Do it yourself antlers

[David LaPell]

After I got my buck this year, I went around looking at the antler "kits" that are out there. I decided that most were ugly and some that are downright hideous. So I went out, bought a wooden plaque and did it myself. Most antler kits seem to use electrical or zip ties to hold everything in place. I did not cut off as much of the skull cap as you would with a kit so I had more surface area. It is held to the wood with a combination of adhesive and those ties. The green cloth is some that I had left over from when I made a set of shooting sticks. I then woodburned in the date that I got the deer. I have yet to stain it, but to me it looks alot better than those everyday kits from Walmart.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I try not to shoot them when they're that small

 

[Airpark]

As Bill Envall's wife would say, """OH MY GOODNESS...you killed Bambi's daddy!!!"

 

[michael thornton]

looks good nice deer too

 

[arch stanton]

I try not to shoot them when they're that small

I prefer to shoot the smaller ones, they are considerably easier to drag and load.

 

[Jswiney9]

that looks really nice, i have to agree it looks a lot better than most of the kits out there.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

Nice job! You will enjoy that for years. Don

 

[Farmer17]

How exactly do you burn lettering and make it look so good?