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Title: what to do with sheds?
Post by: Maverick on January 24, 2013, 03:58:25 PM: What do you all do with the sheds you find? Anyone want to post pics. I have my sets hanging on a wall, a few of the big ones on the entertainment center and the rest go into a pile. Id love to figure out somethin cool to do with them.
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Post by: shedmaster on January 24, 2013, 04:07:28 PM: Here is an idea for ur smaller sheds.. :twocents:
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Post by: huntnphool on January 24, 2013, 04:10:21 PM: My wife has made some pretty cool Christmas wreaths.
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Post by: notellumcreek on January 24, 2013, 04:15:54 PM: Haven't found a shed yet but someone had a nice half antler (right around the royal so it was nice and wide) of an elk and drilled holes and made a cribbage board out of it. It was bad ass. :tup:
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Post by: alecvg on January 24, 2013, 04:24:43 PM: Through them in my pile of other sheds, give them away, or leave them in the woods.
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Post by: Bowflinger on January 30, 2013, 06:48:42 PM: I'm gunna make an antler alter for my wedding in June, I'll have to get pretty lucky finding sheds in the next few months so I can cover the alter. I'll have to post pics when I'm done. The other sweet project I'm workin on is a brute blacktail shed fillet knife, 17" tip to tang, 10.5" blade, Damascus steel. Just havin a little trouble finding corby rivets long enough to go thru the base of the shed.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on January 30, 2013, 07:03:14 PM: We use em to help decorate our x-mass tree.
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on January 30, 2013, 07:18:45 PM: Quote from: Maverick on January 24, 2013, 03:58:25 PM
What do you all do with the sheds you find? Anyone want to post pics. I have my sets hanging on a wall, a few of the big ones on the entertainment center and the rest go into a pile. Id love to figure out somethin cool to do with them.

Give them to me..
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Post by: romaknows on January 30, 2013, 07:26:16 PM: Park my tractor in mine.
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Post by: Rainier10 on January 30, 2013, 07:47:13 PM: I take them to my cabin and throw them around the property for kids of my guests to find. Gets them hooked on the outdoors.
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Post by: BENCHLEG on January 30, 2013, 11:14:43 PM: Soo!!! You are the one that ruined shed hunting for us rainier10 :chuckle: :chuckle:stop that ..ha ! Ha! Enjoy. :hello:
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on January 31, 2013, 06:21:19 AM: Quote from: Maverick on January 24, 2013, 03:58:25 PM
What do you all do with the sheds you find? Anyone want to post pics. I have my sets hanging on a wall, a few of the big ones on the entertainment center and the rest go into a pile. Id love to figure out somethin cool to do with them.

sounds like you already figured out something cool to do with them.

I put my 5 biggest elk sheds up on a shelf above the kitchen cabinets. looks pretty cool and I didn't have to ruin any sheds :)
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Post by: sebla on January 31, 2013, 06:37:10 AM: lamps and home decorations also log beds
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Post by: danderson on January 31, 2013, 06:42:08 AM: Heres a few of my creations, found everyone of these myself
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Post by: MADMAX on January 31, 2013, 06:52:55 AM: Very cool
I cant bring mself to drill mine or even can figure out how to hide the wire
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Post by: sebla on January 31, 2013, 06:54:20 AM: nice
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Post by: danderson on January 31, 2013, 07:00:51 AM: I had to do something with my sheds besides pile um on the floor, got one of those how to build a lamp tapes and it gives you some tips for doing a good job, besides the best part of shed hunting is the finding part, once you have a pile then make something
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Post by: Rainier10 on January 31, 2013, 10:23:16 AM: Quote from: BENCHLEG on January 30, 2013, 11:14:43 PM
Soo!!! You are the one that ruined shed hunting for us rainier10 :chuckle: :chuckle:stop that ..ha ! Ha! Enjoy. :hello:
Exactly, I have created dozens of shed hunters with an unending amount of energy to out hike us all.
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Post by: buglin4bulls on January 31, 2013, 04:32:56 PM: Extremely good for dogs teeth. The bone marrow is very nutritious. Deer antlers are very expensive at like Reber ranch and petco etc. so if if you have a dog, cut them open and let em have at it! :tup:
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Post by: antlerking on January 31, 2013, 04:41:23 PM: I built a room out of em
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Post by: jess on January 31, 2013, 04:50:26 PM: i made an alter out of some for my sisters wedding
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Post by: Devinshoe on January 31, 2013, 07:39:50 PM: Dang now thats some bone!! Thats what i like to see!
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Post by: Smokepole on January 31, 2013, 07:54:32 PM: Sheds make great hearth broom handles. We sell them at the local farmer's markets.
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on February 01, 2013, 07:15:34 AM: here's where most of mine go. Keeps the kids and dogs from messing with them and makes them easy to take down and play with.
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Post by: Buckblaster on February 01, 2013, 11:49:17 AM: There is a guy from Lewiston that buys the brown sheds. A friend of mine just got $4200 for 300 lbs of a mix of whitetail and moose antlers. He buys them by the pound and I think it was $9 for deer and $11 for moose. Looks to me like AntlerKing has at least a few thousand dollars worth in that pile.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 01, 2013, 11:51:32 AM: Take them back out there and lay them around then go back the next weekend and see if you can find them again.
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Post by: sirmissalot on February 01, 2013, 04:17:08 PM: Here are a few ideas I've come up with to use them up
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Post by: sirmissalot on February 01, 2013, 04:18:07 PM: One more
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 01, 2013, 04:21:13 PM: Hey bluebulls do you know about the ghost holding the fish in your garage? :chuckle:
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Post by: blacktailcody on February 01, 2013, 04:21:32 PM: Cool.
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Post by: sirmissalot on February 02, 2013, 09:18:10 AM: A couple more with elk sheds
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Post by: Hawgdawg on February 08, 2013, 03:22:07 PM: !
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Post by: Smossy on February 08, 2013, 03:25:34 PM: Quote from: Maverick on January 24, 2013, 03:58:25 PM
What do you all do with the sheds you find? Anyone want to post pics. I have my sets hanging on a wall, a few of the big ones on the entertainment center and the rest go into a pile. Id love to figure out somethin cool to do with them.
Interested in selling one or a set?

