Association

Distinguished Service Award
Woody Award- Judges Choice Best of Show Runner-up (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters State Champion Gamehead (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
Masters State Champion Small Life-size (Fisher)
Masters Competitors Award (Masters 4 highest scoring mounts combined)
Taxidermist Choice Best Gamehead Award (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
ND Best Bear Mount (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
ND Best Open Mouth Award (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
ND Judges Choice Best out of state Award (Ped. 1/2 Life-size Bear)
ND Judges Choice Award Best Furbearer Award
NDBA Sponsors Choice Award Wall Mount Whitetail Deer Award
Mayor’s Choice Award (Lifesize Bear)
Multiple Masters 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place ribbons

2018 Awards

2018 National Taxidermist Association – NTA Show

National Champion Larger than Coyote Life-Size (Black Bear)
Taxidermist Choice Best Life-Size Mount (Life-Size Bear)
Multiple 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons Masters

2018 Minnesota Taxidermy Guild

Best of Category – Master Division State Champion Gamehead (Fallow Deer)
Masters Division Best Wall Mount Whitetail Deer Award
Multiple 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons Masters

2018 Nebraska Taxidermy Association

Best of Category – Master Division State Champion Large Life-Size (Bear)
Taxidermist Choice Best Life-Size Award (Bear)
Nebraska Best Large Game Award (Bear)
Masters Competition Award (Masters 4 Highest Scoring Mounts)
Nebraska Safari Club Best Exotic (Fallow Deer)
Multiple 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons

2018 North Dakota Taxidermy Association

Best Bear Mount Award
Best Open Mouth Mammal Award
Best Mixed Group – Bear/Deer
Best Wall Mount – Whitetail Deer
Best Mule Deer Mount
Multiple Masters/Professional Ribbons

2017 Awards

2017 World Taxidermy Championships

5th Place Professionals Division Competitors Award for 4 Highest Scoring Mounts Combined
Professional Division: 2 – 1st Place Ribbons, 3 – 2nd Place Ribbons, and 1 – 3rd Place Ribbon

2017 Minnesota Taxidermy Guild

MN Taxidermist of the Year Award Winner
MN Judges’ Choice Best of Show (Life-Size Bear)
MN State Champion Life-Size (Bear)
Taxidermist Choice Best Life-Size Mount (Life-Size Bear)
MN Best Bear Mount
Pro-1 Award Judges’ Choice
Multiple 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons in Masters and Professional Divisions

2017 South Dakota Taxidermist Association

Taxidermist Choice Best Life-Size Mount (Life-Size Bear)
Best of Category- Professional Champion Game Head
RMEF Best Elk Award
Best Out of State Award
Best Commercial Deer Mount
Multiple 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons in Masters and Professional Divisions

2017 North Dakota Taxidermist Association

ND State Champion – Masters Division Small Life-Size (Fisher)
Best Professional Entry (Life-Size Bear)Taxidermist Choice “Best of Show” (Life-Size Bear)
Taxidermist Choice Best Life-Size Mount (Life-Size Bear)
Best Finishing Work Award (For Painting & Detail Work)
Best of Category- Professional Champion Large Life-Size (Bear)
Best Bear Mount Award
Best Open Mouth Mount Award
Best Furbearer Award
Best Wall-Mount Deer Head
RMEF Best Elk Mount
Best Out of State Mount
Multiple 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons in Masters and Professional Divisions

2016 Awards

2016 Minnesota Taxidermy Guild

Competitors Award for 4 Highest Scoring Mounts Combined
MN Best Bear award
Best of Category- Professional Champion Game Head (Bear)
Multiple 1st & 2nd Place Professional Division Ribbons

2016 South Dakota Taxidermist Association Awards

Best-All Around Taxidermist Award for 4 Highest Scoring Mount in 4 Categories
Competitors Award for 4 Highest Scoring Mounts Combined
Best Professional Whitetail Mount
RMEF “Best Elk Award”
Best of Category- Professional Champion for Whitetail deer, Professional Small Life-Size Mounts
Multiple 1st & 2nd Place Professional Division ribbons

2016 North Dakota Taxidermist Association

ND People Choice award
Best Out of State award
Best of Category – Professional Champion Small Life-Size Mount
Multiple 1st & 2nd place Professional Division Ribbons