Dream Season Taxidermy

Carol Graham, owner and operator of Dream Season Taxidermy, has been crafting museum-quality mounts since the early 2000s. After working with world-renowned taxidermists in Illinois for four years, she returned to her native Rochester and established Dream Season Taxidermy in 2010. Her credentials speak for themselves: Top 10 placement at the World Show in 2009 and numerous first-place and Best of Category wins at state competitions throughout the Midwest.

Her work includes a musk ox mount displayed in the Rochester Museum and Science Center's Earth exhibit—the kind of piece that shows what professional-level taxidermy looks like.

• •Shoulder Mounts start at $850 for deer (whitetail, mule deer, pronghorn) and scale up from there:
• •Wild boar: $1,395
• •Coyote: $850 (lifesize: $1,475)
• •Black bear: $1,695 (lifesize: $5,200)
• •Caribou, goats, sheep: $1,325

Specialty Services: - Rack mounts on oak or walnut plaques ($175–$350) - European skull mounts ($225–$495) - Fish mounting at $28/inch (reproduction fish: $40) - Hide tanning for wall hangings ($225–$500)

Graham operates a small shop specifically to give each project custom attention from start to finish. She's clear about what she does: meticulous detail work that makes your trophy look alive and keeps you reliving the hunt for generations. The quality shows her dedication to the Dream Season Taxidermy name.