RE: Going to try my own deer mount.
Not all of those things are needed. Many of them I use, but some of them I can't think of a single use for, for ME. I mounted my first deer with a pocket knife, a butter knife, and a screw driver. It looked like crap, but would have looked no better had I had all of the best materials. Watch a video and you can decide what you need and what you can do without.