Otis-Those are live weights.We have no reason to weigh a field dressed deer as we are not required to check them in.I have weighed a few deer before cleaning out of curiosity but I have never weighed a field dressed deer.300lb live weight deer are actually quite common where I hunt and a few much larger bucks are killed every year. You can't hunt mule deer in saskatchewan and in alberta you would have to hire an outfitter or draw a tag with a resident hunter which can take several years for the best areas.You can hunt whitetail in alberta with an outfitter or if you hunt with a resident.As a canadian resident you can hunt some of the zones in saskatchewan on your own for whitetail but your odds of success depends on how big a deer that you will be willing to take.I could easily kill a 140 buck every year but I am holding out for a 160 class deer and have not filled a whitetail tag in the last two years in alberta or saskatchewan as a result of being so selective..