Mounted antlers.

[cyberstag]

I finally got around to mounting some antlers, all from the same stag. Obviously these are from a farmed stag because the antlers were sawn off for the stag's own safety and mine! This stag taught me something about the regenerative powers of antlers and pedicles.
During the period of cleaning off the velvet from their newly grown antlers I used to cut a tree from the woods and put in the paddock to give them something to thrash on without them running the risk of getting antlers tangled in the fencing. One morning I went out to find an antler lying by the tree, broken off near the base of the pedicle and including a piece of the skull bone.
I thought that he might never grow that side again but got a shock when the following year he produced a very near normal antler. You can see in subsequent years that it took him a while to fully get back to symmetry.



In the above photo are (from left to right) his heads as a 3 year old through to 7 years old. It was his left antler from the 3 year old head that broke off. The piece that was broken is sitting on the centre of the mount; I had to saw it off to mount the pair.









All the antlers again, 3yr, 4 and 5 top left to right, 6yr and 7 bottom left to right.



7 year old head.

 

[VSS]

Fascinating!

 

[lochty]

There's a set like that in the ball room at Mar Lodge where I used to work, mounted on heads to show how the animal progresses. As @VSS Says, fascinating.

 

[DanM]

They look great - where do you get the backplate/mounts for those?

 

[cyberstag]

They look great - where do you get the backplate/mounts for those?

I made them.

 

[listerhtype]

I finally got around to mounting some antlers, all from the same stag. Obviously these are from a farmed stag because the antlers were sawn off for the stag's own safety and mine! This stag taught me something about the regenerative powers of antlers and pedicles.
During the period of cleaning off the velvet from their newly grown antlers I used to cut a tree from the woods and put in the paddock to give them something to thrash on without them running the risk of getting antlers tangled in the fencing. One morning I went out to find an antler lying by the tree, broken off near the base of the pedicle and including a piece of the skull bone.
I thought that he might never grow that side again but got a shock when the following year he produced a very near normal antler. You can see in subsequent years that it took him a while to fully get back to symmetry.


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In the above photo are (from left to right) his heads as a 3 year old through to 7 years old. It was his left antler from the 3 year old head that broke off. The piece that was broken is sitting on the centre of the mount; I had to saw it off to mount the pair.


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All the antlers again, 3yr, 4 and 5 top left to right, 6yr and 7 bottom left to right.


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7 year old head.

Look nice on your wall

 

[filzee]

Thanks for this very interesting.

 

[willie_gunn]

Thanks for posting these - as others have said, absolutely fascinating.

I've counted more points in those antlers than in all the stags I shot in Sutherland over 20 odd years!!