Hunting Washington Forum
Washington State Hunting Forum and Northwest Resource Site
Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News:
Free:
Contests & Raffles
.
Home
Help
Calendar
Advertise
Login
Register
Hunting Washington Forum
»
Community
»
Taxidermy & Scoring
»
moose shrinkage
Advertisement
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
Author
Topic: moose shrinkage (Read 3144 times)
lhrbull
Trade Count:
(
+2
)
Scout
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 365
Groups: wafsf mdf sci
moose shrinkage
«
on:
October 30, 2013, 06:32:35 PM »
how much does the typical moose rack shrink between the 25 day and the 60 day mark
Logged
Advertise Here
Advertise Here
Michelle_Nelson
Trade Count:
(
-1
)
Old Salt
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 7974
Location: Rochester, Washington
Bring on the Bears!
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #1 on:
October 30, 2013, 09:01:51 PM »
Depends on the size of the bull.
Logged
lhrbull
Trade Count:
(
+2
)
Scout
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 365
Groups: wafsf mdf sci
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #2 on:
October 30, 2013, 09:07:06 PM »
after 26 days he is 201 3/8 gross and196 2/8 net
Logged
Michelle_Nelson
Trade Count:
(
-1
)
Old Salt
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 7974
Location: Rochester, Washington
Bring on the Bears!
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #3 on:
October 30, 2013, 09:09:01 PM »
What was he green?
Logged
Natures Way
Trade Count:
(
0
)
Sourdough
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1089
Location: Spanaway, WA
Groups: NRA, SCI, RMEF, DUCKS UNLIMITED, UTA, ITA, OTA
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #4 on:
October 30, 2013, 09:43:08 PM »
Never seen anything ever shrink that much.
Logged
huntnphool
Chance favors the prepared mind!
Political & Covid-19 Topics
Trade Count:
(
+15
)
Legend
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 32894
Location: Pacific NorthWest
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #5 on:
October 30, 2013, 09:51:14 PM »
Quote from: lhrbull on October 30, 2013, 09:07:06 PM
after 26 days he is 201 3/8 gross and196 2/8 net
Nice bull. I cant believe it went down that much unless you capped it and the cap curled, one good reason to leave on the skull or put something between the antlers to keep from curling.
Logged
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first!
Michelle_Nelson
Trade Count:
(
-1
)
Old Salt
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 7974
Location: Rochester, Washington
Bring on the Bears!
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #6 on:
October 31, 2013, 02:45:31 AM »
He gave us the gross and net score. Not how much it has shrank. Re read his post.
Logged
lhrbull
Trade Count:
(
+2
)
Scout
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 365
Groups: wafsf mdf sci
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #7 on:
October 31, 2013, 03:37:07 AM »
I guess my question is will he shrink much more it is a euro mount from Canada so his skull has been boiled
Logged
Michelle_Nelson
Trade Count:
(
-1
)
Old Salt
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 7974
Location: Rochester, Washington
Bring on the Bears!
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #8 on:
October 31, 2013, 03:44:22 AM »
It shouldn't. If it has already been drying close to 30 days.
Logged
Elkstuffer
ALL THAT'S WILD TAXIDERMY
Business Sponsor
Trade Count:
(
0
)
Sourdough
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1492
Location: Tieton, WA
Groups: WWSF, NWTF, RMEF, DU, SCI, MDF
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #9 on:
November 01, 2013, 10:10:18 PM »
I've got a 2x4 wedged in there tight Mark so he won't loose much in the spread department
Logged
Serving Central Washington and the Northwest for all of your taxidermy needs since 1999.
ALL THAT'S WILD TAXIDERMY
960 Dilley Road
Tieton, WA 98947
(509)673-1579
"If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it." Fred Bear
Natures Way
Trade Count:
(
0
)
Sourdough
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1089
Location: Spanaway, WA
Groups: NRA, SCI, RMEF, DUCKS UNLIMITED, UTA, ITA, OTA
Re: moose shrinkage
«
Reply #10 on:
November 03, 2013, 05:15:09 AM »
That will disqualify it for the record books if that matters to him.unless there rules have changed. Misread earlier post thanks Michelle
Logged
Advertise Here
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
« previous
next »
Hunting Washington Forum
»
Community
»
Taxidermy & Scoring
»
moose shrinkage
Advertisement
Advertise Here
Quick Links
Front Page
Donate To Forum
Advertise on H-W
Recent Posts
Articles
Forum Rules
Recent Topics
Selkirk bull moose.
by
Turner89
[
Yesterday
at 10:32:00 PM]
My Brothers First Blacktail
by
Turner89
[
Yesterday
at 09:54:22 PM]
Survey in ?
by
metlhead
[
Yesterday
at 09:44:06 PM]
Public Land Sale Senate Budget Reconciliation
by
Skillet
[
Yesterday
at 09:21:24 PM]
Knotty duck decoys
by
Klickitatsteelie
[
Yesterday
at 08:48:12 PM]
North Dakota
by
hdshot
[
Yesterday
at 08:31:31 PM]
Mudflow Archery
by
Elkay
[
Yesterday
at 08:31:30 PM]
Norway Pass Bull
by
SkookumHntr
[
Yesterday
at 08:06:26 PM]
Steens Youth Buck tag
by
Boss .300 winmag
[
Yesterday
at 07:44:54 PM]
wyoming pronghorn draw
by
Ridgerunner
[
Yesterday
at 07:44:54 PM]
Buying pheasants for training
by
pbg
[
Yesterday
at 06:33:17 PM]
Pack mules/llamas
by
teanawayslayer
[
Yesterday
at 06:19:02 PM]
Early Huckleberry Bull Moose tag drawn!
by
hunter399
[
Yesterday
at 04:46:15 PM]
Another great day in the turkey woods.
by
rosscrazyelk
[
Yesterday
at 03:53:50 PM]
Grayback Youth Hunt
by
Deer slayer
[
Yesterday
at 03:30:57 PM]
gmu 636 elk hunt
by
eastfork
[
Yesterday
at 02:01:27 PM]
Little Natchez cow elk
by
CarbonHunter
[
Yesterday
at 11:00:47 AM]
2025 OILS!
by
Cspahman99
[
Yesterday
at 09:41:04 AM]
Canvas Tent Repair Near Olympia??
by
wildfire
[
Yesterday
at 08:57:20 AM]
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal