Awesome! Beautiful Buck!
My taxi is a good friend and only does mounts for his buddies. He's been at it a long time and used to work for himself doing it as a side job for over 30 years. I let him take as long as he wants, Ive waited up to 2 years before, as I always tell him not to rush I have 7 heads on the wall and could care less really. I give him full payment up front, and a tip at pickup time. But he doesn't charge me what some big shop would.
Anyway, he always told me he gets a kick out of the guys that are always bummed that it takes 12-18 months, yet when it comes time for them to pick it up they are scrambling for the measly 400 or 500 dollars and have to leave it there longer. Bunch of clowns.......thats why he quit doing it for the general public. They are all hot to trot when they drop it off, but have 12-18 months to save and can't come up with the money when its time to pick up. He's had to try and sell heads before and he's done doing that shit.
Im sure a head costs a lot more now, but I haven't done one since 2018 when I shot my 220# 9 point in CT, that one cost $400. Which is probably the last one I'll ever do.....they become dust collectors. But I was really into archery in my 20's-40's and shot some nice NE bucks.