Wt. of your deer
 

I was going through some of my stored info and came across this. If you are trying to figure out what the live, field dress or boneless weight is of your deer.
I am going to use the info I have on my deer this year.

Live wt was unknown
Field Dress = 78 to 79 % of the live wt. I split the difference
Boneless wt = 58% of the Field Dress wt

My butcher called me yesterday and told me that my deer, without the head, legs, and hide = <u>286 lbs.</u> I est. that the head and antlers weighted around 30lbs, the legs about 10lbs, hide about 25lbs, guts/blood around 50lbs. That gives me a est live wt of <u>401lbs.</u> (Yes he was a big buck.)
So 401 live wt x .785 = <u>314.8 lbs</u> field dress wt
Well just thought I would shair this and brag a little bit.
Rick

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RE: Wt. of your deer
 

If this deer was taken in canada or the north central or northeast states 400lbs is possible although very rare.If it was taken anywhere else the butcher is jacking up the weight in order to charge you more for processing the meat.Do you have any pictures of the deer?

Edited by - stubblejumper on 12/13/2002 18:30:16

RE: Wt. of your deer
 

i agree with stubblejumper

100%REDNECK

RE: Wt. of your deer
 

Possible but this is the bigest body (Mule deer) I have seen. The other one that I wanted was a biger deer than this one.
I have pictures but have not decided on which site to post on. Which would you recomend?
Rick

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