I was thinking about how before your deer can be officially scored it has to be dead for 60 days. People say that in this time the score will be lower because of the rack shrinking. What I want to know if how much will a rack shrink in those 60 days? I know it's all proportional to the initial size of the rack so lets just say a 150 class deer.

I guess I am confused becasue it seems to me that the antlers shouldn't shrink because they are hardened bone which hasn't had any type of stuff on it that would make them enlarge since the velvet came off. I can however see how the skull would shrink because it was wet and moist from being inside the deer. Do the antlers shrink or just the skull plate? And if so, abouthow much?