B&B TAXIDERMY - Key Persons

Frank Baird - Frank is Mike and Jo's son and he has been involved with the business since birth. Frank has traveled with Mike and Jo on many hunting expeditions to Africa and New Zealand, as well as many other hunting opportunities in the US. These experiences have helped Frank to have a more anatomical hand's on approach to taxidermy. He graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2011. Since graduation, Frank has been training to manage the company in his father's footsteps. He can handle any mount, from an elephant to a squirrel. He has also been trained by Mike to design and organize trophy rooms, and to accommodate any matter in the shop.

Hudson Baird is Hunter Baird's little brother and already in training by his dad Frank and his PawPaw Mike. He's sure to be a great addition to the family business! It looks like PawPaw Mike needs a third arm to hold Hudson too, along with Hunter!

Jo Baird - Mike and I married in 1982. He lost his job as a machinist 2 weeks after we were wed and did everything to find a job somewhere else. He came home one day and said I'm gonna be a taxidermist! Not quite understanding what he meant... I replied What? Your gonna do taxes? Needless to say I've learned a lot about taxidermy since then and our family business has treated us well.

Mike Baird started hunting when he was 5 years old. He loved animals and everything about them. He took his first class of taxidermy with Kent Betts in 1979, in Ag Resource at Cy Creek High School. And that did it … he was hooked. Mike continued hanging around a local taxidermist shop and helping with anything that they would let him do. He just seemed to be a natural for taxidermy. He studied the animals in the wild and knew what they should look like when mounted. Then in 1983 Mike started his own taxidermy business along with his good friend Leonard Bayer (the other B). Leonard was an avid hunter and had gone to Africa at least once a year. B&B has grown since its humble beginnings and now has grown into a thriving business, thanks to Mike's hard work and long hours. He now takes his clients and family overseas, hunts yearly, as well as doing lots of local deer and bird hunting. Mike still has that love for the animals, which shows in every mount that goes out the doors of B&B Taxidermy.

Nolan Conley - We have been using Nolan Conley Photography since 2005. He is a great guy to work with. Helpful in every way. Always does what he says and you can always expect a very professional job. Whether on location at our valued customers homes or at our studio he gets the shots. Website and print ads are always the best from Nolan. Reliability and consistency are his best qualities. We wouldn't dream of using another photographer!