At night, Rick Jacobsen is a quiet custodian who cleans the rooms and hallways of the school. However, by day, he practices the art he’s spent a lifetime mastering: taxidermy.
Deer mounts with enormous antlers and birds frozen in mid-flight greet visitors as they enter Countryside Taxidermy Studio in Springfield, Neb., the shop he runs with his son, Jered Jacobsen.
The night custodian’s fascination with taxidermy began in childhood. He and his dad went hunting together, and the animals they scored always seemed to deserve something more permanent than a photograph…