Judges Bio

2011 JUDGES

Joe Kaiser will be judging birds and presenting a seminar on a duck mount 

SHAWN DAWSON runs a full-time taxidermy studio (Timberland Taxidermy) out of Great Fall, MT.  He is also a game head and life-size instructor for The Academy of Realistic Taxidermy in Havre, MT.  He offers one on one taxidermy workshops in his studio as well.  He received his Award of Excellence in 2003 and began judging shortly after that.  He has done work for Cabelas and Grand Arts Museum in Kansas City, Mo.  He will be judging game heads and mammals and presenting a seminar on mounting an open mouth shoulder mount cougar.

Mitch Webb will be judging whitetails and will present a seminar on competition deer ear butts, eyes, and antler set on a whitetail shoulder mount