Made A Couple Hat Racks Thismorning Have A Look

[matt420]

Hey HBC,

Well guys i woke up thismoring and had absolutely nothing to do, so i started cleanin all my hunting gear and realized i have about 3 or 4 good hunting hats that i wear regularly, so i decided to take the little 2point (one of his antlers is broken) i got in 2010 and make a couple of hat racks outta them, all i did was simply cut the antlers off flush at the burrs and then i drilled a hole in the bottom of each antler, then i broke the heads off a couple screws i had layin around the house and screwed them into the bottom of the antlers, now i have 2 unique hat racks to hang my hunting hats on

here are a couple of pics

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l613/werr420/hat%20racks/PC250233.jpg

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l613/werr420/hat%20racks/PC250234.jpg

[fearnodeer]

Nice hat, got the same one.

[Tack243]

Very nice.....what kind of glue did you use...???

[matt420]

Very nice.....what kind of glue did you use...???

no glue was used, i had 2 #8x2 1/2" screws so i broke them in half, then i picked a drill bit that was a tiny bit smaller then the screw, then once i drilled the holes in the antlers i screwed the flat part of the screw where i had broke it into the base of the antlers with a pair of vise grips, then screwed them into my wall

this is what my screw looks like that are in the base of the antlers

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l613/werr420/hat%20racks/PC260235.jpg

[matt420]

Nice, what are those, chicken bones?

haha no not chicken bones, but that would be another cool idea, those are the antlers from my little 2point mule that i shot in 2010

[matt420]

Why are they all white at the bases?

because the antlers used to be on the skull and when i bleached the skull last year i didnt realize i put to much bleach in the bucket after they were done :(, but o well $hit happens

[matt420]

Use some Minwax gel wood stain and darken them back up. It will only take 5mins to do. They look pretty bad and sloppy they way you have them.

hmm where do i find Minwax? iv never heard of it before, cuz i do agree they look pretty sloppy with the white at the bottom, thats why i didnt make them into racks untill thismorning when i was bored

[matt420]

sweet thanks sammy-j-peppers, i will have to head out tomorrow and pick some up and make the bases dark again, cuz the white bothers me

[warnniklz]

fork yeah. good stuff

[Rubicon500]

If the white bothers you that much , throw on your boots and start lookin for some fresh muley drops , Its that time of the year now and all.

[Elkaddict]

Lots of stuff you can do with old racks. This was a request from my wife when I renoed the downstairs bathroom. She wanted it to be "rustic". You can't see the skull plate unless you are down on your knees looking up under the countertop so it actually looks kinda cool.:-D

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/V1Vr/P1030055.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/V1Vr/P1030054.jpg

[doubled]

Well done ElkAddict, looks awesome.

[matt420]

Well done Elkaddict! that looks wicked! and was a great idea from the wife, Rubicon500 i plan on gettin out this weekend for a hike last year i found a matching set of 5x5 whitetail sheds that were touchin eachother when i picked them up, and when i was in edmonton in november i stopped at cabelas and found a plastic skull plate that mounts sheds and it looks pretty good,

here is a couple of pics of the sheds i found last year all mounted on the plastic skull plate,
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l613/werr420/sheds/PC060232.jpg

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l613/werr420/sheds/PC060231.jpg