what to do with smaller antlers??
08-22-2007, 08:28 PM
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Bellevue, IA
Posts: 114
what to do with smaller antlers??
ive been on a mission to clean my house before this upcoming hunting season so it wont just keep piling up and i found a pile of smaller sets of antlers, nice but nothing i would have mounted or put on a base. what do u guys do when u find a pile of old antlers or some sheds that u may have layin around the house but u still want to display them instead of sittin in the store room? thanks. oh yea, and turkey beards.
08-23-2007, 02:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 28
RE: what to do with smaller antlers??
Normally I keep the antlers on the skull and paint them up with adesign. If I had enough antler sheds I would try and make a lamp or something maybe. One thing I did years ago with small antlers was useing my dremel tool and various ends to give them a spiral look on the tines. Another thing which is neat and also pretty is to take the base of the antler and cut the ridged big part off even ( if it's thick enough make two) on both ends, sand them down real nice and smooth. After that you could choose a picture and engrave it on the surface.I used a black paint to fill in the picture outline and then coated it with clear fingernail polish. You can make buttons out of them too. Hope thats some help! Have fun
08-24-2007, 12:28 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 297
RE: what to do with smaller antlers??
I have a piece of cedar tree cut from a saw-mill about 15 foot long that I nail them up on. It hangs inmy bonus room in my house across the doorway. The cedarstrip gives it a real rustic look