Thanks guys....
The buck will be mounted with the velvet on the antlers. The taxidermists dips them in a solution to preserve them.
I hunt in Colleton County. The season starts Aug 15 - Dec 31
Surprisingly - it was in the mid 60's in the morning and didn't get past 72 in the afternoons. Overcast all weekend and some rain mixed in there. The skeeters weren't too bad either.