Creative ways to show off your shed antlers...

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Creative ways to show off your shed antlers...

Unread postby Crazinamatese » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:10 pm

I have a few sheds that lay in random spots around my apartment. It bothers me they just kinda lay on shelves already piled up with other junk. I would really like to display them in a creative way, but Im not very good at decorating. Any beast members here display their shed collection with a neat twist? I need ideas.


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Unread postby Black Squirrel » Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:19 am

I put a selct few on the mantle of my fireplace, sitting on a coyote hide i hade tanned.
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Unread postby Northlake » Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:11 pm

I've drilled through a few and glued them together with dowels to make candle holders.. could do a lamp but not sure how to run the wire through without being so obvious. don't know how to upload pics sorry.
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Unread postby dan » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:27 am

A guy here in town puts them in the back window of his car... I certainly would not recommend that... I keep thinking he is going to go out to his car one day and the window is going to be smashed and the antlers missing.
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Unread postby Spysar » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:58 am

I made a plaque that uses a shed as the base. I had to trim the shed a bit to make it level. My favorite spot to display the latest euro mount. You can put any euro on it, it's not fixed to the plaque.

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Unread postby Bucky » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:00 am

A neat display I have seen is a eye hook screwed into the ceiling with a length of chain hanging down to the floor.... then sheds zip tied to it all the way to the ceiling. This takes a ton of sheds to pull off but looks really neat IMO
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Unread postby Milk Weed Seed » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:05 am

Pretty cool Spysar!

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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:19 am

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Unread postby Spysar » Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:02 am

Bucky wrote:A neat display I have seen is a eye hook screwed into the ceiling with a length of chain hanging down to the floor.... then sheds zip tied to it all the way to the ceiling. This takes a ton of sheds to pull off but looks really neat IMO


I have a bunch on some chain hung stained glass light fixtures. The sheds just hang on the chain like Bucky said. I'll have to get a pic of that......but then I'm going to have to do some dusting ,lol.
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Unread postby SamPotter » Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:06 pm

I personally like to see each individual shed. I have a bunch on a mantle and each year I hang the season's finds in my office at the farm. One day I plan to have them all up on display in a designated area, probably similar to the way I have them in my office. For me, every shed has a story. I'm one of those guys that can't bear to part with one or cut, drill, glue, or screw any of them either. I will admit that antler is an interesting material to work with. I made a ring out of antler and proposed to my girlfriend with it. She is no longer my girlfriend.

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Unread postby BigHills BuckHunter » Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:37 am

dan wrote:A guy here in town puts them in the back window of his car... I certainly would not recommend that... I keep thinking he is going to go out to his car one day and the window is going to be smashed and the antlers missing.


A guy in my town did the same thing but kept it on the front dashboard of his truck. Someone went to his farm at night and stole it. :shock:

All that for a shed?
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Unread postby BigHills BuckHunter » Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:38 am

Looks Great Spy!
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Re: Creative ways to show off your shed antlers...

Unread postby Wlog » Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:43 pm

At one time I had a bunch of sheds kind of placed together on a bookshelf and when I'd find more I would rearrange them. It looked kind of neat.
But now I have little kids that MUST touch everything and it became a mess. I'd like to do something creative to do with them because I do enjoy looking at antlers. I've thought about making a chandelier but I haven't gotten ambitious enough.

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Re: Creative ways to show off your shed antlers...

Unread postby Dabowhunter » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:42 pm

dan wrote:A guy here in town puts them in the back window of his car... I certainly would not recommend that... I keep thinking he is going to go out to his car one day and the window is going to be smashed and the antlers missing.

I would be concerned with the damage they would do if your ever in an accident and they come flying at you. :shock:
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Unread postby BigHunt » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:54 pm

if I could just find some ......more less one :lol:
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