RE: Horrible mounts!!
young_gun,
Yes, "you get what you pay for".
Your friend should make a kind suggestion to the guy who did his mount for him. Practice on your own deer and start with a doe or two. Anyway, if your friend doesn't have the money, and I don't know what fourteen year old would, I would get the antlers remounted onto a wooden plaque with a leather wrap as the skull. It's plain, simple and doesn't cost a lot(@ $130 or so). It looks good too! I'll probably do that myself with future deer, unless he's a bruiser and I have the suficient funds at the time.
Bn'R