RE: Prices of mounts in your area.
$460.00 here in Western NY.
Private small word of mouth kind of guy. Only does a handful of deer every year out of his home. He has been doing mounts for 35 years and I got the chance to see some of his work that is over 20 years old and still looks great.
He sends all the hides out to Oregon to be professionally tanned and stands behind this as what gives his mounts their lasting looks.
That $460 includes NY's lovely 8 1/4% Tax [:'(]
Killed him on Thanksgiving and will have him back this summer.......if he looks anywhere near as good as his other mounts I will be very happy.