You were hunting in the Hill Country. The deer are generally quite a bit smaller there. I hunt near Fredericksburg, which is in the same general area as Junction. If it's a good year with plenty of rain, a good sized buck in that area will get to about 150-170 lbs. Does will average about 90-100 lbs. We had couple years of drought in 2005-2006, and deer weights were down 15-20 lbs in those years. We do year round supplemental feeding on our lease, and that seems to help keep them healthy in bad years. Generally speaking though, in addition to the fact that deer seem to have larger bodies further north, there is also a huge difference between deer who live in a desert climate like the Hill Country, and deer who live in a virtual smorgasbord of corn and soybeans...

Deer are much larger in other areas of the state. South Texas bucks will hit about 250 lbs, as will deer in the panhandle area.

Texas8Point: I never heard of Coues deer in Texas, and certainly not as far east as Blanco. I thought the Coues was an Arizona/New Mexico/ Mexico deer.