I have had only one deer head mounted in my life, and i have been hunting for 50 years. mounted a ten pointer that i shot with a bow, figured it was the biggest one i would ever get. was it skill or luck that got this deer, you tell me. i scouted, found a good scrape row and set up on it. ten minutes after i was in the stand the deer came by and i shot it, was back out of the woods by 8 in the morning. would like to think there was a lot of luck involved with this one. anyways, it no longer hangs, took the mount apart, gave the rack to my brother and it is hanging in his shed.