Social distancing boredom: I made a thing (euro pedestal mount)

[SaskHunter]

Like the title said, I got bored today so with a 5 foot fence post, some old barn wood, pieces of scrap wood and some screws, I made a pedestal mount for some euros that were laying around in the basement. The final product (not pictured) currently holds two antelopes, two whitetails and a mule deer (as well as a couple sheds and beaver skull that my daughter wanted to add on the base). I ended up using some 1/2 inch wooden dowels drilled into the post to hold the heads up. I can re-adjust the heads and drill more holes if I want to re-arrange the display. For the base of the fence post, I used copious amounts of spray glue and some sand.

All and all, that mount cost me a whole zero dollars!

 

[Pucky Freak]

Love the rich color on the antlers

 

[SaskHunter]

Love the rich color on the antlers

Our Sasky deer grow some very cool looking dark antlers with nice character.

 

[elkrchr]

Great way to spend some spare time!

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Very cool!

 

[ovis2]

Very nice. I am planning on doing something very similar with my abundance of mediocre antelope skulls.

 

[Treeshark]

Looks great, and that top rack is awesome!

 

[SaskHunter]

Very nice. I am planning on doing something very similar with my abundance of mediocre antelope skulls.

No such thing as a mediocre antelope!!!

 

[Valley1320]

Like the title said, I got bored today so with a 5 foot fence post, some old barn wood, pieces of scrap wood and some screws, I made a pedestal mount for some euros that were laying around in the basement. The final product (not pictured) currently holds two antelopes, two whitetails and a mule deer (as well as a couple sheds and beaver skull that my daughter wanted to add on the base). I ended up using some 1/2 inch wooden dowels drilled into the post to hold the heads up. I can re-adjust the heads and drill more holes if I want to re-arrange the display. For the base of the fence post, I used copious amounts of spray glue and some sand.

All and all, that mount cost me a whole zero dollars!

I gotta make me one

 

[matt0550]

Great project! I can see this getting catchy...err, going viral err...you know what I mean

 

[Dunning Kruger]

Looks awesome. I took that muley for a big stud whitetail until i read your post and looked again.

 

[Matt Dworak]

Pretty sweet, nicely done!

 

[ovis2]

As mentioned above, I was thinking about doing something similar. So, here's the finished product in the man cave.

 

[SaskHunter]

Looks awesome, what brackets are you using for the heads?

 

[ovis2]

Looks awesome, what brackets are you using for the heads?

I was going to make some out of angle brackets and 1/4-20 bolts, but didn't have any on hand. I did a web search and found some on Etsy (Euro Hanger or something like that) for $8 each. I had to grind them down a little - the spinal opening on an antelope skull is just a bit on the small side.

 

[chuckchili]

Both mounts are very nice!

 

[calebuga27]

Those are sweet! Very creative.