Like SJ has stated in our area weighing animals is usually only done a butcher shop in the fully dressed stage(ready to butcher). I have butchered my own game for years and do have a scale but really rarely use it. I have weighed deer out of curiosty and the average buck live weight I would peg at 250-300 for this part of the world, although I have seen deer fully dressed(ready to butcher) in the 250 range on occasion. In fact my wt last fall dressed and with one shoulder removed due to shot & rutting(fighting) damage tipped my scale at 228 lbs...the lost shoulder may have weighed 20 lbs or so if you figure 250 range of just meat and bones that is a pretty big wt. Add 40% for guts, hide, head and legs this deer would be right around 350 on the hoof,my biggest probably in weight wise for a wt but I have seen some bigger on the ground as well. Deer out west eat better than cattle with the cream of the crop in cereals and hay lands to feed from, throw in the fact they reach maturity due to less pressure and remoteness both big bodies and racks are a direct result. I will not say if we have the biggest body type but I would think we aren't losing much in that area. Different culture I suppose and we are pretty fimilar with seeing 250lb plus deer, so weight isn't really a big concern to most. We use terms like small, good(average), large, no neck just shoulders then head on him(meaning severely swallon neck-5 gallon pail is another used neck discriber) & antler size to descirbe the buck, since buck pole aren't norm and butcher only take fully dressed animals..most guys don't care or have no real clue what the weight is..it is a deer and I got 2 boxes of meat, so I am happy.