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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 664102" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>+1 exactly with my own experience.</p><p></p><p>I missed Oregon book by 3/16" after boiling my first bear skull. Started at 18-3/8" shy (Oregon book is 18-1/8" or bigger) after boiling it was 17-15/16"....</p><p></p><p>My last big one was just over 20" green, & finished at 19-5/8. I need to enter it still.</p><p>In the future however, ill be using Beatles!! Clean, fast, & less shrinkage by all accounts. I've talked to many many folks about Beatles, & its pretty much unanimous.</p><p>Congrats on that big ol bruiser! Most folks hunt a lifetime & never achieve a trophy bear of that quality. Great job Mike.</p><p>Lemme know if you need some numbers for Beatle guys. There's a couple here in Central Oregon right down the road.</p><p>Of course you take enough game, that you could almost order your own, & have a dandy side business doing European mount skull prep for your friends & family! They're not cheap, but not horribly expensive to order either. You just gotta have enough stuff for them to eat or they die & don't make you any $$$.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 664102, member: 22166"] +1 exactly with my own experience. I missed Oregon book by 3/16" after boiling my first bear skull. Started at 18-3/8" shy (Oregon book is 18-1/8" or bigger) after boiling it was 17-15/16".... My last big one was just over 20" green, & finished at 19-5/8. I need to enter it still. In the future however, ill be using Beatles!! Clean, fast, & less shrinkage by all accounts. I've talked to many many folks about Beatles, & its pretty much unanimous. Congrats on that big ol bruiser! Most folks hunt a lifetime & never achieve a trophy bear of that quality. Great job Mike. Lemme know if you need some numbers for Beatle guys. There's a couple here in Central Oregon right down the road. Of course you take enough game, that you could almost order your own, & have a dandy side business doing European mount skull prep for your friends & family! They're not cheap, but not horribly expensive to order either. You just gotta have enough stuff for them to eat or they die & don't make you any $$$. [/QUOTE]
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