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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: lhrbull on October 30, 2013, 06:32:35 PM

Title: moose shrinkage
Post by: lhrbull 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
Title: Re: moose shrinkage
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 30, 2013, 09:01:51 PM: Depends on the size of the bull.
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Post by: lhrbull on October 30, 2013, 09:07:06 PM: after 26 days he is 201 3/8 gross and196 2/8 net
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 30, 2013, 09:09:01 PM: What was he green?
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Post by: Natures Way on October 30, 2013, 09:43:08 PM: Never seen anything ever shrink that much.
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Post by: huntnphool 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.
Title: Re: moose shrinkage
Post by: Michelle_Nelson 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.
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Post by: lhrbull 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
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 31, 2013, 03:44:22 AM: It shouldn't. If it has already been drying close to 30 days.
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Post by: Elkstuffer 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 :chuckle:
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Post by: Natures Way 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