Amy Ritchie Carter, 28, from Statesville, N.C., groomed a sable-coated fisher atop a snowy pedestal ... At the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships, lifelike detail and design ...

It starts in the field, said Jeff Welch, owner of Trails West Taxidermy in Helena ... but today a simple mount on the wall can become a wildlife scene down to the very smallest detail, he said.