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Postman I am thinking the same, that is a swap whether deliberate or mistaken-most like the latter- has occurred. However I will be guided by what Ripp's taxidermist advises.

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In checking with taxidermist and another gent who is an official scorer for SCI..yes, they both stated this is not really possible..while there is some shrinkage on horns within a period of time, no way for it to be 5"...even if they boiled the living sh-t out of it..5" is a bit too much..

One possibility is that at the harvest of the animal, the tape may have been "stretched a bit" to make it a larger trophy than it truly was?? ie; larger tip at end of hunt???

Ripp

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ALL MEN DIE, BUT FEW MEN TRULY LIVE..

Edited by Ripp (03/06/17 11:23 AM)

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