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What do you do with your antlers? Show some pictures.

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What do you do with your antlers? Show some pictures.

Postby Lost Dog » 01 11, 2016 •  [Post 1]

This is my man cave...aka garage. Forty plus years of hunting memories hanging on the walls. This might give some of you with a limited budget a vision how to show off some of your trophies!

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Postby realunlucky » 01 11, 2016 •  [Post 2]

Great collection you have there
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 01 11, 2016 •  [Post 3]

Very nice antler collection LD! I think it's safe to say that both elk and deer have you on their "top 10 most wanted" list 8-) . My handful of antlers are just skull capped and nailed to the wall in my shop. If I'm ever fortunate enough to get a really big bull, I may do the euro mount thing.
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Postby Deanmac » 01 11, 2016 •  [Post 4]

nice mounts
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Postby Lefty » 01 11, 2016 •  [Post 5]

cool pic
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Postby GobbleFarmer » 01 18, 2016 •  [Post 6]

That place looks nice with bone everywhere Lost Dog! I've been crazy busy lately so didnt put it up on the meat pole (sorry :roll: ) but I shot another whitetail buck before the season ended and he was the biggest to date, and while I was making Christmas gifts for family members I decided to cut up the antlers and make an antler handle skinning knife for my sister. She is always there with me in the cold skinning and quartering the deer so she more then earned an awesome knife, I'll put pictures up when I can.
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Postby Ponyboy_jonas » 01 18, 2016 •  [Post 7]

Between my dad and I we try to rank them from smallest to biggest.
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Postby GobbleFarmer » 01 18, 2016 •  [Post 8]

Dang Ponyboy_Jonas there are some nice racks up there!


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The handle was too thick and uncomfortable so I shaved 1/8th inch off of each side and epoxied the cutoff back on(thats why the handle has a step). It was shaving hair once I finished. made from a horse hoof rasp, I cut and stitched the leather sheath too.
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Postby Lost Dog » 01 19, 2016 •  [Post 9]

Very nice knife there GobbleFarmer. I'll bet that took some time to make.

Good looking collection Ponyboy_Jonas. Thanks for sharing.

How about lamps or chandeliers? Anyone?
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