Originally Posted by
StormDogOutdoors
no problem but i'm not sure if its true or not youd have to ask your taxidermist but i heard that during the drying period there is some shrinkage? ive never mounted a deer so i wouldnt know from experience
there is SLIGHT, VERY SLIGHT, shrinkage, usually the shrinkage is in the spread and the spread ony, because the skull plate shrinks slightly, thus bringing the antlers closer together, on the other buck i have on the wall he was about 15 3/4 inch wide before mounting and not hes about 15 1/2, so u can see how slight it is, usually on a 120 " buck after he dries he might drop down to 119 " or so ( IF THAT )...not a big deal at all
BUT shrinkiage tends to differ from deer to deer, i could send u a pic of a deer that i scored after shrinkage and let u score it also