Wildverse
A podcast all about the wild world of taxidermy and the wild universe - wildverse! We explore all types of taxidermy (and taxidermy-adjacent) subjects including hunting, art, wildlife, and much more! We are full-time taxidermists that have a HUGE passion for taxidermy and the wild world! We hope you love it, and we can’t wait to share even more fun episodes. Thank you for listening! - Heather and Ashley
Episodes
Our first group podcast!
We had the privilege to be surrounded by many amazing taxidermists at Wes Mote's Alumni Group class in Texas. Wes Mote is World Champion Taxidermist in Whitetail. He is also a great teacher and puts on group classes a few times a year. Wes put on this class for his past students, to teach some of new and exclusive molding and casting techniques.
We wanted to be able to share a little bit of the experience a...
If there was one episode that you needed to listen to as a small business owner, this is it!
Evan is a wealth of knowledge on the subjects of retirement planning, investment, and insurance. He really tries to focus on the needs of taxidermists but this episode is suitable for any small business owner or individual who wants to feel inspired to make changes for thier own future! We really tried to breakdown this topic as a “fi...
The National Taxidermy Show, New Mexico show, Virginia Show, and so much more! In this episode we were joined by Dalton Jeffers and Dillon Juarez.
Dalton showed off his "wrestling belt" and Dillon shared the story behind Hector!
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Taxidermists are typically business owners as well, or they work for a larger taxidermy business. Either way, we are no strangers to the wild things that can happen during customer interactions. Taxidermy-customer interactions can get a little more interesting than what might happen in a more "normal" job.
Listen to some stories that our listeners sent in and hear what we might do that in those scenarios.
In this months trivia episode we decided to take a page from one of our favorite podcasts “The Meat Eater Podcast” and play their game Meat Eater trivia.
In true Wildverse fashion, we start out with a “would you rather” question that we think will have a landslide of similar answers! We can guarantee you’ll learn something new on this episode as well as maybe feel a little foolish like we did at times…
Play along and let us k...
Randy Mitchell is the owner of Wild Rooms - www.wildroomsmi.com He creates those big mountains of habitat that display dozens of mounts, and those scenes that are so lifelike, it makes you feel like you're really there in the forest amongst the animals. If you've ever wondered about the logistics and what goes on behind the scenes of trophy rooms, you won't want to skip this one!
Also, we get a tour of a big showroom with HUNDREDS ...
In this episode we share about our trip to Colorado and how we searched high and * not so low* for cool pieces of twisted juniper!
Hear the why, how and where of our trip along with the fun stories of our adventure along the way.
We also share our own tips and tricks that we use when creating the habitat scenes for the mounts we do in our own shops. You never know, you might hear a new way to do your own habitat!
For instance,...
Have you ever wondered whether you could mount a polar bear? A giant panda? An eagle? What are some animals that I can't legally taxidermy? Well we've got the answers!
We dive into some of the most common animals that pose the question - can you mount it? (can you taxidermy it?) And some of the answers may surprise you!
We answer the questions:
Can you mount a polar bear? Can you mount a giant panda? Can you mount an eagle? Can you...
Paul Cales is the founder and owner of PRO-1 Performance Chemicals, which is also the sponsor of this episode and many of our others!
PRO-1 sells high quality tanning chemicals, and everything you need to tan animal hides - even down to the pH paper! Paul has also created PRO-1 Hide Paste - one of the most versatile and widely used hide pastes on the market.
In this episode, we find out more about Paul and a lot about tanning!
Heather attended the 2024 Maryland Taxidermy Convention and the 2024 Pennsylvania Taxidermy Convention! So let's talk about it!
We talk about the competitions, awards, (OUR AWARD!!), live mounting taxidermy competitions, other fun stuff that happens at the shows, and what is more to come this year in the way of taxidermy conventions.
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Our monthly trivia episode! Test your knowledge in the categories of conservation, biology, anatomy, animals, and taxidermy with random questions. We take turns asking each other questions....see if you can score better than us!
How well did you do?
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Thank you so much for watching!! -Ashley and Heather
Being a taxidermist is a relatively safe profession or hobby, yet it still comes with some risks.. we are dealing with real animals, after all.
What are some risks of being a taxidermist? Can I contract rabies working with recently deceased animals? How about tularemia or anthrax? What even is rabbit fever?
Find out all about this stuff and more in this episode!
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Some of the commonly asked questions we get as taxidermists and about taxidermy in general! Even if you know the answers to a lot of these, the answers we give might be different based on our experience, or the answers might help you to answer these same questions in the future.. the are frequently asked, after all!
We cover:
1. What is taxidermy?
2. What do you do with the excess skin?
3. What happens to the meat when you want to ...
What is going on in Colorado right now? No, not the snow report... hunting bans and some crazy wildlife management!
We talked with Leland Reinier of Craig, Colorado. Leland is a taxidermist, he owns Big Cat Taxidermy, but he's also a houndsman, hunter, and he's lived in Colorado his whole life. Colorado is currently facing a total mountain lion hunting ban - deceivingly called the "trophy hunting ban". That, along with the introduc...
Taxidermy Competitions?! How in the heck do those work? In this episode, we discuss how taxidermy competitions work!
We talk about how to enter a "comp piece", all the categories and divisions, WHY taxidermy competitions are so helpful, and much more!
We both compete and we highly encourage other taxidermists to do the same. Even just attending the comp (and just being a spectator) is a great way to learn!
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Test your taxidermy, animal, and anatomy knowledge with our first game of taxidermy trivia!
See how you score against Heather & Ashley and let us know how you did. What was YOUR score?!
Eight questions, and a bonus "would you rather" question.
This episode was so much fun!! Thank you for listening!
Judah Payer joins us in this episode to share the story of Payer Eyes - one of the leading eye producers in the taxidermy industry. We learn about Payer Eye's start in Israel and how the recent conflicts affect the company, as well as learning about the logistics and making of glass eyes! This episode was very "eye" opening..
Taxidermy gets a really weird reputation in the entertainment industry! Serial killers in real life and fiction, and the random addition of taxidermy in a tv show... it can get a little strange sometimes.
We discuss of the influence of how taxidermy is portrayed in media, and the affects it has on us real taxidermists! Taxidermy in fashion, reality shows, and the public perception of taxidermists. We also ponder the question, was C...
We talk taxidermy, hunting in Africa, and all things big cats with the "Leopard King" Daniel Meng!
Daniel is a world champion taxidermist, winning Best in World with a leopard in 2015. He specializes in big cat taxidermy and has a huge passion for big cats and the art!
Daniel's taxidermy studio is called Full Snarl Studios in South Dakota.
This is an episode you won't want to skip!
In this episode, we cover the most frequented question we get asked - How to Become a Taxidermist!
We discuss getting started in taxidermy. Do you need to go taxidermy school? What tools do you need? And whether you need a taxidermy license or not!
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