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Offline Gunitharvester

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Fixing busted antlers...
« on: November 06, 2015, 02:49:09 PM »
So I killed a whitetail buck that has massive main beams, but has broken nearly all his tines off.  I'll try to upload a pic. But my question was this, can a taxidermist replicate/create new tines and match the color well enough that it would look natural? This something any of you have experience with? I thought it would be kind of a fun project to see what he potentially looked like when he did carry all his inches.
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Re: Fixing busted antlers...
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2015, 02:56:52 PM »
A good taxi can do anything...but i think id keep him all broke up  :tup:

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Re: Fixing busted antlers...
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2015, 06:04:00 PM »
Ive seen repaired antlers that would be very hard to tell they have been fixed.

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Re: Fixing busted antlers...
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2015, 07:19:26 PM »
A good taxi can do anything...but i think id keep him all broke up  :tup:

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Re: Fixing busted antlers...
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2015, 08:33:54 PM »
Hard question to answer without seeing the busted antlers either in person or a picture. But, for the most part they can be fixed with no problems. Matching the color isn't a problem either. I just got done repairing antlers from a large Blacktail that a customer shot right through the G2 beam (2nd shot) and fractured the whole main-beam to the pedicle. It was repaired with no problem and you cant even tell, mostly to keep the structural integrity of the main beam; however we left the actual bullet hole un-repaired......GREAT conversation piece.
I agree with other two previous comments, sometimes to leave it as it was is kind of the 'whiskey in the coke', it gives it some uniqueness and flavor...plus a great story.
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