I was thinking this buck is on upper side of 170 lbs, which is a big deer. the deer in your area are bigger than the ones here in eastern Va, our average buck weighs 120-140 lbs. I have killed one buck 181 lbs..he was also the biggest antlered buck i have ever shot...go figure. but the buck you shot is healthy and he looked like he was thick bodied from the first pic I saw of him. I keep forgetting that you are in the western part of NC, isn't it sort of like the western part of Va? deer tend to be bigger than those on the eastern side?