I want one to throw on my wall as a modivational kind of thing.
Wouldnt know where to find one.
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Post by: Smossy on February 08, 2013, 03:28:35 PM: Quote from: antlerking on January 31, 2013, 04:41:23 PM
I built a room out of em
Holy crap lol is that even safe?
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Post by: uplandhunter870 on February 08, 2013, 03:42:41 PM: Quote from: Smossy on February 08, 2013, 03:25:34 PM

I want one to throw on my wall as a modivational kind of thing.
Wouldnt know where to find one.

this is going to sound really easy but its not always as easy as it sounds

go to where the deer are hanging out right now. this time of year they will start dropping their antlers, find said deer hang out spot and just start walking around looking at the ground. walk slow and look at everything if you think its an antler pick it up 9/10 times for me its a stick but shed hunting is a lot like deer hunting; patience and persistence will pay off eventually plus its a great way to get out of the house and into the woods

good luck
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Post by: Smossy on February 08, 2013, 03:48:52 PM: Quote from: uplandhunter870 on February 08, 2013, 03:42:41 PM
Quote from: Smossy on February 08, 2013, 03:25:34 PM

I want one to throw on my wall as a modivational kind of thing.
Wouldnt know where to find one.

this is going to sound really easy but its not always as easy as it sounds

go to where the deer are hanging out right now. this time of year they will start dropping their antlers, find said deer hang out spot and just start walking around looking at the ground. walk slow and look at everything if you think its an antler pick it up 9/10 times for me its a stick but shed hunting is a lot like deer hunting; patience and persistence will pay off eventually plus its a great way to get out of the house and into the woods

good luck

Wouldnt even know where to find deer. :(
Thanks for the how-to though. I know a few spots Ive seen them run across the roads before pretty consistently. Maybe Ill try there.
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Post by: Mudman on February 08, 2013, 04:02:55 PM: Does anyone of you talented gents want to tell how you hide the wire and what method is best for connecting antler to antler? The lamps, broom and TP holder are my favorites OH and the chandelier!!! :tup:
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Post by: shedmaster on February 14, 2013, 03:10:44 PM: Here is a lamp.. used metal dowls and glued them...
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on February 19, 2013, 11:50:02 AM: Quote from: Mudman on February 08, 2013, 04:02:55 PM
Does anyone of you talented gents want to tell how you hide the wire and what method is best for connecting antler to antler? The lamps, broom and TP holder are my favorites OH and the chandelier!!! :tup:

It's kinda like connect the dots, Start at the base and drill a hole as far as you can until it comes out of the antler.
This will be your starting point for the next hole to drill. Continue doing this till your last hole arrives where you want the wire to come out. It takes practice, following the curviture of the antler, When you have fished all the wire thru, you putty up the holes and color them to match the antler. I am far from a pro at this, but with a little practise, it works great. Good luck :)
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Post by: yote on February 19, 2013, 04:05:42 PM: Really cool ideas so far!
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Post by: TommyH on March 05, 2013, 12:18:10 AM: great stuff there!! still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor from them rooms filled with sheds!!!!
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Post by: EvoOutdoors on March 20, 2013, 12:23:10 PM: Great stuff! I like the TP rack! Good tips on assembly with dowels. I'm getting some inspiration to get out of the office lol.
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Post by: Hawgdawg on April 04, 2013, 05:30:33 PM: shelf them...
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Post by: Hawgdawg on April 04, 2013, 05:58:26 PM: Throw them in the barn with the others.............
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Post by: h2ofowlr on April 07, 2013, 06:36:06 PM: Quote from: Buckblaster on February 01, 2013, 11:49:17 AM
There is a guy from Lewiston that buys the brown sheds. A friend of mine just got $4200 for 300 lbs of a mix of whitetail and moose antlers. He buys them by the pound and I think it was $9 for deer and $11 for moose. Looks to me like AntlerKing has at least a few thousand dollars worth in that pile.

Might be worth checking out!