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What to do with extra deer antlers? Cool projects welcome!

37K views 47 replies 34 participants last post by  Muzzy61 
#1 ·
I have a small 8 point with 3.5 in g2's i killed him when i was a teenager, and his trophy value as a wall hanger has lost much of it's value to me. It was meant to be a euro mount in the beginning but the dogs got to it first and chewed most of his nose off, so it's just a thick chewed up skull with little ol antlers on it. It is too small to make a decent pair of rattling antlers. I need the space on the wall for other deer also. Does anyone have any ideas for a home project to make out of the antlers? I don't really wanna cut em up for knife handles or anything. Maybe a toilet paper holder? Let me get some ideas from you guys!
 
#3 ·
He is mounted currently in a euro with a chewed off skull, I am looking to turn him into something creative since he is a small buck and i need him off the wall to make space for his bigger brethren. I have seen lamps made from them or a gun rack or something. Thanks for the offer though.
 
#6 ·
Make a lamp with the antler or even better a chandelier!:exclaim::dancing::banana::RockOn:
 
#7 ·
I think you should dip them in camo! I dipped a few of my own in a grass pattern, and a hard wood pattern. I am currently dipping a few in some new camo film I just got.
 
#10 ·
Sometimes they can be used as/with a basket for the handle. Or possibly a handle for a wooden box containing some of your bow equipment/tools.
Depending on how much curve they have there might be a knife handle or two in the material you have.
Could you post a photo?
 
#13 ·
As a tall guy who has bumped his head wayyy to many times, those ceiling mounted racks are scary!
 
#14 ·
I cut the bases off some sheds I found and used them as handles for my fireplace poker, ash scoop etc. They look alot better with my rock fireplace than the black or brass handles.
 
#16 ·
My friend used to buy bags of deer horn and make pipes out of them!! Tobacco pipes of course! A dremmel tool, some leather and he had nice pipes that he could sell at trade day for about $7 a pipe!!
 
#19 ·
No I don't have any pics, but he would use the brow tines and the G-tines and the sharp point was the sucking end, and he just drilled out a hole for the goods to go in, put a screen in it, wrapped leather lace around the ends and they looked pretty sharp! Smoked good too!
 
#25 ·
I made a rattle bag out of some sheds I found just cut them up into like 2-3'' pieces and put them in a crown royal bag worked real good till I lost it
 
#27 ·
Ahh I always wondered when I found that rattling bag who the guy was that lost it !!! lol........ Now I know !
I made some black powder measures, buttons for my black powder bag, coat racks, hot glue tines around picture frames for your hunting photos, lamp bases
 
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