DD - if you want a life like, steppin through the wall mount that will ribbon at any show, expect that and maybe more. Most commercial mounts $350 - $650. I have guys around me charge $275, which is what they charged in '83, and they think that $400 is way too much for a deer. There is a clientele for that kind of work. The main thing is not price, it's whether you are happy with the deer and the quality. If you paid $650 for a deer that you aren't happy with it, did you get your monies worth? I am going up to $400 this year, from $375, will I lose work? Probably. But with putting the time in that I do, I can't do it for free. This year the bowhunting shop wants tooffer my taxidermy work through their shop, which I would like, but I only do this part time. I would rather lose work than die a slow death of exhaution.