Heaviest doe?
10-26-2007, 03:08 PM
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Fork Horn
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Heaviest doe?
We always talk about how heavy bucks can get, but I've never seen anything online or in a magazine that have mentioned huge does that were harvested. I've shot a couple of does that went between 150-160 lbs. "on hoof", but I know there are some really big does out there. Any stories?
10-26-2007, 03:34 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Heaviest doe?
This is a good topic Ohiobuck. I have been hunting almost 50 years and have killed over 125 whitetails and I have NEVER seen a doe that went over 100 lbs, actual weight on a scale. I know lots of guys have. I know they are around, but I have never seen one. I mentioned this to my processor, who does 800 - 900 deer each season, and he said it is very rare for him to see a doe over 100 lbs, but he has seen them.
10-26-2007, 03:53 PM
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RE: Heaviest doe?
Ok, my biggest wasn't weighed but I did put one o the scale last yr.I've shot 2 larger, one was weighed at118lbs........ no head no hide and legs cut off at the hocks. It was actually my first a deer and I cut the legs too high the butcher had no where to hag it from.
10-26-2007, 04:18 PM
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RE: Heaviest doe?
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i seen two the other day that looked as big as bird hunt dogs doe there
i do not understand all the hype on bucks and antler size you can not eat them lol
i seen two the other day that looked as big as bird hunt dogs doe there
i do not understand all the hype on bucks and antler size you can not eat them lol
You cant eat the rack but..........Them big brutes weigh well over 200 lbs. on the hoof around here. I think the MN record is like 500 lbs.
10-26-2007, 04:23 PM
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RE: Heaviest doe?
true you do get more meat off of a big mature buck then a big mature doe anyone know why
ORIGINAL: Bird Hunt Dog
You cant eat the rack but..........Them big brutes weigh well over 200 lbs. on the hoof around here. I think the MN record is like 500 lbs.
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i seen two the other day that looked as big as bird hunt dogs doe there
i do not understand all the hype on bucks and antler size you can not eat them lol
i seen two the other day that looked as big as bird hunt dogs doe there
i do not understand all the hype on bucks and antler size you can not eat them lol
You cant eat the rack but..........Them big brutes weigh well over 200 lbs. on the hoof around here. I think the MN record is like 500 lbs.
10-26-2007, 04:27 PM
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RE: Heaviest doe?
I used to process deer for Christmas money, when I was younger, and we weighed on a scale at 305#. She was a freak of nature, the other deer would hang with their heads over 1ft off the ground. This freaks shoulders touched the ground, I could barely get my arms around her chest. Biggest doe I have ever seen. Funny part is this guy said he almost didn't shoot her because he thought she was too small!!! He said he didn't have anything near her to judge size and thought she looked small.
10-26-2007, 04:29 PM
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RE: Heaviest doe?
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
true you do get more meat off of a big mature buck then a big mature doe anyone know why
true you do get more meat off of a big mature buck then a big mature doe anyone know why
ORIGINAL: Bird Hunt Dog
You cant eat the rack but..........Them big brutes weigh well over 200 lbs. on the hoof around here. I think the MN record is like 500 lbs.
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i seen two the other day that looked as big as bird hunt dogs doe there
i do not understand all the hype on bucks and antler size you can not eat them lol
i seen two the other day that looked as big as bird hunt dogs doe there
i do not understand all the hype on bucks and antler size you can not eat them lol
You cant eat the rack but..........Them big brutes weigh well over 200 lbs. on the hoof around here. I think the MN record is like 500 lbs.
the deer is bigger so you will get more meat.
10-26-2007, 05:00 PM
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RE: Heaviest doe?
ORIGINAL: nctaxi
I used to process deer for Christmas money, when I was younger, and we weighed on a scale at 305#. She was a freak of nature, the other deer would hang with their heads over 1ft off the ground. This freaks shoulders touched the ground, I could barely get my arms around her chest. Biggest doe I have ever seen. Funny part is this guy said he almost didn't shoot her because he thought she was too small!!! He said he didn't have anything near her to judge size and thought she looked small.
I used to process deer for Christmas money, when I was younger, and we weighed on a scale at 305#. She was a freak of nature, the other deer would hang with their heads over 1ft off the ground. This freaks shoulders touched the ground, I could barely get my arms around her chest. Biggest doe I have ever seen. Funny part is this guy said he almost didn't shoot her because he thought she was too small!!! He said he didn't have anything near her to judge size and thought she looked small.
All the teenagers at my school can only manage to shoot does and they all say the same thing:
Oh she weighs around 180lbs....
In reality though i think most big does prolbably weigh around 120 or 130, anything around 150 is a just a hoss