Half a young bull carcass taken last year weighed 148 lb on the processors scale. No hide, head, innards, legs off, split right down the backbone from neck to tailbone. That would seem to fall in line with 500+/- dressed weight. My son shot a big 6x6 in 2007 and the processor estimated him to be 700-800 lb on the hoof. Can’t swear to that weight, but he dwarfed the 550-600 lb bull I shot the same evening. They are all bigger the further you have to drag them! That day we were lucky. All downhill, snow cover, only a few yards to a meadow, and lots of help getting both on a drag sled. Happy Trails
