I shot a real nice 8-Point Buck 11 years ago and it cost me $250.00 and it has the nice oak board behind it....last Nov. 2006I shot another nice 8-Point Buck and the same Taxidermist mounted it for $285.00 with the same type oak back board.
So 11 years later he only went up $35.00 for mounting...not too bad a price in my opinion.
A friend of mine shot a nice 8-Pointer too and his cost around $450.00 and took about 2 months longer to get done than mine....I would say my mount looks as good or the same as his as far as quality!