2003 WASCO Award Ad
Spring 2004
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This ad ran in the spring of 2004 to recognize the winners of the 2003 WASCO Award. The text from this ad is reproduced below:
Congratulations to 2003's Most Artistic Taxidermists!
2003 WASCO Award Winners January 2003 through December 2003
Rodney Casteel, Macon, GA -- Wild Turkey
January 31, Georgia Taxidermist Association (Winter Show)
Dan Gill, Lewistown, MT -- Rainbow Trout
February 1, Florida State Taxidermists Association
Tommy Armstrong, Sturgis, MS -- Wild Turkey
February 8, Southern Regional Taxidermy Convention
Devin Amelunke, Fredericktown, MO -- Wild Turkey
February 15, National Wild Turkey Federation
Dennis Nelson, Darby, MT -- Snow Goose
February 22, Montana Taxidermy Association
Jim Kimball, Abbotsford, WI -- Ringneck Pheasant
February 23, Wisconsin Taxidermists Association
Dan Clark, Danville, OH -- Whitetail Deer
March 2, Professional Taxidermists of Ohio
RON LEVIN, Beach Park, IL -- Largemouth Bass
March 8, Illinois Taxidermist Association
Mark Benfield, Lincolnton, SC
March 8, South Carolina Association of Taxidermists
Todd Rapalee, Goochland, VA -- Stone Sheep
March 8, Virginia Taxidermists Association
Neil Fowler, Kokomo, IN -- Whitetail Deer
March 8, Association of Indiana Taxidermists
Jody Slusher, Fargo, ND -- Mountain Lion
March 8, North Dakota Taxidermy Association
Kent Stryker and Chuck Henry, Johnstown, PA -- Mountain Lion
March 15, Pennsylvania Taxidermy Association
Tracey Jacobsen, Orem, UT -- Mule Deer
March 15, Utah Taxidermists Association
Cory Caruthers, Urbandale, IA, Ringneck Pheasant
March 15, Nebraska State Taxidermist Association
Jim Kimball, Abbotsford, WI -- Northern Shoveler
April 22, Iowa Taxidermist Association
Randal R. Waites, Mt. Morris, MI -- Red-Tailed Hawk
March 22, Michigan Taxidermist Association
Jeff Elich, Bovey, MN -- Fisher
March 22, Minnesota Taxidermy Guild
Robert Lecklem, Smithfield, PA -- Whitetail Deer
March 22, West Virginia Taxidermy Association
Mike Calcic, Smithville, MO -- Pintail Drake
April 5, Kansas Association of Taxidermists
Craig Arneson, Fort Pierre, SD -- Woodduck Drake
April 12, South Dakota Taxidermists Association
Jean Roll, Perry, MI -- Cat
April 26, Piedmont Taxidermy Mini-Course
Mike Frazier, Baker City, OR -- Whitetail Deer
April 26, California Association of Taxidermists
Ken Morrison, Canada -- Peregrine Falcon
April 26, Canadian Taxidermy Association
Lee Duet, Houma, LA -- Mallards
May 3, Louisiana Taxidermist Association
Terry Johnson, Apache Junction, AZ -- Smallmouth Bass
May 10, Arizona Taxidermy Artists Association
Tino Reato, Melborne, Quebec -- Cougar
May 18, Quebec Taxidermy Association
Tommy Armstrong, Sturgis, MS -- Wild Turkey
May 23, Mississippi State Taxidermy Association
Greg Ielfield, Glenfield, NY -- Ringneck Pheasant
May 31, Connecticut Association of Taxidermists
Tim Wood, Thompson Falls, MT -- Mule Deer
June 7, Idaho Association of Taxidermists
Mike Ross, Parker, CO -- Pink Salmon
June 7, Colorado Taxidermists Association
Brent Gorman, Muskogee, OK -- White-Bearded Wildebeest
June 13, Arkansas Taxidermist Association
Andy Campbell, Wyandotte, OK -- Pintails
June 14, Texas Taxidermy Association, Inc.
Charlie Thurston, Klamath Falls, OR -- Ross Geese
June 14, Oregon Association of Taxidermists
Ron Levin, Beach Park, IL
June 21, International Guild of Taxidermy
George Dante, Jr., Totowa, NJ -- Triggerfish
June 21, Garden State Taxidermy Association
Robert Prewitt, Bridgehampton, NY -- Elk
June 28, Maine Association of Taxidermists
Bill Newman, Holdenville, OK -- Spotted Gar
July 11, Oklahoma Taxidermist Association
Robert Fruitt, Clayton, NC -- Marco Polo Sheep
July 12, North Carolina Taxidermists Association
Dennis Hereford, Newmarket, AL -- Goldeneye
July 12, Alabama Taxidermists Association
Nickey Bonura, Loranger, LA -- Whitetail Deer
July 12, Quality Deer Management Association
Tim Young, Frederick, MD -- Whitetail Deer
July 13, Eastern Regional Taxidermy Convention (Maryland Taxidermy Association)
Jim Kimball, Abbotsford, WI -- Northern Shoveler
July 26, National Taxidermists Association
Devin Amelumke, Jackson, MO -- Turkeys
August 2, Missouri Taxidermist Association
Gregg Ielfield, Glenfield, NY -- Ringneck Pheasant
August 16, United Taxidermists of New York
Mike Nakielski, Iron Ridge, WI -- Three Woodducks
August 17, Midwest Taxidermy Rendezvous
Steve Jones, Bellbrook, OH
August 23, Ohio Association of Taxidermists
Don Stevens, Crossville, AL -- Whitetail Deer
August 23, Tennessee Taxidermists Association
Dan Helmer, DuQuoin, IL -- Crappie
August 23, Kentucky Taxidermist Association
George Roof, Magnolia, DE -- Ringneck Pheasants
September 28, Delaware Taxidermists Association
See photos of these winning entries on the Web at www.taxidermy.com
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