How timely. The following appeared in the editorial titled "True Heavyweights" of the summer 2009 Deer and Deer Hunting magazine. All of the following weights have been verified. The top 4 deer are:
1. 431# field dressed, live weight est 540# killed by bow hunter in Ontario in 1957
2. 402# dressed, live weight est 511# in Minnesota in 1926
3. 355# dressed, live weight est 451# in Maine in 1955.
4. 321# dressed #, no live weight est. killed in Wisconsin in 1938.
The article went on to say that heavier deer have been mentioned, but were not verified.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.
