Do Deer Wear Shoes?

[Gypsy Heart]

My two amazing finds for the week....LOL
I cant seem to hunt anywhere without finding a horseshoe...my collection is growing!
This is the tiniest one I have found to date...2 x 3 inches.
My big find was the 8 pointer found up in the Ozarks .....I was a happy hunter!

 

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[ModernMiner]

Nice rack!
I've never seen a horseshoe that small. Very neat finds Gypsy.
Congrats,
MM

 

[Monty]

Nope, deer have split hooves! Probably a horseshoe heel tap. All the cool guys had them in high school. Looks like somebody failed to find that deer they thought they missed? Monty

 

[extractor]

Maybe its from a Shetland pony.

 

[seger98]

Could be for a donkey, nice rack you found there!

 

[wildcatman71]

I love to find racks and skulls! Great!

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I would like to display the rack...but it still has some velvet on the antlers ...does anyone know how to clean it?

 

[Mental Granny]

Nice finds at least you got out, warmed up a bit

 

[hikeinmts]

Hi, I am from S. Korea. I hunt the old trails that went over the hills/mts passes. I find many, many older nails and horse/pony shoes.
Would you like one of the better ones that I find? Would be glad to send it to you.
If you would, let me know at hikeinmts@hotmail.com You would have to provide an address, but would be a pleasure to add to your
collection with one from another country.
Let me know. William

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

I would like to display the rack...but it still has some velvet on the antlers ...does anyone know how to clean it?

I'd leave the velvet on, as it gives great character. Maybe do a European Skull Mount. Bleach the skull and mount on a nice Walnut Plaque.

HH

DJH

 

[stoney56]

I would like to display the rack...but it still has some velvet on the antlers ...does anyone know how to clean it?

They don't look too bad. Soap and water with a scrub brush if you feel the need. I assume there's no meat or anything in the skull. If you feel the need to bleach, don't do it very long. Maybe a couple of minutes in a diluted bleach water that's boiling. Leave for a couple minutes then let dry. You might rub a little bit of linseed oil on the rack itself for a bit of a sheen. Leave the skull as is. JMO

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Nope, deer have split hooves! Probably a horseshoe heel tap. All the cool guys had them in high school. Looks like somebody failed to find that deer they thought they missed? Monty

Think Monty may have it right. Heel tap.


Gypsy Heart,
nice finds.


have a good un.......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[fortbball9]

I have seen a few heel plates like that dug in CW camps.
Nice find Gypsy Heart.

fortbball9

 

[beetle662]

Awesome! Be nice to display that rack somewhere!!!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I call them heel plates. The rack would make a cool coat rack. HH, Mike

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

thats cool gypsy.

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Gypsy, I would have loved to find that rack! One thing I have always looked for but never seemed to find is a set of antlers. Maybe on my hike through the woods this weekend? Cool heel plate. Now big or small you have them all!

We want pictures of the rack when you get it just right!

 

[starwarsblazer]

Nice rack! That will make a great display piece.

Greg

 

[MonkeyBoy]

I have seen a few heel plates like that dug in CW camps.
Nice find Gypsy Heart.

fortbball9

I second that.. I have 1/2 dozen or so that size or smaller and most camp out of CW camps.

MB

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I have seen a few heel plates like that dug in CW camps.
Nice find Gypsy Heart.

fortbball9

I second that.. I have 1/2 dozen or so that size or smaller and most camp out of CW camps.

MB

Well I will be very happy if thats what it as, as the area I dug it was well traveled during the Civil War .....Thanks