antler repair!!

shed hunter 6/10/07 5:46pm

this 29' scull is old and needs repair, the right tip has 4 inches brocken off from lying over the years.

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i first saw off the remaining bone off the tip till where it is freyed split and cracked. then i drill a hole in the center and fill it with Epoxy sculpt (epoxy sculp is a very good product for this sort of thing, i found it off of a taxidermy mag just for antler repair) when it is packed in there good enough i put a wire the size of the opposite tip, when dry, i bend the tip to match the shape of the other..then i mold the rest of the epoxy on, sand it then its good as new
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i do not have [after] pictures yet but i'll get some
here is onother antler ive done..

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the cheater you see was gone when i found the antler..there was just a pile of dust..
as you can see the epoxy worked great!