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New York Taxidermy Association
  • Home
  • Show Info & Registration
    • 2026 Show Events Schedule
    • Registration
    • Judges for 2026
    • Event & Hotel Info
    • Competition Info
    • Rules of Competition
    • Categories & Divisions
    • SPECIAL AWARDS
    • Mount Off Info
    • Thursday All Day Seminar
    • Presidents Challenge
    • Vendors
    • 2026 Newsletter
  • About
  • Board of Directors
  • FAQs
  • Gallery

UTNY SPECIAL AWARDS

  •  UTNY Mount Off Award: Taxidermist Vote
  •  McKenzie Taxidermists Choice Fish Award: Taxidermist vote
  •  McKenzie Taxidermists Choice Bird Award: Taxidermist vote  
  •  McKenzie Taxidermists Choice Whitetail Award: Taxidermist vote 
  •  McKenzie Taxidermists Choice Mammal Award: Taxidermist vote 
  •  UTNY Taxidermists Choice Gamehead Award: Taxidermist vote
  •  UTNY Taxidermists Choice Youth Award- Taxidermists vote
  •  UTNY  Habitat Award: Judges Choice for Habitat – All Entries 
  •  Warren Hardendorf Memorial Award: Judges Choice for Small Mammal in Masters  
  •  Tru Bond Trappers Award: Judges Choice for Best Indigenous New York small mammal 
  •  UTNY Dennis Mortenson’s Presidents Challenge Award: Chosen by President  
  •  UTNY Distinguished Taxidermist Award: Am/Pro  - Highest Total Score of 3 Pieces (Min score 260)  
  •  UTNY Distinguished Taxidermist Award: Masters -  Highest Total Score of 3 Pieces (Min Score 260)  
  •  Best All Around Taxidermist: Highest Total Score of Mammal, Bird, Fish, Gamehead  any Div (Min   Score 340)
  • McKenzie Distinguished Service Award: Voted by UTNY Board  
  • UTNY Upland Gamebird Award: Judges Choice for Upland Bird in Pro or Masters  
  • Lifetone Award:  Judges Choice from fish painted with lifetone (Hydromist) products.  
  • Jack Wilson Award: Highest Scoring Waterfowl in Masters Division  
  • West Wind Taxidermy Life-Size Award: Highest Scoring small or large mammal in Amateur 
  • West Wind Taxidermy Gamehead Award: Highest Scoring Gamehead in Amateur  
  • Safari Club Adirondack- Catskill Chapter North American Award: Highest Scoring Big Game Pro or Masters  
  • Safari Club Adirondack- Catskill Chapter Non-North American Award: Highest Scoring Big Game Pro or  Masters  
  • UTNY Mike Rudzinis Memorial Award: Chosen by President  
  • Larry Clingerman Award: Highest Scoring Professional Waterfowl  
  • Mounted In Alaska Award: Judges Choice for Best Large Species Life-size or Gamehead 
  • PRO-ONE Award:  Judges Choice Best Entry from any mount using PRO-ONE hide paste or tan  
  • Polytranspar Award: Judges Choice for Fish Painted with Polytranspar Paints  
  • UTNY Waterfowl Habitat Award: Judges Choice for Waterfowl Habitat  
  • Jordan's Wild Turkey Award: Judges Choice for Turkey in Pro or Masters  
  • Buckshot Tannery Pro Life-size Mammal Award: Highest Score  
  • Research Manikins Best Small Mammal Award: Judges Choice for Professional  
  • Research Manikins Best Small Mammal Award: Judges Choice for Amateur  
  • The Wildlife Gallery Best Gamehead Award: Highest Score from all Gamehead Entries  
  • UTA Artisan Award: Taxidermist Choice for Most Artistic  
  • Brian Harness Mammal Award: Judges Choice small mammal in any Division. (Something Brian would like)  
  • UTNY Best Non-Gamebird Award: Highest Score for Pro or Masters  
  • Whitetails Unlimited Award Youth: 2nd Highest Scoring Whitetail 
  • Whitetails Unlimited Award Amateur: 2nd Highest ScorIng Whitetail 
  • Whitetails Unlimited Award Professional: 2nd Highest Scoring Whitetail  
  • Van Dyke Award: Judges Choice for Most Creative Entry in Pro or Masters   
  • UTNY Best of Show Youth: Judges Choice from Best of Categories  
  • UTNY Best of Show Amateur: Judges Choice from Best of Categories  
  • UTNY Best of Show Commercial:  Judges Choice.  
  • UTNY Best of Show Professional: Judges Choice from Best of Categories  
  • UTNY Best of Show Masters: Judges Choice from Best of Categories  
  • UTNY Joseph Bruchac Memorial Award: Judges Choice Best Whitetail Deer from all Divisions  
  • WASCO Award: Judges Choice Most Artistic Entry  
  • Breakthrough Award: Judges Choice for Overall Best of Show 

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