Spare antlers!!!

blackwater1987

Jus wondering what ye do with the heads of stags ye shoot ? i have an eight point red in the back garden seems a shame to throw it away..

It wasn't me!

blackwater1987 wrote: »

Jus wondering what ye do with the heads of stags ye shoot ? i have an eight point red in the back garden seems a shame to throw it away..

Throw up a photo. If it's a nice head it might be worth mounting as a trophy. Otherwise, if the antlers are thick enough, someone might be interested in them for knife handles or walking stick handles or the heads of shooting sticks. Always nice to see traditional materials like that.

4200fps

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Throw up a photo. If it's a nice head it might be worth mounting as a trophy. Otherwise, if the antlers are thick enough, someone might be interested in them for knife handles or walking stick handles or the heads of shooting sticks. Always nice to see traditional materials like that.

Is a trophy fallow head worth anything or does people buy them? How would you know if it is a good enough head. Does it go by the width of the palms?

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4200fps wrote: »

Is a trophy fallow head worth anything or does people buy them? How would you know if it is a good enough head. Does it go by the width of the palms?

Have seen them for sale as decorations, mostly on the continent, but the real value is to the person who shot it. Think there are a couple of different measuring systems in use. They all seem to focus on various measurements of the antlers, such as length overall, length of tines, thickness of bases, breadth of palmation, symmetry and weight. You can submit it to various assessors for measurement and scoring on the above criteria and medals are awarded for animals of sufficient quality. Maybe you could sell one, but it'd probably have to be a very good animal and the taxidermy would probably have to be excellent.

4200fps

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Have seen them for sale as decorations, mostly on the continent, but the real value is to the person who shot it. Think there are a couple of different measuring systems in use. They all seem to focus on various measurements of the antlers, such as length overall, length of tines, thickness of bases, breadth of palmation, symmetry and weight. You can submit it to various assessors for measurement and scoring on the above criteria and medals are awarded for animals of sufficient quality. Maybe you could sell one, but it'd probably have to be a very good animal and the taxidermy would probably have to be excellent.

The head would need to be stuffed? Theres a good bit to it. Thanks for the information.

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4200fps wrote: »

The head would need to be stuffed? Theres a good bit to it. Thanks for the information.

Well, your style of mounting might affect price or demand. Don't know whether there's even a market for it here. I doubt there'd be any demand just for a skull or anything though. Like I say, the real value is to the person who shot it. Trophy quality is assessed based on the bare skull though as far as I know, so wouldn't go mounting anything you wanted to get measured.

blackwater1987

heres a fallow i got last year http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o764/blackwater1987/fallow.jpg and the red out the back sorry about the poor quality http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o764/blackwater1987/8pointer.jpg if any one wants the 8 pointer jus let me know it is cut too high to be mounted..

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That's a nice looking fallow. I'd say he'd make a nice mount. The red might not have the thickness in the antlers to make a set of knife scales, but you'd know yourself, it's hard to judge from the picture. You could use the antler to make a nice head for a shooting/walking stick though.

blackwater1987

Cheers iwm havent seen too many fallow bigger than him down my way so said id keep him the red is only a small fella compared to what ive seen around.

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blackwater1987 wrote: »

Cheers iwm havent seen too many fallow bigger than him down my way so said id keep him the red is only a small fella compared to what ive seen around.

No, he's definitely nice for a wild Irish fallow. I'd have him on the wall in a heartbeat myself. Congrats! Now go shoot one of the bigger reds to stick next to him.

blackwater1987

ya thats the plan now for the weekend saw a big 14 to 16 pointer a few weeks back had no shot ill see if i can find him this weekend

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Always the way. I have a very large hybrid I have a similar fate in mind for.

blackwater1987

ya i hope to add a nice sika one day too none around my part of the country tho.

Savage93

blackwater1987 wrote: »

Jus wondering what ye do with the heads of stags ye shoot ? i have an eight point red in the back garden seems a shame to throw it away..

Buddy of mine stuck a pair onto wood and stores his fishing rods on them, looks good too

4200fps

blackwater1987 wrote: »

heres a fallow i got last year http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o764/blackwater1987/fallow.jpg and the red out the back sorry about the poor quality http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o764/blackwater1987/8pointer.jpg if any one wants the 8 pointer jus let me know it is cut too high to be mounted..

Hes a fine fallow

Briany82

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owelfisherman

Briany82 wrote: »

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lads id love apair if anyone has any lying around?thanks