Going on a special hunt in Texas this year, hopefully with connect with something worth mounting. Who do you recommend around the Dallas area?
I would bring the deer back here to Okie land for mounting but reading our regulations that doesn't look possible.

I use this local girl in Lewisville. She has done one for me, and several of our hunting buddies. She does very good work.

http://www.filesfamilytaxidermy.com/contact.html

Red Oak Taxidermy is who I use. He has about 40 years experience and has done about 25 mounts for me.

We used Alpha out of Terrell.

https://alphataxidermy.com/

We've used them for 30+ years including all of our African game.

I had forum member texaswildlife do my last two mounts. An aoudad that was a remount using a cape gifted to me by forum member muliemike. A previous taxidermist has screwed up the original mount so I am sure it was a difficult one to tear it down and remount with a different form and cape. And more recently I had him do a Sambar from powderhorn wma. A once in a lifetime type animal for me. I could not be happier with how they both turned out. Far beyond my expectations.
https://www.facebook.com/TWTAXIDERMY/
Hope you get a nice one.

David Lightfoot has done a Mule Deer shoulder mount, Antelope and Antelope hide for me. Great work and always good to talk to.

https://www.lightfootstaxidermy.com