February 2012 UTA Competition



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2012 UTA Competition Info


2012 Competition Awards

Novice Division
Best of Novice	Victoria VanQuill - Antelope
Professional Division
Best Fish Skin Mount	Justin West - Cutthroat Trout
Best Fish Reproduction	Derek Harryman - Rainbow Trout
Best Small Mammal	Stephan Woolstenhulm - Bobcat
Best Game Head	Dave Furgeson - Antelope
Best Mule Deer Head	Rusty Farnsworth - Mule Deer
Best Whitetail Head	Shane Whiting -Whitetail Deer
Best Sculpture	Dave Furgeson - Elk Sculpture
Masters Division
Best Bird	Darin Gardner - Chukar
Best Bird Group	Scott Humble - Pheasants
Best Large Mammal	Leland Reinier - Leopard
Best Mammal Group	Dirk Bawden - Antelope Group
Best Game Head	Dirk Bawden - Hartebeest
Best Mule Deer	Tracy Jacobsen - Mule Deer
Best Whitetail Deer	Allen Burril - Whitetail Deer
Best Fish Skin Mount	Scott Humble - Chum Salmon
Best Fish Reproduction	Allen Burril - Kokanee Salmon
Competitor's Award	Dirk Bawden - 2 Antelope, Zebra and  Hartebeest
Best All Around Taxidermist	Allen Burril - Kokanee Salmon, Lifesize Blk Bear, Blk Bear Head and Crow
Best Mixed Group	Scott Humble  - Eagle and Chum Salmon
Best Team Entry	Tracy Jacobsen and Stefan Jacobsen- Mule Deer Head
Best Base Award	Darin Gardner - Chukar
Natural History Award	Scott Humble  - Eagle and Chum Salmon
Delta Waterfowl Award	John Glezos - King Eider Pair
Van Dykes Most Creative Award	Stephan Woolstenhulme - Mule Deer on backpack
Polytranspar Award	Scott Humble - Chum Salmon
Tri-Valley Ducks Unlimited Best Waterfowl	Shawn Shaw - Common Merganser
WASCO Award	Allen Burril - Crow, Fish and Black Bear Head
NWTF Utah Chapter Best Turkey	Darin Gardner - Turkey
Wasatch Wing and Clay Best Upland Game Bird	Darin Gardner - Pheasant
Utah Chuckar & Wildlife Best Habitat	Darin Gardner - Chuckar
Mule Deer Foundation (Utah) Best Mule Deer	Tracy Jacobsen - Mule Deer Head
Tru-Fitt Highest Scoring Game Head (any category)	Dirk Bawden - Hartebeest
McKenzie Distinguished Service Award	Darin Gardner
Peoples Choice Best of Show	Zeb Hansen - Mountain Lion
Judges Choice Best of Show (Breakthrough Award)	Leland Reinier - Leopard
Taxidermists Choice Best of Show	Scott Humble - Eagle and Chum Salmon
Taxidermist Choice (McKenzie):
Best Bird	Scott Humble - Eagle
Best Life-size Mammal	Zeb Hansen - Mountain Lion
Best Whitetail	Allan Burril - Whitetail Deer
Best Fish	Scott Humble - Chum Salmon
Best Original Art	Scott Humble - Eagle and Chum Salmon
Three Hour Bird Challenge - Puddle Ducks	John Glezos - Standing Teal
Three Hour Mule Deer Challenge	Chad Draper - Mule Deer Head

Youth Division

Colter Ferguson	Bobcat Sculpture	95
Caleb Hahn	European Mule Deer (Skull Mount)	90
Caleb Hahn	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	85
Alaina McCubbin	Brown Trout Reproduction	85
Kyler Ercanbrack	Pheasant	75

Novice Division

Victoria VanQuill	Antelope Pedestal	94	Best of Novice Award
Darsi Powell	Whitetail Deer Shoulder Mount	92
Derek Harryman	Canvas Back diving position	91
Cody Gardiner	Antelope Shoulder Mount	90
Ryan Henriod	Spoonbill or Northern Shoveler	90
Jerry Judkins	Blue Wildabeast	87
Jerry Judkins	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/rock	86
Brian Richards	Antelope wall mount w/rocks & sage brush	85
Josh Dimmick	Mule Deer Shoulder Mout againts log	85
Cole Revoir	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	84
Jake Rebmann	Mule Deer Wall Mount	80
Jarime Nance	Rainbow Trout Skin Mount	75
Travis Carter	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	75
Jarime Nance	Brooke Trout	73
Jarime Nance	Elk Shoulder Mount	70
Bryan Meacham	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	70
Jarime Nance	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount on pedestal	69
Jarime Nance	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/habitat	65

