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<blockquote data-quote="Speedwell-Hunter" data-source="post: 5780301" data-attributes="member: 22463"><p>For those that had no idea what the original poster was talking about:</p><p></p><p>According to the Urban Dictionary, ground shrinkage is:</p><p></p><p><em>when you see a big buck through your gun scope, but when you walk up to it on the ground, its antlers have magically shrunk.</em></p><p></p><p>While shrinkage has a negative connotation, it's not really a bad thing. It's one of the quirks of deer hunting. It happens. Embrace it.</p><p></p><p>The Texas buck in the photo is a good example. His rack was a good 20 inches smaller on the ground than when I lined my 6X scope on him at 200 yards, but he was still a fine deer, and good eating.</p><p></p><p>Accept shrinkage as we might, none of us wants it to happen. <a href="https://www.realtree.com/brow-tines-and-backstrap/3-thoughts-on-ground-shrinkage" target="_blank">Click here for tips</a> on how to judge and shoot a buck that, on the dirt, has antlers as large as you thought when you pulled the trigger, or, better yet, even bigger.</p><p></p><p><em>No ground shrinkage on this buck</em> is what we all want to see and hear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Speedwell-Hunter, post: 5780301, member: 22463"] For those that had no idea what the original poster was talking about: According to the Urban Dictionary, ground shrinkage is: [I]when you see a big buck through your gun scope, but when you walk up to it on the ground, its antlers have magically shrunk.[/I] While shrinkage has a negative connotation, it's not really a bad thing. It's one of the quirks of deer hunting. It happens. Embrace it. The Texas buck in the photo is a good example. His rack was a good 20 inches smaller on the ground than when I lined my 6X scope on him at 200 yards, but he was still a fine deer, and good eating. Accept shrinkage as we might, none of us wants it to happen. [URL='https://www.realtree.com/brow-tines-and-backstrap/3-thoughts-on-ground-shrinkage']Click here for tips[/URL] on how to judge and shoot a buck that, on the dirt, has antlers as large as you thought when you pulled the trigger, or, better yet, even bigger. [I]No ground shrinkage on this buck[/I] is what we all want to see and hear. [/QUOTE]
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