"The Project"

[ttu1997]

I found this set of horns in 1995. As you can see they sat in the outdoors for a while. This was a heck of a buck he is a typical 10 with split G3's and is 15 1/2 inches inside.

My goal is to repair his chewed horns and then stain the horns back to a more natural color. Here are some before photos. As I continue with the project I will update with more photos to this thread. This will be my first attempt at repairing antlers. I am not a taxidermist nor do I have taxidermy training. I will be using the "Antler Repair Kit" from Van Dykes, as you can guess I will need more "Fix-it" than what came with the kit. Wish me luck I will start this on Saturday 12/19/2010.

[F250DSLPWR]

Please post the pictures of your progress. I am interested in seeing how it turns out.

[Ouch]

I will start this on Saturday 12/19/2010.

Wow. A 368 day teaser. That's awesome.

I keed, I keed. I'm looking forward to following along with this. Good luck!

[bowhuntertex]

this will be an interesting follow along session

[Duzy]

Yes lots of pics please.

[ttu1997]

Started the antler make over

Well I started my antler make over/repair. I started with the 2-2oz. containers of Fix-it sculpt. The sculpt goes a lot further than I expected I almost finished with the 4oz kit. The sculpt was very easy to apply and smooth and if it became a little too tacky I would just dip my hands in water. The water made the scuplt very easy to smooth and manipulate. I started the antler repair by rolling the sculpt into a long cord and wrapping it around the wire then I went back over it with damp hands and smoothed out the ridges.

[jdubuzz]

nice so far. good job

[mnsmokepole]

Looks good keep up the good work and pictures

[smokeless]

Looks pretty good ! Keep the pictures coming.

[Ryanw94]

looks good

[TXFlatPicker]

I like the matching claw your putting on the passenger side g3, the completed tines look awesome. I got a couple racks that aren't damaged that could use some inches!

[Iced Down]

Thats pretty cool. Ive always wondered how they do that.

[SilverFox]

Pretty dang cool. Thanks.

[Snuffmachine]

What will you be using to stain the horns?

[crazy cowboy]

when u stain the sculpting stuff will it stain like the horns?
good job keep those pics coming.