Is it possible? question horn fixin

[Shedfreak380]

I was just wondering if there was a way to fix chalk horns that have all the points still intacked? How would you go about fixing it and what would you use to do it?
Another question i wanted to ask was, whats the best way to fix broken points and matchin up the color to make it look like the points were never broke? whats the best stain to use on bleached white horns?

 

[slamdunk]

PM me shedfreak, i'm your huckleberry.






Skull Krazy
"No Bones About It"

 

[mozey]

The answer to both your questions is yes, although I don't know the details. I found an old chalky nice 5-point muley skull back in the 80's (when it it was still legal to pick up skulls) and carried it around from state to state, out of the country, and then back to the states, until about five years ago when I took it to a local taxidermist and asked him if he could restore and shoulder mount it. The answer to both was yes and now it hangs in my stairwell wall.

Recently, my buddy started experimenting with fiberglass molds to repair a broken main beam and a G-2 of a nice 7-point elk that he harvested a few years ago. Finished product looks excellent.

 

[JakeH]

Hey mozey, lets see a pic or your buck, if ya dont mind.



Jake H. MM Member since 1999.

 

[mozey]

Sure. I actually have two deer that I've done that with; when I get home later tonight, I'll take and post some pics. I'll also talk to my buddy and see if I can post a pic of his elk, and find out a little more about his fiberglass mold process.

 

[mozey]

OK, here's pics of the two bucks that I referred to above:

Here's a picture of the elk set with the broken main beam. I was wrong in my post above in that the repaired point was actually the left G4 instead of the G2.

Here's my buddy pointing to where the right main beam was original broken. As a reference, my buddy is 6'2", and everything above where he's pointing is fiberglass:

 

[mozey]

One more. He's also experimented with a couple of old chalky and rodent chewed sheds that he found under the same pine tree back in the 70's or 80's. He liked them because of all the trash on the left base. This is from before he started experimenting with the fiberglass, and in this case the chewed off ends were repaired with wood:

 

[Shedfreak380]

what other stuff can you use beside wood and fiber glass? I know most people find a horn that they can rob the point from for repair but is there anything else? i've seen that two part stuff that u have to mix together and form the points and i think that works pretty good but can you stain it? thanks for all your help and tipps

 

[Shedfreak380]

slamdunk you have a PM

 

[mozey]

Just to give you an idea, here's a "before" picture of the elk in my above post: