Also I have measured the same animal both in the field and after it was mounted, and the two measurements do not always agree. In every instance the mount has been larger than it was in real life (or real death). I suspect this is because taxidermists, like most humans, tend to stretch things.
Mule Deer I have also found this to be invariably true- bless those taxidermists for reversing ground shrink... now if they could only do something about antler spreads contracting a skosh...
Ingwe
