Antlers and elk

[oldbearx2]

Hey all here are a set of whitetail antlers and an elk that I recently finished.
Basswood and acrylics. I have about 80 hours in the elk. I plan on starting a full size whitetail antler set sometime this spring. Hope you enjoy and please feel free to critique them.

[kitaye]

Are the dear antlers carved too? I swear they look like the real things.

[Don Yarger]

Nice job! I love deer and elk. May have to try to carve someday. I have a book that addresses the subject. Keep up the good work.

Don

[Al_Hillis]

Harold , thats a super job , you can almost see the bullet hole

[oldbearx2]

kitaye yes the deer antlers are carved wood. They are about 4 inches wide and 6 inches high.

Thanks Don. I also have a book on the elk carving. For me the hardest part is the antlers, to get both side symetrical takes some doing for me.

[Dwayne Engle]

Wow. Much nicer than real ones. And I'm sure the deer think so too.

Nice work.

Dwayne

[Mark N. Akers]

harold:
great job on both carvings,thanks for sharing them with us.

[jacnthebox]

I realize this is an old set of pics you have posted here from Sept. of 2003 I believe but I still want to let you know that I am truly impressed with the details you have added to the bases of the antlers on the whitetail rack you carved. I have been carving for quite a few years (19) and have yet to get all of the details down as you have on these antlers. My first set took me over 60 hours as I went extremely slow as not to make any mistakes or break the small set I carved but I just couldn't get the detail from my head to the wood no matter how hard I tried. Great job !!

[tnartist05]

Harold,the racks and the Elk are really neatly carved,they look real. Great job!

Forrest