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Doug recently attended the National Taxidermist Associations Annual convention and competition
held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Springfield Il, July 15th-July 18th 2010.
At the convention Doug and three other members of the Lincolnland Safari Club International
Chapter took the SCI Master measures course. As a certified official measurer, the hands on
course is required to earn the Master Measurer certification. The applicants had to score 25
trophies within a designated time and be accurate within 3%. The trophy’s ranged from Hippo
tusks a Leopard skull, Marhor, Fallow Deer, many African and several North American Deer and
sheep species.
Master Measurers are required to score any SCI entry that might fall in the top 10 of that
species. Doug is pictured with the Master Measurer instructor Herb Atkinson from Roswell Mew
Mexico upon successfully passing the test. Our chapter has the only four Master Measurers in
Illinois.
Safari Club International has more entries in its record books than Pope and Young and Boone
and Crockett combined. The SCI system gives the trophy its full potential by eliminating
deductions that are standard to the other scoring systems.
While a convention Doug Took a 2nd and 3rd place with his entered and judged mounts.
Doug and Brenda attended the Illinois Taxidermists Associations 30th anniversary Competion
and convention In Springfield, Illinois held March 26-28th 2010. Along with other past Association presidents,
Doug served as a presenter for special awards during the ceremonies.
At the competition Doug was awarded a first place and Best of Catagory in the
Freeze-Dry professional division and a third place in the professional reproductions for a Rainbow trout.
Brenda and I have just returned from scoring at the Illinois Deer Classic held February 26th to 28th, 2010
in Bloomington, Illinois. Below are pictures of some of the great deer on display. I do not know
who harvested or mounted them. The first picture is of the new Illinois 256" state record buck.
Doug and Brenda Campbell at their display during the Lincolnland Chapter
of Safari Club International 2nd annual banquet August 22, 2009
You never know what a client might bring in... usually they are dead.
This large Copperhead was very much alive on September 4, 2009.
In May 2009 taxidermist Doug Campbell of Missouri Creek Studio, located in Clayton, IL., participated
in the World Taxidermy Championships. This years event was held in St. Charles, Mo. and occurs every two years,
attracting taxidermists from around the world who compete and attend seminars.
Doug competed in the professional division and took first place in the Freeze Dry
Division with a Blue Racer mount. He also won second place in the Conventional Reptile Category
with a custom alligator and habitat mount. Both of these award winning mounts can be seen in the
Fish and Reptiles gallery on this site.
Cameron, Doug's son, with Doug in front of their display at the
2008 Lincolnland SCI Banquet in Springfield, Illinois
Jessica, Doug's daughter, Doug and wife Brenda at the 2007 WGEM Home Show
Cameron with his Bronze Medal, Spanish Goat taken in 2006.
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