Professional Division

Bird
Brandon Wright	Guinea Fowl B	88
Mike Kenner	Ringneck Pheasant (table)	85
Brandon Wright	Guinea Fowl A	84
Casey Higley	California Quail Sitting	73
Bird Group
Brandon Wright	Guinea Fowl as Bird Group	86
Waterfowl
Robert Price	Wood Duck Drake	85
Derek Harryman	Pintail A - Mouth Open	73
Derek Harryman	Pintail B - Sleeping	73
Derek Harryman	Pintail C - Drinking	72
Jason Nicholls	Woodduck Flying	71
Waterfowl Group
Jason Nicholls	Four Wood Ducks	72
Derek Harryman	Pintail Group	72
Fish Skin
Justin West	Cutthroat (table top)	94	Best of Category Award
Cory McCubbin	Large Mouth Bass w/habitat	87
Fish Reproduction
Derek Harryman	Rainbow Trout	92	Best of Category Award
Justin West	Crappie (table mount)	84
Paul Bambrough	Silver Salmon	78
Shawn Shaw	Blue Gill	78
Original Art
David Ferguson	Original Clay Elk Form Sculpture	90	Best Sculpture
Kevin Higley	Jackalope	70
Small Mammal
Stephan Woolstenhulme	Bobcat (wall mount)	94	Best of Category Award
Casey Higley	Porcupine	85
Paul Bambrough	Raccoon	78
Medium Mammal
Shawn Shaw	Bobcat	88
Jason Nicholls	Coyote	78
Large Mammal
Zeb Hansen	Mountain Lion	88
Tamie Poulson	Desert Bighorn Sheep	88
Gary Durfee	Mountain Lion standing on rock	87
Stephan Woolstenhulme	Dall Sheep - Pedestal laying on rock	87
Alan Cox	Mountain Goat - S.West Corner Booth	86
Dustin Beratto	Mountain Goat	86
Jason Nicholls	Black Bear	78
Robert Brewer	Black Bear	77
Robert Brewer	Mountain Lion	76
Mammal Group
Matthew Marsh	Common Duiker & Oribi Shoulder Mounts	90	Best of Category Award
Mixed Group
Shawn Shaw	Bobcat and Chuckar	84
Game Head
David Ferguson	Antelope Shldr Mt Pedestal Original Form	93	Best of Category Award
Matthew Marsh	Common Duiker Feeding	91
Matthew Marsh	Oribi looking straight on	90
Stephan Woolstenhulme	Caribou Head on Pedestal	90
Shawn Shaw	Black Buck	89
Willie Ungerman	Moose	86
Jeremy Judkins	Pedestal Gemsbok	85
Lance Hadlock	Elk Shoulder Mount, oak brush w/quakey	84
Lance Hadlock	Antelope Shoulder Mount	83
Zeb Hansen	Elk Shoulder Mount	81
Shawn Shaw	Axis Buck	79
Jeremy Judkins	Eland	78
Shawn Shaw	Antelope Fawn (part of antelope trio)	77
Shawn Shaw	Antelope Buck (part of antelope trio)	77
JD Anderson	Elk Shoulder Mount	75
JD Anderson	Corsican Sheep	72
Aaron Crosman	Elk Pedestal	71
JD Anderson	Antelope Shoulder Pedestal (table)	70
Mule Deer Head
Rusty Farnsworth	Mule Deer Pedestal w/aspen, maroon backing	93	Best of Category Award
Willie Ungerman	Mule Deer	92
Stefan Jacobson	Mule Deer Pedestal	92
Rusty Farnsworth	Mule Deer Non-Typical Wall Mount	90
Jeremy Chamberlain	Mule Deer Table Pedestal, Tines Up Booth	90
Gary Durfee	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/habitat	90
Stephan Woolstenhulme	Mule Deer - dead on backpack	88
Gary Durfee	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/habitat	88
Jeremy Judkins	Mule Deer Pedestal	87
Ryan Cook	Mule Deer Wall Pedestal	87
Kevin Norman	Mule Deer Shoulder	85
Jeremy Chamberlain	Tines Up Booth/Old Fence Post Pedestal	85
Curtis Wilson	Mule Deer Spike by 2 point w/velvet	84
J.D. Sorensen	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	80
Jeremy Judkins	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	80
Cory McCubbin	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/rock	80
Cody Gardiner	Mule Deer Head	80
Kasey Kohler	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	79
Robert Price	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	78
Kasey Kohler	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	78
Cory McCubbin	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/habitat	78
Robert Brewer	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	78
Robert Brewer	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount w/habitat	78
Kasey Poulsen	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	76
JD Anderson	Mule Deer Wall Mount Left Turn	76
Phillip Goodrich	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount in velvet	75
Phillip Goodrich	Mule DeerShoulder Mount	75
Dan Meier	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	72
Kevin Higley	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	70
Carson Miller	Mule Deer Shoulder Mount	70
JD Anderson	Mule Deer Pedestal - Snow Scene	70
Kallon Cowley	Mule Deer Looking Down	70
Whitetail Deer Head
Shane Whiting	Whitetail Shoulder Mount	91	Best of Category Award
Gary Durfee	Whitetail Shoulder Mount	88
Rex Powell	Whitetail Pedestal on Whiskey Barrel	86
Alan Cox	Whitetail Shoulder Mount	84
JD Anderson	Whitetail Shoulder Mount Left Turn	78
JD Anderson	Whitetail Turning Left	78
Robert Price	Whitetail Shoulder Mount	71

