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<p>[QUOTE="R Ewing, post: 2092333, member: 14664"]My dad was a hunter and I actually have a set of antlers on my wall, unmounted. Usually the whole head is mounted by a taxidermist (pricey, only done for very important ones), or the antlers are just cut off with their natural base of bone and fur. Sorry this is kind of gross! Ha. I have never seen one like this without hair, obviously it is a home made mounting. Check for any leathery/hairy organic material. Maybe it was boiled clean. I am familiar with whitetail deer, I don't know these particular antlers but they would be very difficult to create! A mold would cost a fortune at this size/complexity, so if it's not carved of wood, they are probably real antlers. The two my dad were mounted were so important to him, they were named, and were assigned to nephews in his will. My son got the mounted crappie fish ha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="R Ewing, post: 2092333, member: 14664"]My dad was a hunter and I actually have a set of antlers on my wall, unmounted. Usually the whole head is mounted by a taxidermist (pricey, only done for very important ones), or the antlers are just cut off with their natural base of bone and fur. Sorry this is kind of gross! Ha. I have never seen one like this without hair, obviously it is a home made mounting. Check for any leathery/hairy organic material. Maybe it was boiled clean. I am familiar with whitetail deer, I don't know these particular antlers but they would be very difficult to create! A mold would cost a fortune at this size/complexity, so if it's not carved of wood, they are probably real antlers. The two my dad were mounted were so important to him, they were named, and were assigned to nephews in his will. My son got the mounted crappie fish ha.[/QUOTE]
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