THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE WHITETAIL TAXIDERMISTS I know all raise whitetail deer. The experience of watching them grow from birth to maturity is an eye opening and humbling lesson—a lesson that the talented and trained eye of an artist can capture in his work. This is what so many of today’s top whitetail taxidermists have done. Nickey Bonura is one of them.

It is not practical, and in most cases not possible, for all taxidermists to have a whitetail fawn as a live-in pet, which is why Nickey was so generous to offer his knowledge of and experiences with the offspring of North America’s most popular game animal. Nickey has always been someone who will help and assist a fellow taxidermist in need, and if you ever get a young whitetail fawn to mount, you will be in need of reference.

...Continued in the Summer 2004 Issue of Breakthrough.

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