Discount Antler Mount

FinsnFur · April 26, 2008, 12:55:30 PM

...hey that rhymed!

Here's the scoop.
I want to do a step by step fully illustrated tutorial on how to do a home antler mount, for our site. But I keep forgetting to break out the camera and take the time to get pics of the process.

It costs ME roughly $40 bucks in material alone to do one of these. If someone out there has a rack laying around and is satisfied with the way I do these mounts (pictures below), I'll do yours for $25.00 and pay the shipping back to you, if you let me use yours for the tutorial.

Why?
I really want to put up a tutorial for this and I'm willing to eat some of the expense to cough up another rack since I'm not into deer hunting anymore.

I'm only doing one. So the first REGULAR member to respond with interest gets the deal.
Again your cost- $25.00 bucks complete as pictured below and shipped back.
I should add that as long as your content with either dark brown felt or a hunter green. Those are the two colors I have on hand. Any other color add $5.00, as I'll have to get that color then.

Whitetail rack only.

pitw · April 26, 2008, 01:05:24 PM

Which one do you want.

FinsnFur · April 26, 2008, 02:14:31 PM

Yikes...I dont think I can ship to Canada with that deal though pitw

LORDDAL · April 26, 2008, 03:34:12 PM

I have a set of six point 15 1/4 inside best rack I have taken just havent had the time to get a board made myself but I wouldnt be able to ship em till may 1 or 2nd got to wait till payday runnin low on funds what with trukey season kickin off monday

pitw · April 26, 2008, 03:46:28 PM

I like the forms you have on the mounts. Do you make them or buy them. We kind of make are forms out of styrofoam that we collect out of shipping cartons and then cover them with leather from deer we've had tanned

These are from deer a couple bud's took last fall.

alscalls · April 26, 2008, 04:11:54 PM

northern coyote · April 26, 2008, 05:42:51 PM

pitw, do you ever leave the hair on for your mounts? I'm not expert, but I'd say that'd look cool with hair on

pitw · April 26, 2008, 06:54:45 PM

No we have not let the hair on yet but like you we were talking about it the night we did these and think we'll try one this fall. Will show you pics if it happens. Only problem we could forsee was in the stetching of the hide to get it where you want it might make the hair on look a little bit goofy but time will tell.

alscalls · April 26, 2008, 07:54:10 PM

Jim, I am concerned about shipping my horns........how they will be treated in shipping, how to ship them that kind of thing.
I have one set in my building right now that I skinned out and just let nature take its course on the rest. (still stinks some, whole head)
how would I prep them for you? how would I package them? I would not want to send it as is or anything

What is that covering?

hes not hudge but it was the last day of rifle season

msmith · April 26, 2008, 08:45:31 PM

Quote from: pitw on April 26, 2008, 01:05:24 PM
Which one do you want.

How about that one on the far left...the three point.

FinsnFur · April 26, 2008, 09:31:28 PM

LordAl...I can hold out until May for you if your seriously interested and willing. Otherwise let me know, and we'll move to the next one

pitw, those skull forms I buy. I have done a couple like you have pictured, infact years ago that's how I was taught to do them myself. If your making your own buckskin, etc...they DO have some sentimental value

I switched to the skull forms about 5 -6 years ago. I think they look pretty unique. They are also molded in a way that you simply cannot really screw up aligning the antlers.
That's why I'd really like to do this tutorial.

Al, The best way to ship them would be in a box that was obviously bigger then the rack, and then place a cut piece of styrofoam on each side of the rack, the same size as that particular wall on the box. Then fill in the rest with wadded up newspaper.
Same way it'd be shipped back.
The cover is raw felt. (pictured below)

LORDDAL · April 26, 2008, 09:39:49 PM

i would definatly be willing do you want the hair removed or not it still has some on it but this was killed several years ago and now sits on top of my gun cabinet pm me the shipping info and I will get them and the Money Order out to you on payday

Ladobe · April 26, 2008, 09:40:20 PM

Quote from: FinsnFur on April 26, 2008, 12:55:30 PM
...Whitetail rack only.

Going to play the race card huh?

...

The only racks I've bagged the last few years were all two point (a big one on each side), and they've all already been mounted.

FinsnFur · April 26, 2008, 09:48:11 PM

The race card?

Well actually the technique would work on any rack as you know Ladobe. But since I'm eating half the expense to do this, why offer up a New Mexico Bull Elk rack.

Ok....LordAl it is.

alscalls · April 26, 2008, 09:51:39 PM

I may hit you up later for one discount or not.
Lorddal, ya picked a good one to take care of your horns.

Ladobe · April 26, 2008, 09:57:22 PM

Quote from: FinsnFur on April 26, 2008, 09:48:11 PM
... But since I'm eating half the expense to do this, why offer up a New Mexico Bull Elk rack.

Had that figured out. But I don't drop by here often now days, so just had to rattle some chains.

FinsnFur · May 27, 2008, 08:56:25 PM

Got the antlers mounted to the form tonight LORDDAL. With the pics.
Tomorrow, if time allows, I'll cover it with felt. Then after drying for a day, she just need to be mounted to the plaque and she's good to go.

LORDDAL · May 27, 2008, 10:10:42 PM

Sweet cant wait to see the tutorial and the photos

LORDDAL · June 01, 2008, 09:35:58 PM

OK Jim we are still waiting on the tutorial and pics of the antler mount hows it coming along lookin forward to seeing it

FinsnFur · June 02, 2008, 04:38:07 AM

I'm still working on it. I couldn't get bacK out there to finish it the other day, had the girls this weekend, and had web clients keeping me busy in between.

You'll probably have the mount back before you see the tutorial. It's going to take some time for me to compose everything and get it ready.