Good fair question and one I was anticipating at some point. It typically does not, but I had several moving parts in my life in last few years (wedding, new house, other mounts, limited wall space in man cave, etc) that made the three year turn around time feasible for me in this unique situation. I had some other things I had to sort out. From my experience, a year turn around time would is fair and pretty common for a quality deer or turkey mount.