Masters Division

Bird
Darin Gardner	Chukar w/habitat	95	Best of Category Award
Darin Gardner	Ringneck Pheasant hanging pedestal	95
Darin Gardner	Turkey with decoy	94
Shawn Shaw	Dead Chuckar eaten by a bobcat	90
Jeff Klein	Ringneck Pheasant	88
Shawn Shaw	Ringneck Pheasant	86
Allen Burril	Crow	85
Bird Group
Scott Humble	Ringneck Pheasant Pair	93	Best of Category Award
Waterfowl
John Glezos	Hen Eider	84
John Glezos	Drake King Eider	83
Jeff Klein	Blue Goose	81
Shawn Shaw	Widgeon	79
Waterfowl Group
John Glezos	Drake and Hen Eider Group	84
Fish Skin
Scott Humble	Chum Salmon	96	Best of Category Award
Fish Reproduction
Allen Burril	Top Kokanee Salmon of 3	95	Best of Category Award
Original Art
Scott Humble	Eagle and Chum Salmon		Best Original Art
John Glezos	Eider Portrait	94
Large Mammal
Leland Reinier	Leopard Booth 737	96	Best of Category Award
Leland Reinier	Mountain Lion Booth737	95
Tracy Jacobsen	Mountain Lion	94
Allen Burril	Sitting Black Bear	93
Tyler Anderson	Mt. Lion Table Mount w/ bushes and rocks	78
Mammal Group
Dirk Bawden	Dual Antelope Pedestal	91	Best of Category Award
Mixed Group
Scott Humble	Bald Eagle and Chum Salmon	97	Best of Category Award
Game Head
Dirk Bawden	Hartebeest Wall Mount	96	Best of Category Award
Allen Burril	Bear Shoulder Mt. Pedestal	92
Dirk Bawden	Antelope A Pedestal	92
Dirk Bawden	Zebra Pedestal	92
Josh Hunt	Elk Pedestal Mount	92
Chad Draper	Antelope	90
Dirk Bawden	Antelope B Dual Pedestal	90
James Lynn	Big Horn Sheep	87
Dustin Beratto	Antelope Head	82
Stephan Schulte	Impala Shoulder Mt.	76
Jeff Klein	Antelope	70
Mule Deer Head
Tracy Jacobsen	MD Wall Ped - Original Sculpture & Septum	96	Best of Category Award
Tracy Jacobsen	MD Pedestal - Original Sculpture & Septum	95
Chad Draper	Mule Deer	90
Ben Nielsen	Mule Deer looking right	88
Dustin Beratto	Mule Deer	87
Whitetail Deer Head
Allen Burril	Whitetail Shoulder Mount	90	Best of Category Award