Buckeyebuckhntr:

"I think mature would be around 180 or 200 lbs, not 150"

Actually this is a quote from Deerslayer_37, I was just quoting what he said. If you would have read my entire post then you would have read what I said in the next sentence........... "Actually the body weight of a deer is a very poor way to determine the age of that deer. The only way to tell if a deer is mature is by looking at its body characteristics and at the deers tooth wear".


You asked:

"Not to be arguementative but how many bucks are taken in texas that weigh 180 to 200 pounds?"

Deer in North and South Texas can and do easily reach this weight. The biggest buck that I know of that was killed around here last year was 220 field dressed. In years when we get rain and are not in a drought situation, seeing bucks in the 180#+ range is common. One of the cull bucks I shot last season was 7 1/2 years old and field dressed over 190. But in other regions of Texas, like central Tx, mature bucks dont get much bigger then 120-140#.



"Going by what you say this almost 190 inch buck isn't mature. It went 178 pounds dressed."

No, what I said is that the body weight of a buck is a very poor way to age him. Just because your buck weighted 178# dosent mean he was mature, but it dosent mean that he wasent mature either. If your going to age a deer you cant go by what he weights. As I look at your picture, the size of the horns tells me that he was atleast 4 1/2. Most bucks that are
3 1/2 or younger tend to have very little mass. And the chances of killing a buck that scored 190 and that was 3 1/2 or younger is about 1:billon.


Just to clear up every thing, I willl once again say that the weight of a deer is a very poor method to use when your aging that deer.