I've never written a negative review, and I'm not writing this to be spiteful or malicious but... While Shawn is a nice and helpful guy, the services I received at Dowdy's Processing and Taxidermy left a lot to be desired. I took a buck in to be cleaned, quartered, and de-boned. I also ordered just a few packages of sausage and a Euro mount. The meat I received was basically hacked off the bone with no attempt to keep the muscle groups/roasts intact like I specifically ordered. I'm not a professional, but I've cleaned several deer and I know that it's not difficult to cut out the individual cuts of meat (specially the hind quarter roasts) like I specifically asked. The majority of the meat I received was so chopped up that most of it had to be cut into smaller chunks for stew meat or ground up; no nice roasts like I cut out when I do it myself. Very disappointed. When I received the Euro mount and the sausages that were shipped to me, I was again very disappointed. The sausages were barely cool, no dry ice, or cold packs were in the styrofoam cooler with the sausages. I don't think the sausages were ruined, but they weren't exactly cold. The sausages they sent me were also the wrong ones. I hate (absolutely hate) spicy food and I would never order Cajun sausage, but I received two packages of Cajun sausage. When I say I HATE spicy food, I'm not kidding; I'd have to be on some strong drugs to order anything spicy and I don't do drugs. Now... the skull mount... When I pulled the skull mount out of the box, I immediately noticed the bad odor. The skull still had pieces of tissue stuck to the bone and the smell was horrible. I had to immediately take it outside to avoid stinking up my house. Shawn told me that it just needed to dry, to just let it air-out, but with tissue still on the bone, no amount of airing-out would solve the problem. The skull mount is now at a local taxidermist's shop; hopefully it can be fixed/finished correctly like it should have been done from the beginning. Again, very disappointed. In conclusion, Dowdy's struck out with me. None of their services were performed to a satisfactory level. Shawn, I want to state again that I didn't write this to be spiteful or malicious, but I'm completely dissatisfied with the services your shop provided. I hope that you take this in a constructive way and use my long winded review to improve the services you provide. Pete read more

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Without getting into all the details of this terrible experience. I'm just going to say poor businessman with poor business practices. Save yourself the trouble and go elsewhere. read more

Shawn Dowdy, the owner, is very pleasant to deal with and really took care of us on a hunting trip to that area this fall. They make a wide variety of sausages with your wild game and their products are all delicious. Will not hesitate to do business with him again when I go hunting in that area. read more