I've been lucky to be trusted with several unique animals to mount but the piebald otters have to be one of my favorites. This is the 3rd one I have done over the years. I have been fascinated by otters all my life but especially after I saw my first in the wild when one swam up to my boat on Blood River some 25 years ago.

This one was taken on a watershed lake close to Benton. I got it ready for a neat Christmas gift. Very rare animal. The Clarks River NWR folks came by and none of them had ever seen one.