Fellows, A friend of mine just got his Moz trophies back that were mounted in Africa and he was wondering what to use to keep the horns on the core. Thanks, JC

auto bondo.

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Originally posted by Scottyboy:
auto bondo.

Yep.

elmers white will work well in smaller horns. Like the guys said bondo for the bigger stuff.

Bondo is the most common but if you don't want to go that route, then Hot melt glue would do the trick.

Haven't any of you ever heard of epoxy? I've said this thousands of times but Bondo is not an adhesive. Have you ever seen a car that been wrecked that had previous Bondo repairs? If you had, you'd see the Bondo slaked right off. You'd be better served in using just the fiberglass resin that Bondo is made from that with all the microballoons added. Bondo is a cheap fix for what could become an expensive problem down the road. Years ago, like some of you, I used it on a pair of record book pronghorn horns. As the customer left the shop with his mount, he grabbed one horn and lifted the mount. Suddenly, the mount was on the floor, the horn was in his hand and the other horn popped off when it hit the floor. Never again.

Epoxy works great too.. just like good ol bondo.

Never had an issue with it. Ever.

Should I in the future, I'll be sure to share my slice of crow. Till then, it works just fine for me and thousands of other taxidermists around the country.

LOL Scotty. I've done LOTS of things in my life and gotten away with them, but I tried to get wiser as I got older because I feared if I didn't, I wouldn't. Good luck.