What to do with shed
11-18-2013, 09:08 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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What to do with shed
My dad found 4. Shed antlers by the dumbster in our community. Guess someone wanted to toss em. So im thinkin up ideas of what to do with em. One is a set 5x 5 big set at that. The other not sure if its a set ones a 4 poin the others deformed kind with two points together and a third small point
Im tryin to figure out ideas of what to do with em thought bout saving them till i get enough for a light or get a wood plac and make a gun rack
Anyone got any better ideas. I thought bout usin the smaller set for rattling when hunting but im worried their break cause theres a few cracks running through them not bad but bunch fine cracks
Im tryin to figure out ideas of what to do with em thought bout saving them till i get enough for a light or get a wood plac and make a gun rack
Anyone got any better ideas. I thought bout usin the smaller set for rattling when hunting but im worried their break cause theres a few cracks running through them not bad but bunch fine cracks
11-19-2013, 03:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Are they loose antlers or still on the skull plate? Loose antlers can be made into things like: knife handles, buttons, drawer pulls, coat racks, gun racks, towel racks, toilet paper holders, etc... The use of antlers is only limited by a lack of imagination. They can be cut into any size needed and screwed/glued to whatever you want. As a material it is pretty versatile. Look at some of the things the Native Americans made with them.
If they are attached to the skull plate they can be simply hung on the wall but I personally wouldn't do that with antlers nobody in my family had taken. I have given antlers to a local bar, a school for the biology class and to restaurants for décor as well. And I never met a kid that didn't like a set of antlers either.
If they are attached to the skull plate they can be simply hung on the wall but I personally wouldn't do that with antlers nobody in my family had taken. I have given antlers to a local bar, a school for the biology class and to restaurants for décor as well. And I never met a kid that didn't like a set of antlers either.
Last edited by flags; 11-19-2013 at 10:21 AM. Reason: Typo correction
11-19-2013, 08:53 AM
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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I made a coat rack with some small racks, basically a wood shelf to display pictures or whatever, with antlers mounted to the wood under the shelf . I drilled into the antler base, and epoxied in a stud, then ran the stud into the wood. Easy enough and looks pretty good.
11-19-2013, 09:20 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: North Idaho
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Are they loose antlers or still on the skull plate? Loose antlers can be made into things like: knife handles, buttons, drawer pulls, coat racks, gun racks, towel racks, toilet paper holders, etc... The use of antlers is only limited by a lack of imagination. They can be cut into any size needed and screwed/glued to whatever you want. As a material it is pretty versatile. Look at some of the thinks the Native Americans made with them.
If they are attached to the skull plate they can be simply hung on the wall but I personally wouldn't do that with antlers nobody in my family had taken. I have given antlers to a local bar, a school for the biology class and to restaurants for décor as well. And I never met a kid that didn't like a set of antlers either.
If they are attached to the skull plate they can be simply hung on the wall but I personally wouldn't do that with antlers nobody in my family had taken. I have given antlers to a local bar, a school for the biology class and to restaurants for décor as well. And I never met a kid that didn't like a set of antlers either.
11-19-2013, 12:26 PM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Central PA
Posts: 44
At least they try but sometime people list things they really don't want to sell - like BBQ trailer pits. I know I tried to buy one once from a guy with a "smoke allergy" who then went on to take up wood burning as a hobby.
