RE: Field Dressed Deer Weights-Pet Peeve
Blodder and Dacotah, coming from where you guys do I would imagine you come across some big bodied deer. However, I think most guys guess how big their deer are by how bad their back hurts from dragging the thing.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> I think there is a lot of overestimating done by a lot of hunters. This year I shot the biggest doe I have ever shot and she went 110 dressed and I would guess she was 135 to 140 on the hoof. Dragging her I would have guessed her at a lot more and she looked big when alive. So I gotta agree, most people are either mistaken or trying to pad their egos.
Edited by - huntingbry on 09/25/2002 15:10:09