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How do you hang an elk skull?

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WhistlingBadger:
Thanks, Pappy.  I think the first way would work better for me.  I already tried the second way, and the antlers are so heavy they're horizontal from the wall!

WhistlingBadger:
Well, I got Romeo all hung up.  Ended up putting a steel cable through the existing holes at the back of the skull, with a heavy-duty zip tie for backup, hanging it over a hook sunk into a stud, then putting a block of wood under the teeth to get it hanging at a more pleasing angle.  Will probably replace the 2x4s with a nice, picturesque chunk of chokecherry or juniper at some point, but it'll do for now.

Since the only wall in our house big enough to hold him is where I used to have my bows hanging, he's going to serve double duty as a bow rack.

Pappy:
Nice job, looks great. 😊 Pappy

bjrogg:
That looks good WB

I knew you’d find an answer to your problem.

Bjrogg

WhistlingBadger:
Thanks, guys.  I'm pretty happy with it. He had kind of a weird rack: Really thick beams, nice brow tines, smallish 2s, 3s, and 5s, but nice big swords. Gives him kind of a top-heavy look. The tine tips are all dinged up from fighting, and he has an antler-tip-shaped scar in the top of his skull, right between his eyes. That must have really hurt. So, this guy was real scrapper. I love it.

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