True Dressed Weight of Deer ???
 

After hearing of countless 200 pound bucks and 150 lb does, it would be nice to hear your expert knowledge as to true dressed weights of deer in your area .......

What does the average doe, fawn, 1.5 yr old buck, weigh dressed in your area ?

What have some of the big brutes dressed out at ?

Thanks for your input ..........

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Fawns, anywhere from 50 to 80 depending on when they were born and what time of year it is. Does, 120-150 and 1.5 yr bucks probably 110-130. My friends dad had a couple of three year olds dress at 180 and up.

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about the same here in central ill. 50-80# fawns. average mature doe--110-130#. 1.5 yr. old buck -- around 150 or so. your 3.5 will be close to 200 and up.

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In Va. I guess fawns in the fall would dress at 45-55 pounds, a 1.5 year old doe about 90, an average doe maybe 110, but I have seen them dress at 160. A 1.5 year old buck about 100-110, average buck about 140, biggest I know of dressed at 210, but that is a real brute here. These are deer in farm country, if you get into the mountains of Va. they are a lot smaller and where they are overpopulated they are pretty small also.

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In MD, it varies according to what part of the state you' re in. In MY region, dressed weight averages are 50-70 for fawns, 80-110 for does, and 110-130 for bucks. These are what the average harvested deer dresses at around here. Some are smaller and there' s a decent number of bigger ones taken. The biggest one I know about was a monster taken 2 years ago that dressed at 232.

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We' re about like DaveH. I hunt around some pretty good crop land and it seems like we have a ton of acorns just about every year. I' d say our average yearly buck is closer to 125-130. Does seldom exceed 120 and usually are smaller. BIG BUCK will run 180-220.

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In my neck of the woods, adult does run about 90-115, with the occasional one running higher, my biggest doe was 135#. 1.5 bucks go 115-130, bigger bucks 150-175.

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In extreme northern Wisconsin, up in the snow belt where we get significant snow and cold, Mother Nature has brought genetics into the mix to ensure survival. Much different that other parts of the state. I have no idea what a fawn would weigh or a doe for that matter, but mature bucks in the 3.5 year class will weigh in " around" 200# dressed. There are some old ones around as well. First hand, I have seen some brutes " on the scale" weigh in from the low 200' s to a whopping 266#er a few years ago taken by a son of an individual I know.

I too have seen many people banter around the magical 200# mark. To actually weigh 200# dressed it takes a long, well built animal to make it. I have also seen people brag up some really nice deer and " called" them a 200#er after they measure the chest with a tape measure, when they were short, but still well built animals, but no way were they 200#.

Good topic...

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In Minnesota I would say most fawns will weigh up to 90 pounds or so, I shot a doe fawn this fall that weighed over 65 pounds dressed, and most 1.5 bucks will dress around 120-140, does around 110, and big bucks over 200. I see so many guys say " Yeah, the doe was probably 160 dressed." I' m sorry, but I would be willing to bet very few hunters have ever seen a 160 pound dressed doe. Most hunters grossly over-estimate deer weights.

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Thanks everyone for your input ........ the best deer I ever saw was a legit 214 lb buck that was truly a monster ....... I am still waiting for a chance at one like that .........
Some of the fawns born late look really tiny, and even some of the 1.5 yr old does look quite small this time of year ............ they were likely born late last year .....

Any of you see large body bucks with spikes for antlers ? I' ve encountered more than a few over the years and they seem to be more than 1.5 yr olds based on their body size, I' ve never shot one and been able to age it by the jaw though ....

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Like Jeff said...doe that dress out at 160 is probably a lie. I would say that most if not all 2 1/2 year old bucks here don' t dress out at 160. Maybe 3 1/2 do. The buck I shot in Canada this year dressed out at 230 and man was that thing a brute.

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I shot this one this past sunday bowhunting, he was rutting down in weight a bit but he dressed and weighed in at 149.5 in central Wisconsin.

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The buck I shot in Ks was big. How big ? I took the neck, both shoulders and hams to a meat processor. I had the backstraps and tenderloin and ribs. After the butcher deboned them, he had 80 pounds of meat ! That was pretty big dear.

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We always weigh our deer on live weight. I' ve killed a few that topped 200lbs live, the biggest was 7 1/2 year old brute that was so long he wouldn' t fit on scales, with his antlers and head still on the ground he was at 230#' s, I would say most of our 3 1/2 year olds would dress weigh around 160 lbs.

I have personally seen a doe at 208 lb live weight.

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Why would you weigh them with all the guts in. Me personally I want the entrials out of the carcass asap!

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One of the guys that hangs around a couple of these boards shot a doe that weighed 184 pounds dressed in NY last year. He had it weighed and the game warden even came to see it when he heard how big it was. What was is name???? I believe he worked at Dicks or someone like that. Moved up from down south.

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I hunt both southern and northern WI. I have no idea what fawns weigh but I have seen most does dress at 100-120 lbs. 1 1/2 yr old bucks dress at 130-145 lbs. Here are some bucks I shot at dressed weight: (5)2 1/2 yr old post rut bucks - 160 lbs avg, 3 1/2 yr old post rut buck - 185 lbs, 4 1/2 yr old post rut buck - 190 lbs, 4 1/2 yr old pre-rut buck - 215 lbs(approx.). The last one weighed 260 lbs on the hoof but I didn' t have help to re-weigh him dressed. He wasn' t long like some of the really heavy bucks but he was very stocky. The base of his neck was 24" .

It seems like people confuse live and dressed weight quite often. A buck with a fully swollen neck is very deceiving also. I have personally seen two bucks that dressed very close to 250 lbs. They look more like steers at that size than whitetails, its pretty cool.

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We have contests in my area of central Minnesota every year. The biggest doe is usually right around 150 and the biggest buck is around 240. Any doe over 160 dressed is almost unheard of.
My Uncle about 15 years ago shot a buck that weighed 265 after hanging for 5 days. They figure the live weight was well over 300, that' s a big som bitch!

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We have a " skinning rack" at our deer camp, it' s easier and much cleaner. Lights, running water, pulleys, meat saw, etc.

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thanks, that makes more sense now. Didnt mean for it to come off the way it did but have seen some weird stuff since I moved to this part of the state. I took my deer to my buddy to process it and helped him hang another buck up, the guy that brought him in didnt even do anything around the butt area to remove anythign, stil had all that intact....weirdest thing I ever seen, he has been processing for 2 years in this area and said he sees alot of them like that. We both moved here from the same area as we worked and still work together at a new prison in this area.