chiefks

I'm not sure how much the antlers them selves will shrink, but they could shrink some I suppose. I tend to think that its the skull itself that shrinks the most. Bear skulls have a drying period before they can be measured for the record books. If the whitetail buck skull shrinks, that will affect the antler spread. You can prop the antlers open and maintain the current spread though. Never tried it, but I've been told that.