With the deer season over and temperatures perfect for hanging and aging venison, local hunters soon will be deciding what to do with their bucks' antlers. It's a disrespectful waste to just discard a ...

DULUTH, Minn.—The steel building where Allen Edberg works on furs is lit by only two light bulbs dangling on long cords from the ceiling. When you enter on a bright winter day, you will need to pause ...

Until 3D printing technology along, hunters would boil an animal’s skinned head for hours making it easier to scrape off the ...

DULUTH, Minn. — The steel building where Allen Edberg works on furs is lit by two light bulbs dangling on long cords from the ceiling. When you enter on a bright winter day, you will need to pause to ...

Justin Graber in his shop north of Newton, Graber Skulls. He uses millions of dermestid beetles to clean away tissue before the skull is bleached and polished making what is called a European mount.

Steve Stahl climbed up the thin ladder to the second story of his two-car garage and then walked into a specially built room where his dermestid (flesh-eating) beetles are kept. He lifted a screen off ...

DEER LODGE – Celeste Davis won’t let her husband Todd Davis in the house without stripping down after spending time at his favorite hobby. Then again, she’s justified. That’s because Todd Davis is in ...

Following directions on the Quick White to make the paste, I brushed the entire skull with the mixture, wearing rubber gloves as I did. I was a little unsure of the outcome during the process, because ...