BJ Ivie works on stitching up the leg of a bear at Trophy Taker Taxidermy in Cornelia. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
Chris Carter works on getting the eyes just right on a Canadian deer , as they are the most important part of taxidermy to him. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
A bobcat posed on a tree branch waiting to be picked up by one of the shop’s customers. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
Dozens of deer antlers hung from the ceiling as the pungent smell of epoxy drifted through the room while Chris Carter smeared putty along a urethane foam figure in the shape of a deer...