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[rjmjr911]

1 have a pair of deer legs from say the knee to hoof.

Can I do anything with these?

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[deerpassion]

I've seen some pretty sweet gun racks with the leg/hoof as the hooks ... If done right pretty tasteful ...

[Cabin Fever]

I called a local taxidermist about making a gun rack out of my son's first bucks feet. Costs $160 for a 2 foot gun rest. That that was pretty high and started looking into a do-it-yourself type project. Looks pretty easy and the foot forms and plaques can be bought from taxidermy supply sites online. Still debating...

 

Here's a nice 3 part series of videos that I found on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hyeClXijiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRNAF7DHzZs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxbPk8M3Xg

[greybeard]

Gun racks, I made on in 1973 and it's still as good as new.

 

lamps... look at taxidermy catalogs to.see what the lamps look like. They usually show 4 feet as I recall, but I made one out of one foot, so if you liked something like that I'm sure a taxidermist can do it.. The lamp shades are shown in taxidermy catalogs. Van Dyke's used to have them. I had trouble making the 4 foot lamp when I tried it, but I like the way it looks.

 

No one smokes anymore, I guess, but at one time I took 2 wild boar feet and put them together to hold an ashtray. I guess deer feet would work, but they're narrower then the feet I used.

 

I made pen holders from some.. it looks like a hollow foot, but if done correctly stands on its own and holds pens.. Nice conversation piece.

 

I made a weird thing called a footalow, but I really can't describe it.. I found how to do it in a taxidermy ,magazine. I gave 2 as gifts and the people loved them, but like I said they're weird looking.

 

I saw a guy once who had a small deer hoof that someone made into a knife handle that  was on his knife  in a sheath.. I really liked it, but never tried to make one. I wanted to examine how it was done, but didn't know the guy so I didn't ask..

 

Probably your taxidermist will have other ideas.