51st Annual NTA Convention, Competition & Trade Show
July 21-23, 2022 @ Roberts Conference Centre, Wilmington, Ohio
2022 National Taxidermy Championships Schedule
Thursday, July 21st
7:30 am – 8 pm: Convention & Competition Mount Entry (Closed from 12-1 PM & 5-6 PM)
8 am – 10 am: Seminar – RICK KRANE – Creating Better Fish Work – The Why’s & The How’s
8 am – 10 am: Seminar – RANDY MITCHELL – Designing Convincing Habitats: Proportions, Textures & Negative Space
10 am – 1 pm: Trade Show Open
2 pm – 4 pm: Seminar –TBD – Gamehead
2 pm – 4 pm: Seminar –- DALE MANNING – Waterfowl Details, Anatomy, Mounting Techniques and Q & A
4 pm – 6 pm: Trade Show Open – MEET & GREET (Appetizers & Cash Bar)
7 pm – 9 pm: Seminar –- RANDY MITCHELL – Continued… Designing Convincing Habitats
7 pm – 9 pm: Seminar – LANCE VAN DUSEN – ½ Lifesize Coyote Mount
Friday, July 22nd
7:30 am – 10 am: Convention & Competition Mount Entry (ALL Mounts MUST BE ENTERED by 10 AM)
1 pm – 6 pm: Convention Registration ONLY
8 am – 10 am: Seminar – SCENES-N-NATURE – Creating Custom Habitats Using Revolutionary Products
8 am – 10 am: Seminar – VINCENT FLEMING – Whitetail Eye Rotation & Ear Anatomy
10 am – 1 pm: Trade Show Open – JOIN US FOR LUNCH – Vendor Sponsored Event
2 pm – 4 pm: Seminar – CHIP WENDT – Mounting a Common Snapping Turtle
2 pm – 4 pm: Seminar – JENA EVERAGE – Mounting a Whitetail Deer Head
4 pm – 6 pm: Trade Show Open – HAPPY HOUR (Cash Bar)
6 pm – 7:30 pm: SHOWROOM OPEN TO MEMBERS & VOTING (No Food, Drink, or Unaccompanied Children Permitted in the Showroom)
7:30 pm – 11 pm: Membership Meeting & Auction – Come eat —– & have some fun! (Cash Bar)
Saturday, July 23rd
7:30 am – 12 Noon: Convention Registration ONLY
8 am – 12 Noon & 1 – 3 pm: Competitors Critiques
10 am – 1 pm: Trade Show Open (FINAL SESSION)
10 am – 4 pm: Competition Room PUBLIC VIEWING: $5 per person (12 & under FREE)
2 pm – 4 pm: Seminar – JASON KRAUSE – Mounting an Open Mouth, Aggressive Looking, Pedestal Black Bear
2 pm – 4 pm: Seminar – JORDAN HACKL – Mounting an Upland Bird Using the Real Beak & Cast Head
6 pm – Completion: Awards Banquet (Doors Open at 6 – Dinner served at 6:30)
The competition room will remain closed, no mounts will be released, until after all the photography is finished at the Awards Banquet – approx. 45 minutes following the end of the banquet.