try and get them to throw in another $60 so you can get a new cape

I understand why you're upset, but you have got to calm down. A lot of people have been generous enough to offer help, but continuing to be upset about everything is just putting you in a deeper hole. .

First off this was not a usual sized buck for the area. This deer was hunted on public property where you have to walk in through the sand over a mile crossing a river at least 10 times and it's too shallow for even a canoe. We don't use bait/feeders, tree stands, ground blinds, game cameras, no high fences, no ATV's or trucks to take you there. Where we hunt, when you shoot something, guess how you get it back. You cut it up on the spot, put in in bags, then in put it in your back pack and walk out. This is not an easy task. This is not a hunt where you and bubba drive up to your deer stand with your bud light in hand and shoot the first ear tag $2000 buck. We actually have to "hunt" for our deer and there are alot of hours that go into every season. It took us over 10 years to get a buck this big here and that's hunting 20+ days a season, every season. Not to mention this buck had a 21" neck which capes that are this size are not easy to come by nor are they just $60. Most likely we will be forced to have a cape from a northern buck used which is not the same thing, the hair is different length, the coloration is not the same, the overall look will not be the same. Oh and our taxidermist "did not" have a release of liability on any forms we signed.

If I am wrong then everyone should mout does

What is there was something about the cape that you liked? What if there was a double throat patch or something like that?

BMD, if the hair isn't the trophy, why do you even bother with a shoulder mount? Why not go straight to an antler or euro mount?

maybe cause the euro mounts don't look as good????

The fact is that some people like the animal to be what they shot. No doctoring the deer up, don't enlarge the neck, don't fix that busted brow tine, etc. If you like to use a different, better looking cape, that is fine, but it is a big deal to some people. I'd think BMD of all people would realize that people can be different, heck, he likes Dodge trucks.

You volunteering for the job

Yep. Not that big of a deal on the buck unless there was just something unique about the hide.

The fox I can understand more, being that you want THE fox you shot, not one the taxi picked up somewhere.

The deer mount is all about the horns, as long as those are original it's all good in my
book.