RE: getting a buck mounted...
I'm getting my 1st buck mounted this year - been hunting 25 years.
This is my biggest - but I've shot a couple that we just as old. I had decided a while back that I would mount the next buck that would beat my personal best - and honestly I wasn't sure if I should have this one mounted until I held up the previous best, a9 point - and it fit inside the rack without touching. That cinched it - and now I cannot wait untill I get it back!
FH