1. D.BUSHEY TAXIDERMY
Erin Morse
Business and Society 100-01

2. BACKGROUND
● Company founded by David Bushey
● Born on July 27th, 1987
● Lives in Vermont
● Finished a degree in Fish and
Wildlife at Paul Smiths College
● He is my brother

3. BACKGROUND OF BUSINESS
D.Bushey Taxidermy has been in business for two years now.
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Bushey got his start at Northern Vermont White Tail Taxidermy School after he finished his
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degree at Paul Smiths College.
“ I have always had an interest in the outdoors, hunting, and fishing. I
graduated college and could not find work at the time so I decided to
learn the art of Taxidermy. I went to Northern Vermont White Tail
Taxidermy School and was trained one on one by the instructor.”-
My brother got out of college like most kids with lots of loans and did not have a job
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lined up. He decided that taking this course would give him more time to find a job
in his field and be able to start making money on the side.
“Seriously though, I enjoy doing it and can't think of anything better
than getting paid to do something I enjoy.” –David Bushey

4. The Company
● Small Business
● Product : Takes in dead wildlife
to then taxidermy to wall mounts
● Bushey was trained at Northern
Vermont White Tail Taxidermy
for 4 months of one on one
training from one of the best
taxidermists in Vermont. He also
worked for him after training was
My Deer that my brother did for me
done.

5. The Company
●D.Bushey Taxidermy is still a small and upcoming
company and wishes to expand once he gets his own
place.
“I plan on staying in business and my
future goal is to run a part time
taxidermy shop to compliment my job
with the U.S. fish and wildlife service.”
-David Bushey

6. Company's Mission Statement
“ My goal is to produce mounts of the
highest quality. To achieve this I will be
using the best materials available and I
will not take any short cuts while preparing
each and every mount.”

7. Challenges
● Being a taxidermist is a seasonal job and has many
different steps in the process which takes a few months
to complete.
● D.Bushey Taxidermy focuses on getting people their
product back in a timely manner. “This is the most
challenging because most of the work comes in during a
couple of months and everyone wants it back as fast as
possible. I hold myself strictly to the policy of first come
first serve so that no one has to wait any longer that its
fair to make them wait.”

8. Overcoming the Challenges
“I have over come this challenge by having two jobs. I
work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife in the summer and do
taxidermy in the winter. They compliment each other
because of the seasonal work I have with the Fish and
Wildlife. I am able to only take in enough work for 6
months. This means I can still achieve the quality I
want, make enough money, and still have a turn around
time that is acceptable for everyone”

9. Critical Factors
● In order to make this ● Being the owner of a
business successful, my business and being the
brother believes in never only employee means
stop practicing and never that he is his own boss.
stop improving. There is He can never be late and
no such thing as perfect no one is going to yell at
when it comes to the him if he does not do the
taxidermy business. work. David Bushey
There is always room for believes that in order to
improvement. be successful, a critical
factor is that he needs to
be self motivated.

10. Questions
What do you like best What do you find most
about what you do? interesting about being a
● “I love seeing the taxidermist?
people's reactions to ● “I like finding more about
their mounts and how how the animals were
they have a story about through mounting them.
how they got the animal.” For an example, I found
out that your deer was a
fighter because the ear
was ripped.”

11. Questions
Do you wish you could have a bigger and more
successful business?
“I already find my business to be successful because
people love their mounts and tell their friends about the
great work that I do. Word of mouth is a great way to
advertise your business and plus its free.”

12. Advice to the Class
“If you want something in life you're going to have to go
out and take it. No one is going to give you anything
worth wanting. Also remember that money is not
everything but it is something, so you might as well find
something you like to do that someone will pay you for.”
-David Bushey

13. The end
● “I went out and did
something I love. I
turned my hobby into a
job and now I get paid to
do what I love. Life
cannot get any better
than that. My final advice
is that you guys do the
same.”-David Bushey