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.

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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#.

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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.

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

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Just giving a quick shout to the Hinesville boys, I married my wife in 1981 and moved from Cola. SC the next day to Hinesville. We lived right outside the front gate of Ft. Stewart. I worked over in Midway and found a little piece of land over there to hunt, killed a cowhorn there. The move only lasted about 8 months though, we both longed for home and went back to Columbia and our friends.
Can you still get yeast biscuits from the truck stop/diner on 17A north of Midway?

Yeeeehawwwwww!!!!!!
Mark in SC

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I'm from the south,south in central Fla. a big buck,i mean a big buck is 150 lbs.
our mature bucks are 115 to 125.
does 85,90,maybe one in the 105.
we don't grow them big,but we grow a lots of them and fast.


I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

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I live in middle TN. We have ave size deer. My 8 point this year weighed 225 on the hoof and 180 dressed. That is a big deer around here. I have seen them come in at 250 on the hoof. Not bad for the south.

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JKLEIN, HERE A PIC OF A BUCK MY BROTHER KILLED IN SOUTH GEORGIA THIS YEAR,, THIS DONT LOOK LIKE A DOG TO ME,...YEA ARE DEER ARE SMALL DOWN HERE, YALL DONT NEED TO HUNT DOWN HERE, HAHAHAA MORE BIG BUCKS FOR US,,,

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Is that a dog box in the back of that truck? And are those dog pens behind the truck? Was this deer taken while a pack of Beagles or Walkers was burnin' his butt?
Man I hope so! It's hard to get a big buck with dogs. Congratulations on the Buck.

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Should be even harder, as in illegal!!!

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NOPE THAT BUCK WAS KILLED STEAL HUNTIN.. AND ITS LEGAL DOWN HERE TO RUN DOGS,, YEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW.. GET R DONE..

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Rem7400, is Ida Mae Joe's the place your talking about. If so its still there and better. Havent been there in a while but its definately a good place to grub. I hunt Ft. Stewart alot too. Alot of deer there. I hunt near townsend also in a club out there. Heres another pic of my 8 pt that shows the whole deer,

http://www.OldTackle.com/images/free.../266112666.jpg

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Where in South GA is it illegal to run dogs? I thought you said the deer was killed in South Georgia.

Wingnut mind your own business you won't be mindin' mine. If you don't approve of runnin deer with dogs, DON'T DO IT. What ya'll do in Arkansas your thing.

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I live in one of the average places in tennessee for big deer and most does around here weigh in betweenn 70 and 90 pounds yeah thats not very big but a mature doe around here weighes 100+ The average buck weighes between 100 and 150 here they dont get much bigger than that if they do they are whoppers

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If you want to get an idea of how big some &quot;Southern&quot; deer are, go to [www.publichuntingland.com] They take photos of live trophy deer on PUBLIC LAND and post the photos to that web site in the hOTSPOT section. They also post the exact GPS coordinates of where each photo was taken. They have some VERY nice deer located on PUBLIC land in ala Texas, Tennessee, and some MONSTER ELK

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Where I live the average weight for a buck is 120 to 180 lbs.The average doe weight 90 to 110 lbs.I shot a doe last year that was 150 lbs.

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The whitetail we hunt here in southern illinois average weight is between 200 & 270 pds for bucks, Does average weight is 175 to 200 pds.

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I lived in NC for four years. I shot five deer and the biggest was a 125lb buck. All my deer were taken on game lands, so 90 - 130 is an average on the public land. They can get up to 200 on private land. Black bears are Huge in NC compared to NH. A 835lb black bear was taken on the NC coast.

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My last 3 were two 8 pointers and a 7 point.They weighed 185,175,165lbs,

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I hunt in Va. capitol of the south, depending on whether you are hunting the western or eastern part of the state the deer average between 100-150 pounds average dressed weight, my cousin killed one that dressed at 210. The western part of Va. has the smaller deer due to it being mountainous, and the eastern portion deer are larger due to farming.

The Tazman