Basic whitetail academy: ($1,800)

5 day course includes:
One basic whitetail shoulder wall mount instruction
European skull mount instruction (class project)
Whitetail antler mount course (class project)
Deer feet gun rack course **Student gets to take one home**
Repairs and mount cleaning
Provided lunch, snacks, drinks (During class time only)

Keep your tools option add $1,300
With this option you will work with and take home your very own mounting stand and a large variety of tools. (Some tools and equipment used in this class excluded.) You will be able to start mounting as a business or a hobby as soon as you get home from the course.

Click here to request an email for a list of tools in this option

Close to Nature School of Taxidermy is only holding basic whitetail academy courses right now. More courses are planned for the near future. Keep checking in for announcements on new courses.

Tuition includes:
Education
Basic materials to mount a basic whitetail deer shoulder mount.
Frazier whitetail deer mannikin
Fabric earliners
Glass eyes
Hanger
1 wall mount whitetail deer shoulder mount (Students must bring their own deer cape and antlers. These items are also available for purchase, but must be communicated in advance.)
Provided daily: lunch, snacks, and drinks during course time.
Taxidermy supply company catalogs
Option to keep the tools you use in class

Basic whitetail academy tuition includes cost for one classroom instructed basic wall mounted whitetail shoulder mount. Students may mount a 2nd deer shoulder mount during down time if course time allows. (Please call and make arrangements when enrolling.)
Note: the 2nd mount materials are NOT included in tuition cost. These material costs will be added at the end of the course.

See Refund Policy