Welcome to the Iowa Taxidermy Association Official Website!

 

To all ITA Members.

The following letter was sent to the Dale Garner, Director of the DNR.
Other letters were also sent to Governor Branstad and other State Representatives.
If you agree, I strongly urge you to call, or email, your local representative.
Please be polite, and to the point. Please stress how the low deer numbers has affected your small business.
http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/legislators.do?ch=s


Durk
Click here for the PDF letter

The 2012 Deer Classic is February 24th, 25th, and 26th.
Once again, the ITA will volunteer their time with helping. Checking in and hanging deer mounts.
Please let me know on what day you would like to help out. We had a great turn out last year, and it was much appreciated.

The next ITA meeting will be Sunday, February 12th at Chris Hoskin's shop.

1747 R Avenue
Madrid, Iowa
Click Here for a Map

10:00 am Meeting with ITA officers and Board of Directors
11:00 am general membership meeting
Lunch Break
Mounting the caribou, for the Catch a Dream participant.

The 2011 after show brochures are now out. If you were registered at the show, and did not receive one, email Durk, and we'll get one to you.

Thank You Roger and Vicki Hutton, for putting together the 2011 after show brochures. Thank you Shep Brown for putting the pictures on here.

Our 2011 Catch - a - Dream hunter was successful on his caribou hunt in Alaska.
Details of the hunt will follow.

SAVE THE BRAINS!!!

To all,
I have spoken with Dr. Spocter via telephone, several times, about the ITA helping him out. I wanted to make sure that this matter was legit, and it is.
Dr. Spocter is interested in all brains, not just feral pigs. He is aware that hunting seasons will begin in a month or so. I am hoping that we, as a group can help him out, and he is very, very appreciative of that.
All we are asking from you, is when you get a specimen in, remove the brains ,bag it and tag it, and freeze, with the name of the specimen, whitetail deer, coyote, fox, etc. If the brain is in two parts, keep together in same bag and freeze.
Des Moines University will reimburse you for all shipping and handling. Make sure you have your name and address with each shipment.
I guess you could call this the "SAVE THE BRAINS" campaign!
So let's help out Dr. Spocter with his research projects.

Any questions, please send me an email.
Thank You
Durk Sterner
ITA President

 

Dear Durk Sterner,

I am an educator and researcher at Des Moines University and I am interested in obtaining tissue specimens to help educate students on comparative anatomy and also to help them with a few research projects. In particular, we would like to obtain the brains of various animals to form part of our brain bank which would be a useful resource to educators and researchers throughout the Iowa region. I am also busy developing a broader research project for students to work on which would require looking at feral pig brains. I think that collaborating on a tissue bank such as this would be a unique opportunity to help foster an interest in anatomy and help promote an awareness of taxidermy and the unique skills involved in preparing a specimen.

I wondered if you could help us by putting me in touch with a few taxidermists that would be open to contributing to our effort or point us towards someone else who may be able to assist. Even though this is largely an educational initiative I would also gladly contribute towards any cost or inconvenience incurred when obtaining this tissue.

Please contact me directly either via email or phone  at 515-271-1577 (office hours) to discuss this matter. I look forward to talking with you and thank you for your time.
Kind regards
M A Spocter Ph.D
Department of Anatomy
Des Moines University
3200 Grand Avenue,
Des Moines, IA 50312
Phone: 515-271-1577 Fax: 515-271-1675

The ITA Sponsored Catch-A-Dream foundation winner's article has been added to the Catch-A-Dream page. Check it out!

 

 

Please go to http://www.backyardiowa.com/ to see a 30 minute video on our 2011 show this year in Marshalltown, Iowa. 

 

The Competition for 2012 will be at the Best Western Regency Inn, Marshalltown, Iowa.
The Dates will be: March 30, 31, April 1st, 2012.
So get your calendar's marked for the next show!
Click here for an interactive map to our show!

Click here to get a copy of the 2011 Pre-Registration Form

 

 

 

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