Shrinkage?

[74MOPAR]

I'm talking about antlers not George Costanza How much do antlers actually shrink after a deer is killed?

 

[Patrick H]

All of the bucks I have killed have had their antlers and bodies shrink significantly in the 30 or minutes between when I shot and recovered them.

 

[74MOPAR]

All of the bucks I have killed have had their antlers and bodies shrink significantly in the 30 or minutes between when I shot and recovered them.

 

[deerhunter10]

I'm talking about antlers not George Costanza How much do antlers actually shrink after a deer is killed?

It all depends. Generally it's only a couple inches at most. That's why there's a drying period technically.