Ollin Magnetic Digiscoping System

reattaching antler to skull plate

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My kid shot a spike buck and when he grabbed the antlers, one fell off. How should I reattach the antler?
 
Skull cap. Thinking about drilling a hole and running a screw from the underside of the skull into the antler.
Barely oversized pilot hole in the skull, with a big washer to spread out the pressure over the skull plate, and snug the antler tight to the exterior skull.
 
I killed a 150 class WT many years ago on Dec 15 and he knocked an antler off in his death throes. Easiest Euro I have done, just keep one antler out of the pot.
On reattaching it, first made a pencil mark where the antler lines up with the skull. Drill about a 1/4-5/16" hole in each. Tightly roll a 1" square piece of 1/4" hardware cloth to fit into each hole. Make sure that the antler nests into the pedicle correctly and then mix 2 part epoxy and glue it together using the hardware cloth as the guide and strength. Sit on the couch watching your favorite TV show holding it dearly as it sets.
 
If you have access to the brain cavity drill it out and screw it on. A vise helps for this. I’ve done euro like this by dremeling out the ear canal/brain cavity to gain access. If you don’t want to do that a peg as above will work with some JB weld.
 

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