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20th September 07, 09:11 AM
#11
I have some antler picked up off the hill here if you want some,
Rab
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20th September 07, 11:13 AM
#12
Take a walk in the woods, in the fall, and keep your eyes open. Antlers are shed every year. A kid here at NAU found a heck of an Elk rack last fall.
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20th September 07, 02:38 PM
#13
I'd suggest February/March, if you are in the northern hemisphere. That's when they fall off, anyway.
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26th September 07, 11:23 AM
#14
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.
Joe, I don't know. Whenever I see the horn-handled dirks and sgians for sale, they're always listed as stag-horn. Seeing as how a Scot's chances of getting hold of handle material from India are would have been pretty slim, it makes me kind of want to disregard stag horn.
Got any pictures of it Rab? If you don't mind, I may be interested.
Hey MacDougall. That's a good idea, but I think it's illegal here in the Sierra Nevadas. I could be wrong; I'll check into it. It would give me an excellent excuse to get up in the hills, which I haven't done for a while.
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26th September 07, 01:32 PM
#15
I doubled checked crazy Crow
the stag that they sell no longer is from india
they are selling stag from europe
which is correct for what you want
eurpoeans called red deer stags but they members of the elk genus(Cervus )
American deer are Genus(Odocoileus)
Antlers are different
From wickapedia
The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest species of deer in the world. The species discussed here is the European Red Deer that inhabits most of Europe and the Caucasus Mountains region and Asia Minor west of the Caspian Sea. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Algeria and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red Deer have been introduced to other areas including New Zealand and Argentina. In many parts of the world the meat (venison) from Red Deer is widely used as a food source.
Red Deer are ruminants, characterized by an even number of toes, and a four-chambered stomach. Recent DNA evidence indicates that the European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), Central Asian Red Deer (Cervus affinis), and East Asian/North American Elk (Wapiti) (Cervus canadensis) are three distinct species. The ancestor of all Red Deer probably originated in Central Asia and probably resembled Sika Deer.[1]
Although at one time Red Deer were rare in some areas, they were never close to extinction. Reintroduction and conservation efforts, especially in the United Kingdom, have resulted in an increase of Red Deer populations, while other areas, such as North Africa, have continued to show a population decline.
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"
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27th September 07, 03:02 PM
#16
Here's a photo of some of that local antler, it's about 2 feet long:

Rab
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5th October 07, 10:34 AM
#17
Sorry I haven't been back to reply in a while. The internet was down.
Rab, I'm gonna shoot you a PM.
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