Setting up my new shop--9 foot ceilings-how do you hang your antlers-I do about 200 gameheads per year. I used to use screws from exposed
beams. Now I have a commercial drop in tile ceiling. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Steve
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The best way is to get some firring strips or just get 2 1/2 inch wide x 1 by and get some screw in (open)eye hooks and some heavy string. place the hooks about 8 to 12 inches apart in the boards and screw them to your ceiling. tie loops on bothe ends of a 2' string and go around the antlers and put one loop through the other and hang them up out of the way. Hope this will give some idea.
Good Luck.
Jeff
I made some 10 ft. long 2"x4" beams that hang from a 2"x4" stud from the ceiling at each end but you could make legs for it instead.Then just line up your antlers down the beam,skull plate sitting on top with antler hanging off each side.
I made some 10 ft. long 2"x4" beams that hang from a 2"x4" stud from the ceiling at each end but you could make legs for it instead.Then just line up your antlers down the beam,skull plate sitting on top with antler hanging off each side.
I hang mine like Mr. Carter, works great for me. Only problem is, they are kinda hard to look at upside down. Also, I hang them in the order I will be mounting them. When customers call to check on progress, I can kinda give a guess when I will be getting to his deer by where they are in line.
I have had a customer complain that the spread is more likely to shrink while the rack dries hanging like that, I'm not sure.
more of the same way went and got some of that small cable,put an eye hook on each side of the fasten the cable to one end and a turn buckle on the other end,then took zip ties around the antler used an (S) hook to hung it on the cable then I made tags ,
with name,cape no# with that big tag it is pretty easy to read
and this is what works for me
When I built my shop last year I put gavinized pipe 10'and one 6' suspended down from the cieling about 1 1/2 feet so I could reach it. Then like Rick said just hang them over that. I use the larger one to hold antlers and the other one I hang tanned skins over to dry. The system works for me.
We stopped hanging antlers as a way to store them to dry. We noticed that the side that the antlers were hung by was "stretched", making them slightly different from the original shape. We installed shelving to sit the antlers on(on the cut skull cap & upright) to dry. It's also easier to keep the line-up in order, easier to locate whichever set you need, and they can't tangle-as they would hanging up. A sheet of plastic on the shelves helps keep the mess to a minimum. I've also noticed that customers are less likely to "plunder" through the shelves because they can plainly see the racks, thus avoiding the possibility of broken or chipped antlers or points.
You know how Billy's cousin Jethro drops by to see his "Unc's" rack so's he can compare it to Billy's? Well, everytime the antlers get jostled around you have a potential problem with damage as the possible result. On the shelves the antlers are in plain sight-just as well as the big sign that states "Paws Off" and "You Can Look As Much As You Want, But Do Not Touch." -Susan