its pretty simple , if you'r going to shoulder mount it, skin it from the the front of the belly/behind the shoulders in a circular cut round the entire body,then skin it forwards using your fist , once you've got past the shoulders and up as far as you can up the neck , cut the through the neck muscle and vertabrae leaving the rest of the neck and head on the skin ,leave the rest to the taxidermist as you will bollox the rest up ! just remeber once its cut or you cut it to short , thats it , it will never be right ,this will allow the taxidermist to take the measurements he needs , if its just a skull mount then severe the atlas as per norm , as said above dont cut the throat to bleed for a shoulder mount , and skin it asap then freeze it , as time has started ticking as soon as its dead , happy hunting , arron.