Deer hoof arrow holder

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Deer hoof arrow holder

Postby Brow Tine » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:07 pm

There was someone that was talking about deef hoof mounts..I think it was Bushie..here are the images on a phone camera.

I found the posting
This is the way that I did it.
It seemed to me that its was a wate of time to skin the whole leg out.. or I was just being lazy

I made clean cuts 7-8" from the knee. There are 3 tendons that run along the underside of the leg I kept them a little longer, took a wire tie and pulled and locked the tendons in place so that the leg and hoof were in the postion i liked. I drilled a small hole at the bottom of the leg bone, carfule not to tear the hair up...then took high pressure air an blew out all of the marrow (HINT: Wear a plastic garbage bag, ball cap and keep your mouth closed )
Then to preserve I soaked it in water and pickeling salt for about 3-4 days in a cool place. Then let dry for a while.... I let them sit for about 2 weeks.
When dry I vacumed the crystalized salt off. Filled the small hole with wood putty, packed the inside bone with saw dust and a wood plug,
I mounted them with a screw to a pine board and strated to do a design with a wood burner...il try and post an image later.

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Postby Bushie Jackman » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:39 am

Wow that's awesome and exactly the information I needed. Thanks also for posting the photo's. Nice Job!!!
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