Taxidermic Squirrels: They're Just Like Us (Sort Of) (PHOTOS)

The recent recession was taxing for taxidermist Rick Nadeau, who saw a decline in business.

That is, until he started stuffing squirrels and mounting them with banjos and machine guns.

Now Nadeau's got a thriving business that ships his bizarre squirrel artworks all around the world.

Check out this sample gallery of his pieces and check out Field & Stream for other nutty pictures.

Comments

[Connor Wisnom]

01:54 PM on 12/22/2011

thats pretty awesome, finally some use for those nasty buggers!

[gardensquirrels]

12:13 AM on 12/17/2011

What a disgusting person.

[evecaren]

07:06 AM on 12/17/2011

Quite !

[Wendy Stewart]

01:48 PM on 12/16/2011

That is sick.

[evecaren]

07:06 AM on 12/17/2011

Majorly sick !

[aphextwin07]

10:18 AM on 12/16/2011

nope, just Chuck Testa

[Gas-Bag]

12:41 AM on 12/16/2011

I took two squirrels to my local taxidermist. The taxidermist asked me if I would like to have them mounted. I said, 'no, just have them shaking hands'.

[evilkittiebaby]

08:55 PM on 12/15/2011

omg that is freaking horrible!! Why is that legal? Can we stuff him and put him in the middle of a cornfield to scare of crows? Stupid redneck!

[evecaren]

03:05 PM on 12/15/2011

Rick Nadeau's dead stuffed squirrels holding machine guns or banjos in little hand sewn outfits
are not cute or imaginative or even funny. If he ships these "bizarre squirrel artworks" all over the world,just imagine how many squirrels have been killed in order to produce these so called art works.
I think they're in poor taste and creepy. What a waste of an animal's life.

[anniefree]

04:51 PM on 12/15/2011

"What a waste of an animal's life," say's it all. Thanks for posting.

[evecaren]

05:29 AM on 12/16/2011

You're welcome, annie.

[Mrsbean54]

12:29 PM on 12/16/2011

Squirrels are hunted all the time, and people eat them. There's no information in this article saying that he's killing the squirrels himself purely for the purpose of mounting, without eating them. If he were doing that, I would agree with you, but I just wanted to point out that people do eat them. Plus, they're probably the most common animal to find dead on the road.

[evecaren]

06:04 AM on 12/17/2011

More is the pity. The idea of people hunting and eating squirrels is repulsive to me.
I don't care where Rick Nadeau is getting these dead squirrels, the whole thing,
stuffing them and putting banjos, machine guns etc. is macabre.

[Jerry Schlotter]

04:34 AM on 12/20/2011

Can't he afford a hamburger? Squirrel killers for food, let me know where you are and I'll buy you a burger if you don't kill a squirrel. No, these are the people who tore wings off butterflies and tortured cats and dogs for fun as kids. They are slime.

[gutz54]

12:56 PM on 12/15/2011

Ohhh-- the humilation. Come on PETA lets hear how the guy is hurting the squirrels feelings

[SoulOfDespair]

11:51 AM on 12/15/2011

I think they are cute lol I want the one that looks like it crawls on walls! That looked real.

[angelfish81]

11:31 AM on 12/15/2011

how is he getting a hold of these squirrels?

[evecaren]

02:43 PM on 12/15/2011

Good question, angelfish81. I was wondering that myself.

[james9995]

04:44 AM on 12/16/2011

They bite and carry rabies ... One has to shoot them ... 22's are best, but a Gammo Pellet rifle work just as well ... that is how he gets them ... road kill etc ...

[Jerry Schlotter]

05:05 AM on 12/20/2011

Please bloggers, do your homework and read about an animal before posting statements such as james that say ' squirrels bite and carry rabies'. First, they do not interact with larger animals that carry rabies. Secondly, can you actually catch one to get them to bite you? I have raised babies and released them and never been bitten. Check out my group Back to Nature. You do no service james by being misinformed and passing on your ignorance. Squirrels do not have rabies.

[freedom1947]

10:57 AM on 12/15/2011

Looks like a member of the Republican militia. Protect our borders.

[Lnielsen65]

10:37 AM on 12/15/2011

Not sure what is worse; this man killing squirrels for this bizarre "occupation:" or people who actually buy them. What a freak- leave the wildlife alone.

[Jerry Schlotter]

05:15 AM on 12/20/2011

"L", Pet rocks are making a come back; really. So this may have something to do with a freak who would want such a thing in their house. It is possible that someone who kills squirrels for fun and profit belongs to the group who kill whales and take shark fins leaving the live shark to drown.

[CaptnHuffenpuff]

10:21 AM on 12/15/2011

Get stuffed, Rick!

[Stephen Salbod]

08:25 AM on 12/15/2011

I smell a law suit here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427152/

[IndependentGadfly]

07:49 AM on 12/15/2011

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