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What I like to do with them is clean all the meat and tissue away from them, and let them sit around drying for a month, then weigh it. You’ll more than likely be surprised by the weight retention. I have recovered a few and they look just like that with about 95-99% weight retention. Shot a monster doe straight in the chest at 80-85 yards with my .280 Rem with a 140 Barnes X and recovered it in the hip. Cleaned it, dried it for a few months…it weighed 139.6. Can’t beat that.😎

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