Hi, my name is Jonathan Stanley.  I grew up in Cleburne Texas, where I was surrounded by a hunting and fishing family.  As a child I was always interested in birds and most especially waterfowl.  It wasn't long before I realized that there was a wonderful world of art in the Taxidermy field.  With three older brothers and a Father who were always out hunting, I had steady  access to all sorts of game birds to mount.  I think I actually completed my first mount at around the age of 10.  It drove my mother nuts, I had dead birds in her freezer and that was just a big NO-NO.  Little did she know that as soon as I got to where I was able to finish a mount and have it look like a bird I planned on adorning my bedroom with as many "dead ducks," as possible.  Needless to say, my mother and I went round and round and around again.  The years went by and many many many birds later my brothers started bringing me their extras  from time to time.  They went through this phase of having to have everything mounted, and to be honest I was a last resort, probably called upon when the bank account was low, cause they knew they would be getting free work out of me.