Another "Guess the Score"
12-21-2007, 12:11 PM
#34
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RE: Another "Guess the Score"
You are talking field dressed right? I can't tell because I can't see the whole deer.
I weigh all of my deer, field dressed, and it takes a heck of a deer to reach 200. I can't tell you how many times I hear someone say they killed a 200 lb deer, then when I see it, it's a solid 140 -160 lb deer. They're not as big as people think.
I weigh all of my deer, field dressed, and it takes a heck of a deer to reach 200. I can't tell you how many times I hear someone say they killed a 200 lb deer, then when I see it, it's a solid 140 -160 lb deer. They're not as big as people think.
12-21-2007, 12:15 PM
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RE: Another "Guess the Score"
No way, Greg. You know I'm new at this. I shot him .7mi. from my house. Went to get him with the ATV and trailer......only had to drag him about 300 yds.
I weighed him "on the hoof" weight.....took him down.....field dressed him....and hung him back up. A deer this BODY size is sorta rare around my immediate area....and I wanted to see what he weighed on the hoof.
No way he weighs anywhere NEAR that, field dressed. I READILY admit that....and sorry if I was misleading.
I weighed him "on the hoof" weight.....took him down.....field dressed him....and hung him back up. A deer this BODY size is sorta rare around my immediate area....and I wanted to see what he weighed on the hoof.
No way he weighs anywhere NEAR that, field dressed. I READILY admit that....and sorry if I was misleading.
12-21-2007, 12:24 PM
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RE: Another "Guess the Score"
That's what I thought but I wasn't sure. Around here, everybody mostly field dresses them in the woods then takes them home and weighs them. But when I post on here I say field dressed when I tell the weight so there is no confusion. The larger bucks around here field dress 205 to 230 (some even larger) and they're hard enough to get out at that weight much less "on the hoof" or live weight![:-]
12-21-2007, 12:29 PM
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RE: Another "Guess the Score"
I'm finding that out, Greg (field dressed weight is what most report). But....I think they take MUCH better photos "whole". it's also convenient for me to weigh them and take them down and then field dress them (my situation). I shot 3 bucks, last year.....and they were all three within 5 pounds of each other (LIVE weight......well.....almost
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