Your mount most likely will not be completed by the time you go back. You can expect 6 months to a year beforea shoulder mountwill be finished. Unless you have plans of staying here that long. Get with the taxidermist you decide to use and find out about the shipping costs and all the details. You may get on the UPS website and check on shipping a package to your home from where your taxidermist is. It would be an oversized box about 25 pounds.