rockport

May be the timing of the rut in relation to your season and/or depend on acorn crop and previous winter

Rob in VT

Wow that's a big one for sure. Did you ever weigh her for an accurate weight?

Father Forkhorn

double post and clarified below

Father Forkhorn

Huge doe. The biggest I've heard of was one that dressed at 190 lbs. I saw it in a picture and the photo was like that--so large you could tell it was monstrous.

gjersy

I did not weigh her Rob, thats just an estimate, from me and several other hunters? When we used to take them to DNR stations to register, i weighed lots of deer on the scale and the biggest 2 does off my property were around 185 & 190lb dressed mark.

Oldtimr

I have killed two doe that were around the 200 mark and the one in the picture is definitely in that ball park.

gjersy

Ya i promise that Doe is prolly pretty big? But you guys decide?

Champlain Islander

My personal best doe was a 160 fully dressed on a state inspected scale. She was a tanker but nothing like that one gjersy. Throw a modest rack on her and she would be a trophy buck most anywhere. I wonder how old she was? Once my brother got a 130 pound Vt doe that was going downhill and was aged at 9 1/2 by a biologist.

Bocajnala

Is there someone you can send teeth to in order to get deer aged? Does that cost money? Would be good to know in case I ever shoot an old looking one.
-Jake

Father Forkhorn

I still say the most underrated things in deer hunting is taking an old lead doe. We talk about cagey big bucks and all that, but a lead doe is inevitably one smart cookie.