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Old 10-18-2009 | 01:18 PM
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If someone had told me 35 years ago about a 2.5 year old doe that field dressed 67 pounds i would have not believed him. That little doe had weaned a fawn this year too.
That's pretty close to the norm for our hunting lease in the piney woods/sandy soil area of S.E. Louisiana Falcon. That 67 lb. field dressed doe would have gone about 90 lbs. live weight.

Our 2 & 1/2 year old does have a live weight anywhere between 90 and 115 lbs. Like people, they come in different sizes even in the same area. Now the fertile soil along the Mississippi River, only 60 miles away, produces much bigger deer.
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