What to do with those buck horns?
09-26-2012, 03:39 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 20
What to do with those buck horns?
I'm new to bowhunting (I'm sure a few of you might have read my first post on what bow to choose)? Anyway, It will be a while I'm sure before I hunt any deer, so I guess this is more of a curiosity question at this point. My first inclination was to use the horns (if/when) I harvest my first buck would be to make smoking pipes out of the horns, but after thinking about it for a few more minutes I though my first horns would make a nice rack to hang my bow from/on.
So, the question is, what do you do with the horns you get from the bucks you've harvested?
So, the question is, what do you do with the horns you get from the bucks you've harvested?
Last edited by jeffgothro; 09-26-2012 at 05:34 PM.
09-26-2012, 04:37 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Hamilton, OH
Posts: 456
Ive made bottle openers out of a few sets of sheds. I dont drink, but they make neat Christmas gifts for the guys in the family. Not to mention my dogs love them more than any store bought dog treat in the world.
09-27-2012, 05:38 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Wentzville, MO
Posts: 1,375
Most are in the cave as euro mounts. I have one set from a small 6 that I'm going to attach to a frame for when my daughter gets her first deer and another set that is kept at the cabin for rattln' antlers.
09-27-2012, 09:37 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 129
I simply drilled and bolted a set to my boys wall to hang all his hats on.
Also made a good walking stick and attached a fork horn antler to it by drilling into the stick and running the brow tine down into the hole then glued it. It acts like a knuckle guard I guess. Nothing amazing there but kind of neat.
Also made a good walking stick and attached a fork horn antler to it by drilling into the stick and running the brow tine down into the hole then glued it. It acts like a knuckle guard I guess. Nothing amazing there but kind of neat.
10-02-2012, 02:55 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Missouri
Posts: 46
I usually mount the deer I kill, or if I find sheds or kill a "management" buck the horns are used to rattle in future bucks! Also lay them across the mantle over your fireplace or on top of your gun cabinet/office table for nice decor.
