How big are deer in the south
 

I am from northern Minnesota, and it is not uncommon to get deer that will have a body weight of over 225 lbs.(feild dressed). My brother shot an 8-point that went 235 lbs. On a trip that I took down New Orleanse (pardon the spelling) I saw alot of deer, but they all seemed to be about the size of a large dog. How big do the deer get in the south.

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I live in East Central Georgia. I've killed mature bucks from 110 lbs. to a rare exception of 220 lbs. That is still the biggest deer I've ever seen. The average buck is 100-150 lbs. Average mature doe weight is 90-130 lbs. We did get a 160 lb. doe last Saturday.

RE: How big are deer in the south
 

Well I live in Tennessee if you consider that the south. My biggest all time buck dressed out at 265 lbs. I would say the average on the hoof weight for a 2.5 year old would be around 185 lbs. The average 3.5 year old is probably pushing 210 lbs live weight. I hunt River Bottom deer with lots of browse though. I have killed does on our lease on the Mississippi River that weigh 200 lbs on the hoof.

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Largest buck I have seen live weight was 310# on the scales. This was about 35 years ago in the Troy, Al area. A good buck will push 230# live weight. A good friend killed a 12 point a couple of weeks ago that field dressed 205#.

RE: How big are deer in the south
 

here in south Ga. an average 8 point weighs 140 lbs. usually they won't go over 170lbs. Shorthair's area is north of me here, and our deer seem about the same size.

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A good mature deer around here will go anywhere from 130 -170 lbs. I killed an 8 pt during bow season that eighed about 180 lbs, which is huge from around here. Pork chop, your from Hinesville? me too, where do u hunt around here?

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We do have alot of smaller deer here but there's been some nice deer taken from Central Florida...unfortunatly mine have been more on the large dog scale but I'm not complaining.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Here's a couple pics of deer me and my brother shot this year around Ft. Stewart Ga. Mine was with a bow, his with gun. Hope it works.

http://www.OldTackle.com/images/free.../266112613.jpg

http://www.OldTackle.com/images/free.../266112614.jpg


My brothers is more of the small dog variety but he had a nice set of horns, his is the last pic, that deer only went about 135 lbs, mine was about 180 even though my deer was younger.

Edited by - Bodoodle on 01/10/2002 21:21:08

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Hey thanks for the pics. We have bigger deer in Minnesota, but mine are on the large dog side aswell. Thanks for the info.

RE: How big are deer in the south
 

I do most of my hunting on FT. Stewart
also do some in Townsend, GA