Shrinkage for scoring question?
#1
Shrinkage for scoring question?
I should know this but not sure. What actually shrinks the antlers or the skull? I cant see how they would being bone and all. Keep your minds out of the gutter too please. :-)
#4
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 568
RE: Shrinkage for scoring question?
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.
#6
RE: Shrinkage for scoring question?
Shrinkage is usually worst at the beginning of summer when the beach water is still cold. I really hate that. Kinda like that Seinfeld episode with George Costanza.j/j
#7
RE: Shrinkage for scoring question?
ORIGINAL: chiefks
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.
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.
#8
RE: Shrinkage for scoring question?
Also you can leave the antlers attached to the skull and it will not shrink as much. When you cut the antlers off the skull the skull plate can draw up and shrink more.