About North Legacy Wildlife
North Legacy Wildlife is a small scale taxidermy shop located in Waterloo New York, owned and operated by myself, Chris Zimmerman. I am a passionate Christian and outdoorsman, and have always had a great interest in taxidermy and arts in general. I am currently under the training of Brian Good at Triple Trophy Taxidermy out of Pennsylvania.
About My Work
At North Legacy Wildlife my goal is not high volume, mass produced work. My goal is quality and realism first. All tanning (except for large dry tans) is done in shop (versus sending to a commercial tannery) using top quality tannery grade submersion tans, this helps keep lead times shorter and more predictable, and also keeps everything in shop from start to finish.
Insect Protection
All mounts are treated with a three step bug proofing process to provide added insurance against any burrowing insects, moths, etc.
Custom Habitats
All habitat is custom built to the clients preferences using both real and artificial habitat in conjunction, for the best combination of realism, weight, and durability.
What I work on
I specialize in North American life-size (whitetails, black bears and similar size) gameheads of most North American species, and also predators (coyotes, foxes, bobcats etc. and smaller life-size. At this point I don't take in any birds, fish or pets.
Lead times
My goal is to provide high quality work with a reasonably short turnaround time, ( contact me to get the most up to date estimate on turnarounds, this will depend on time of year etc.) I try to keep turnarounds to 10 months and under, and will not book out to over approx. 1 year. As a general rule the shortest turnarounds will be in late summer and at the very beginning of the fall hunting seasons.