Field & Stream

The Biggest Little Taxidermy Shop in the South

FROM HIS WORKSHOP in Thomasville, Georgia, taxidermist Edward Harden has been stuffing everything from mourning doves to elephants for more than 40 years. He got his start by sending away for a mail-order Northwestern School of Taxidermy course at age 12. At 15, he took his first paying customer. After that, Harden went to college for biology and opened the doors at his 128 East Jackson Street shop in 1980. Today, he is a master at his craft.

Harden takes on hundreds

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