Being from Illinois I would bet that the deer is only 1 1/2 years old. I have a set of sheds I found a few years back and I had them done in a shoulder mount and you can't even tell. What I did is the following year I killed a 10pt and used the cape off of that for the set of big sheds I found. Or you can easily buy a capeoff of ebay, localmeat lockers, and probably your taxidermist.