Mount Your Own Deer Antlers

Photo: Brad Herndon

Getting Started: Plaques, hangers and braided rope to mount your deer's rack can be purchased from a taxidermist, many local sporting goods' stores, or from major sporting goods' catalog retailers. You can even custom build your own plaque if you have the skills. Tools needed to mount your deer antlers are basic: A drill, wire brushes, Borax, Clorox bleach, drill bits, glue gun and glue, scissors, drywall screws, a hammer, and a few other odds and ends.

This diagram shows how to saw the deer's skull plate for a standard skull mount. A hand saw or hack saw will do the trick.