GOOD OLE BOY

A friend of mine got a buck and one antler broke off.It appears it was gonna shed soon.How is the best way to reattach it?It will only be a skull mount.Do you think it needs to dry good first?

Oldtimr

Did the antler break or did the antler pop off the pedicle leaving a some what bloody hole in the skin? If it came off the pedicle the other one is probably not solidly attached. I would recommend he call a reputable taxidermist and ask for advise. A broken antler can be carefully glued back together with epoxy but if it is a shed situation it is not the same situation.

GOOD OLE BOY

I haven,t seen it but I betcha a beer at the Boar,s Nest that it broke of where you mentioned below the skin.

Oldtimr

If I knew where the Boars Nest was, I just might take you up on that beer.

GOOD OLE BOY

Hazzard County my friend.

Oldtimr

I didn't know we had a Hazard Co in PA, must be a 68th county that was added when I wasn't looking.

mounting man

It is an easy fix if you let me know where or how it is broken off .

GOOD OLE BOY

I seen it yesterday.It isn,t broken per se.It snapped off when he was cleanin the skull while he was grasping it.It just looks like a shed that came off a little to soon.A slight depression in the skull.

gjersy

I fixed 2 racks that had that happen, i just got some threaded rod and some epoxy i drilled a hole in the rack slightly bigger than the threaded rod and a hole in the skull plate. I attached the threaded rod in the rack, with some rod sticking out, let it dry, a few days. next i epoxied it in the skull plate. I set it up on the table with books/blocks to prop it up & weigh it down while it dried in the correct position. After it was complete i ground off a little excess steel rod. A taxidermist told me to do this, it worked. I forgot i also used some wire and rubberbands to help hold it together.

GOOD OLE BOY

Great tip.You must of drilled all the way thru the skull to be able to access the rod in the skull.