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Mountain Girl
outrigged

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JoAnn
Colville WA
USA
237 Posts

Posted - May 02 2007 :  3:43:44 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My husband is constantly wandering the woods. He has found many shed antlers(mainly white tail deer. I'm trying to find a book on how to make things out of them. So far unsuccessful. I tried on the internet but mainly get items to buy. Any suggestions? JoAnn

Clare
outbound

16 Posts
 

N..C. Washington
16 Posts

Posted - May 02 2007 :  6:12:03 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've seen some spectacular chandeliers made out of antlers. If you ever drive over Snoqualmie Pass, stop at the top and take a peek into the hotel lobby there, the newer one on the right as you're driving west. It is a sight to behold. You could probably make one yourself, too.

Edited by - Clare on May 02 2007 6:12:36 PM
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Lily
outbound

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Lily
Moss Landing California
USA
28 Posts

Posted - May 06 2007 :  9:42:58 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Mountain Girl,
I have this beautiful hand-mirror made out of a deer antler. My aunt gave it to me when I was in high school, and I'm not sure where she got it, but basically the round looking glass part sits between the forked points and the base of the antler is the handle (can you picure it?). The glass is attached to the antler by some metal work that sort of wraps around the antler at different points and has some pretty filagree-looking loops and whatnot in it. Sorry if I'm not explaining it too well, but it really is beautiful and I've never seen another like it. If it did, I'd buy them as gifts because I love mine.
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Mountain Girl
outrigged

237 Posts
 
JoAnn
Colville WA
USA
237 Posts

Posted - May 07 2007 :  06:32:43 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Lily I can visualize it perfectly. Now to attempt to do it: ) Thanks for the imput. JoAnn
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Elizaray
outspoken

680 Posts
 
Elizaray

680 Posts

Posted - May 07 2007 :  3:05:31 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
JoAnn-
good luck making art with your antlers! Please post some pictures!


Elizaray
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Sarah Blue
outbound

37 Posts
 

Squaw Valley California
USA
37 Posts

Posted - May 11 2007 :  9:17:30 PM  Show Profile  Visit Sarah Blue's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I just found a small set of antlers, only two points, still attached to some skull. Sorry, not shed naturally! I was thinking they would make great wall hooks for hanging things from, but I don't know if I sawed the antlers away from the skull, are they hollow inside or solid? If I couldn't figure out how to use them myself, I was thinking of selling them at the flea market with the spin, "Would make a great jackelope...or satyr costume!"


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Mountain Girl
outrigged

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JoAnn
Colville WA
USA
237 Posts

Posted - May 12 2007 :  05:56:12 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think the antlers are solid. I've seen them sliced to use as buttons. We have used the antlers to hang things. Just visit my friend who has a very rustic B & B and they were using one as a door handle for their screen door. JoAnn
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Jen
Expedition Leader

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Jennifer
Calico Rock AR
USA
1384 Posts

Posted - May 12 2007 :  08:38:26 AM  Show Profile  Visit Jen's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Yep, they're solid. I have a bunch around the house - a few big, but mostly small & irregular - my husband is no trophy hunter. We like to make free-standing sculptures with them on deck railings & fences. Right now, most of them are piled up on a rough log shelf around an old mirror (reminds me of some neat old saloon)

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Elizaray
outspoken

680 Posts
 
Elizaray

680 Posts

Posted - May 19 2007 :  10:45:34 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just be careful of finding skulls with antlers attached. When Antlers are shed, the ends are rounded and so Game and Fish can tell. If you have unshed antlers or antlers attached to the skull you have to have a tag. This way they are hoping to keep poachers from killing out of season and saying they "found" the trophy. Check with your local Game and Fish agent before selling them just in case. Each state has their own regulations for found antlers.


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