Marilyn Nihiser of Troy Frozen Foods Wins Big Again!

Marilyn Nihiser continues to garner prizes for her outstanding taxidermy work.  At the National Taxidermy Convention in Columbia Missouri held June 24-29 2002,  she won a third place on a black bear cub posed in a natural environment.  Marilyn owns and operates Troy Frozen Foods with her family and also has her own business "Marilyn’s Taxidermy".

Kathy Pearce, Meat Specialist with the Meat Handler Company attended the national event and participated in a series of seminars including:

Young Taxidermist were involved making bear claw adornments, modeling squirrel heads and painting fish models in hands-on sessions.

There were over 300 entries in the taxidermy competition ranging from a 5 year old taxidermist on up with a varied selection of animals-  frogs, turtles, fox, birds, fish, mountain goats, a buffalo calf, and a full selection of wild animals the average person will never see in their lifetime!

See below for her previous story!

MEAT HANDLER USER EARNS WILD AWARDS!

April 19, 2000.  Meat Handler user and taxidermist, Marilyn Nihiser from Troy, Illinois, reported exhibiting at the Illinois state taxidermy tradeshow, March 24-26, 2000.  

There she earned a red ribbon on an African Klipspringer (a fine boned miniature looking like a cross between a goat and a small deer), and a second place on her Zebra head mount.  Both of these animals were bagged while Marilyn was on safari.  The display of two grand white bearded mountain goats mounted on a set of “custom made” Alaskan looking boulders complete with snow also earned a second.  

Marilyn hunted with her father while growing up and since 1987 has pursued taxidermy (in addition to running a family based meat company).  We congratulate Marilyn on her fine craftsmanship and visions!