Chris Hartsell is the jack of all trades around the shop. Chris has been at Custom Creations Taxidermy for 2 years. Chris is a full time Firefighter, as well as taxidermist, carpenter, painter, and owner of Hartsell's Wood Creations & Taxidermy.

Chris has degrees in Graphic Design and Liteture. He is very talented at creating landscapesand habitat for taxidermy pieces, as well as stands for pedestal mounts, boxes for turkey mounts, and full boxes for habitat dioramas. Chris is currently honing is taxidermy skills with plans on entering competition pieces in the near future.

Chris is an avid outdoorsman. Chris spends much of his free time in the fall deer woods, as well as springtime turkeys and summer bass. This fall, Chris also went with Chris Barnhardt to Quebec on a Caribou hunt. The future also holds Alaskan bear hunts, as well as an African Safari, both of which is sure to bring back some prized trophies and memories. 

Chris selling Boxes and Pedestals at NC Taxidermy Convention.