Before Taxidermy Workshop was evolved, it was called Taxidermy Direct. Taxidermy Direct was a software that assists taxidermists with customer data retention, general invoicing, and compliance with your local wildlife regulation office.

Ryan Olson, Landon Schutter, and Shawn Wayne were originally clients of Taxidermy Direct, before purchasing the company in late 2020. Ryan, Landon, and Shawn were on the hunt for software to help Ryan’s taxidermist shop “go digital”, in hopes to save much time that was wasted on never-ending paperwork.

We reached out to taxidermy direct and started our trial. We quickly enjoyed the software as it seemed to have everything we needed. After getting familiar with the software, we began to wonder how we could make this software function better for us. We live in Michigan and are regulated by the DNR. A taxidermist must fill out a special specimen tag that can only be purchased from Michigan DNR. This tag requires all the information that is taken down upon customer entry into Taxidermy Direct. So, we reached out to the developers for Taxidermy Direct and asked if we could get some development done to allow us to print on these carbon copy tags.

At that point, we figured out that the old owners of Taxidermy Direct, John Jennings and his wife Sara, wanted to sell so they could retire. John and Sara explained to us, we were offered the sale because of our drive to make the software better, not only for us but for others.

We will be trying to make this software as streamline as possible to achieve the goals of all our customers. With that spirit in mind, please send any suggestions or “wish-list” items that you would like to see changed about our software to this email info@taxidermyworkshop.com.