LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I AGREE WITH THE EYES AND MOUTH/NOSE AREA ARE VERY IMPORTANT. ONE THING I DO WHEN I LOOK AT MOUNTS IS GO UNDER THE MOUNT AND LOOK STRAIGHT UP AT IT (AS IF YOU WERE LAYING UNDER THE DEER) AND LOOK AT THE POSITION OF THE EYES. THE GOOD ONES WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD AND SET INTO THE SKULL, THE BAD ONES WILL BE LOOKING TO THE SIDES AND APPEAR TO BE " BUG-EYED" . ONE MORE THING, SOME OF THE TAXIDERMIST WILL MAKE THE WHISKERS APPEAR WET BY PUTTING DROPS ON THEM AND IN A FEW YEARS I HAVE SEEN THESE WATER DROPS TARNISH AND LOOK YELLOWISH. ALSO THERE IS REALLY NO NEED FOR A GOOD TAXIDERMIST TO USE MUCH WHITE PAINT WHEN DOING A MOUNT. IF YOU SEE ALOT OF WHITE PAINT IN THE EARS AND AROUND THE NOSE, CHANCES ARE THAT IS NOT THE BEST TAXIDERMIST. JUST MY OPINIONS.