while out planting 552 trees on my land this weekend, we noticed this white object about 75 yards off in the woods.. we thought it was just a white plastic bag, but as i ran closer to it, we realized it was a monster 9 pt. buck skull.. it must've been out there for a few years now because every ounce of meat, tendon, anything, was all gone and the bones were bleach white. all the skeleton was there, except the bottom jaw.. so we can't age it.. Now my problem- the mice chewed the left side so bad at the base, as i picked it up, the left side snaped right off.. what is a good way to reattatch the antler to the skull and what is a good way to "rebuild" the rest of the antler that was chewed off near the end.. while still making it look somwhat natural? I dont want to take it into a taxidermist becuase im just a college kid and i dont have that kind of extra money.. any help/ input would be appreciated..

thank you.

Brandon

p.s.- id love to put pics up on here, but it keeps saying the photo size is to big.. does anyone know how to make it smaller or so i can put it up on here? thank you..

use www.photobucket.com

i tried. it still doesnt seem to let me do it.

just post a link if you can

http://s634.photobucket.com/albums/uu62/bsowi967/


see if this works..

yep you got it

i really dont have a good answer for you, but you may be able to attach it with a double sided screw. depending on how the break was if it was diagnal or straight. I would recommend calling around to some of the well known taxidermists in your area and asking them about it. You may can even take it in and see what they tell you. Even if they are not going to do the work for you, unless they are real jerks, should tell you what you need to do the job and where to get it at.
good luck

Its an easy Job..............For me, LOL

I drill both broken antlers and run a rod in teh holes with some sculpt all epoxy, you might need to support it while it dries, after is dry , I just use the same sculp all and sculpt the chewed antler let it set and then sand down the sculpt all to match teh other side, stain both antlers and that's it.

My question is can you sculpt ?

check out skull krazy or vandykes has antler repair kits

If you drill two holes, one in the broken off part and the other in the main part. Put a piece of wire in the space between the breaks, and cut the wire so it fits the way you want. Epoxy the wire to the both parts and use All-Game or any other 2-part sculpt and repair the damaged or missing piece. You can restore the color with Potassium Permanganate available from Jonas or Research Mannikins. Good luck