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My parish (Union) used Wisconsin deer transplants in the 1960's. My maternal grandfather was the local Postmaster and they brought a trailer of those deer by for him to look at. A few years later my uncle killed the biggest buck they'd ever seen in this area. I think he scored in the 180's as a typical. This was in 1965 when he was 16 years old.

Correction: He was a 172" typical and a 204" gross.

Jpro,


Do yall have an earlier rut compared to others?

She was huge. I live in Ouachita Parish and killed her in Jackson Parish.

That's where one would expect to see the biggest of the bigs – the Dakota strain of deer are just different. I've hunted Saskatchewan a few times and have little doubt some of the does I'd seen were near 190-200 lbs. on-the-hoof.

Hey Scott......when are you headed to Kansas?

We have an accurate 800-pound freight scale, and the heaviest field-dressed Montana WT doe we've ever weighed went 105--which is a big one, but it wasn't taken "up north," whether in Montana or the bordering Canadian provinces. Have seen does when hunting Alberta and Manitoba that I'm sure were around 200 live weight.

I live in the UP. There are some huge mamas up here.

There is a giant doe on my property that we call Karen. She is going to the freezer this year. I would say she is 6+ and close to 200.

We should know within next few weeks.

i live in PA and i've shot several doe over the 150lbs average. of those big doe that i shot, it is around 175-185lbs. i killed a doe that was weighed at 221lbs field dressed.

Oklahoma Mike.

Yesterday my friend and I arrived in Northern New York (think Canadian border) to hunt for a while. I hunt his place in SC, and brought him up with me to see some big deer and meet people. He’s waking up to snow this morning.

Yesterday we arrived early enough to go out for an afternoon watch on the farm. One of the boys shot a doe that probably weighed 150+ field dressed. We didn’t put it on the scale, but have all put enough on scales over the years to have a good idea. We took John’s picture next to the doe hanging in the barn so he could show the guys back in SC. We have a picture of me with a SC doe, un gutted, holding it up at arms length for comparison.

Later, in the “club room” at the barn, my brother pointed to one of the groups of mounted heads on the wall and told John, “At least two of those bucks weighed over 195 field dressed.” There was a time we weighed big deer, but now seldom bother.

Post pics of the weight if ya can. I'd love to finally see the mysterious 200 pound doe. (dressed wt). Same with the 200 pound wolf....don't post a pic of that tho.

Pics?

We have a couple of ruts in north LA. While ours in the north central parishes (piney woods) is in the second half of November, the parishes in the NE corner have a run in December, even though they are only 90 minutes away in farm country (Miss river delta).

Two weeks from today.
Appears I'll be eating some tag sandwiches here in the north so hopefully I can break the spell there. And if not, the coyotes are going to catch hell.

I shot a doe early one morning in the middle of our state that weighed 142 lbs live weight. I thought she looked like a camel laid out on the ground. Our does generally run 90-100 for mature weights.

GreggH

unfortunately, no. this was back in pre-internet days, when i got the 221lbs doe. you know, when the phone was connect to your house, i had a 35mm that i could have taken pictures with and then go to photo shop, hand the film to a guy/girl and a week later you have them, but i didn't bother too. i don't take pictures much. it has to be something exciting to take a picture of. i guess i'm old.

I killed one about 1980 in Fairview Tennessee that weighed 162 and I think I saw her twin at my place in Hillsboro Alabama last season. Not many big does where I hunt but you do see one every now and then . Plenty of big bucks to make up the difference.