Elkcrazy that is a beautiful mount and a great deer. I have the same philosophy about taxidermists that you do, a couple of extra months in irrelevant in the long run so long as they do a good job that you will be happy with for the rest of your life. My dad is waiting to get his muley back next month and I am waiting on a whitetail. The only muley I could have shot this year would have scored about 12" (tiny forky) but it was still a fun hunt. Congratulations to you and enojy looking at that beauty.