Here's a little useful info. The image below is a jpeg file.

Here's a link to the page. http://www.loudeer.com/weight_chart.html

that's a good chart.

Also I wonder if areas they live makes a difference. When we shoot a deer up here in the winter they have an inch or two of just fat on them under the skin. That reduces the meat part of it.

i like to have a good bit of the fat ground up with my chili meat and hamburger. 15% fat in ground venison is about right.

When i grind 100lbs of deer meat, I add 20lbs of the 73% hamburger meat with it. That comes out about like ground round.

Thanks Semi - I saw that years ago in the old PA Hunting Digest. I guess it only works on deer though cause if they took your heart girth you'd be off the chart...

Now, now, Bronko. That's not true - I just checked. My 48" heart girth would rate something like 300 lbs. live weight going by that chart, and my live weight is WELL under that. However, if you were going to grind me up for hamburger you would not have to add any fat.

we have always measured our deer and compared them to the scales at the tagging stations. its always w/ in a few pounds!

however, that chart is very vague. it makes a differance in where you live.

now this formula is for field dressed weight only so combined w/ that chart i think it would be interesting.

in the south, including texas you take the circumferencex 5.6, minus 94 to get field dressed weight.

in the midwest its C x 7.7 minus 178 =dressed weight

anywheres else, especially penn. is C x6.5 minus 120 = dresed weight

the tape i carry reads like this

42" 145lbs
43" 153lbs
44" 160lbs

47" 184lbs
48" 192lbs ...... so on and so forth. my tape is for the the midwest.

i have a tape made for the north east and its like i said, always within 4 or 5 lbs

Does any one have a formula for wild hog weight?