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Last year my doe in Maine went 146. She was good sized. Lots of 250+ bucks in Maine I am told this year. Funny, here in Maine the first question is always what did it weigh? Racks are fine but we hunt for weight with bucks.
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Have no way of weighing dressed deer so go my how much meat we get. Average doe is maybe 50lbs. Few years ago brother shot one that went 75 lbs meat. She was flat out large. If I don't get a chance to weigh a deer live or dressed weight, I estimate it using the Pennsylvania Game Commission heart girth measurement method which has a table of edible meat.
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What th they eat plays a huge part.
No one farms here anymore. Fields were planted in plantation pines.
Hard woods are getting scarce. Lot of places only hardwoods left are on creeks and Rivers.
Go north to the MS delta and west to the MS River and the deer size are bigger.
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Assuming you are talking a Whitetail doe, I called a hunter in our Whitetail deer camp who keeps track of deer weights and racks and he got back to me with a 2009 doe that weighed 156 lbs. field dressed. He went on to say that the average for a field dressed doe in his records was 117 lbs.. Thanks! That’s helpful info. Yes, I’m talking whitetails. Usually my does are late season and just get hung up at home to butcher w friends and no weight is taken. But, I think I’m going to start keeping track. This years doe was taken in Ottawa Co. Michigan.
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Probably 15 years ago I shot a doe here that dressed 150lbs, she was HUGE. Her head looked like it was off a mule...... I shot a bigun this year. Her head looked huge too.
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Farm I used to hunt was not hunted much for years prior. When it was the family only shot bucks. Lots of old does and tons of food. Biggest one on a scale dressed 180. We shot a couple that seemed bigger but did not weigh them.
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Yikes! a 180 lbs dressed doe?
Our record doe is 174lbs LIVE weight. Folks on forums used to say I was lying.
BTW: Our camp record buck was 275lb live weight. I've seen 300 pounders at the processor.
This year, my son pulled out two doe. One weighed 164 and the other 170.
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Farm I used to hunt was not hunted much for years prior. When it was the family only shot bucks. Lots of old does and tons of food. Biggest one on a scale dressed 180. We shot a couple that seemed bigger but did not weigh them. Mike, Are you in Saskatchewan per chance? That's the only place I've ever seen a doe that I thought might be north of 175lbs (dressed).
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Folks on forums used to say I was lying.
FWIW, we seriously doubt you're a liar - but must say you've demonstrated a penchant for spinning some rather fanciful yarns. This is our camp record, taken in 2007. He went 275 lbs live weight and scored 165. If I remember, we weighed the viscera and it went 80+lbs.
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Farm I used to hunt was not hunted much for years prior. When it was the family only shot bucks. Lots of old does and tons of food. Biggest one on a scale dressed 180. We shot a couple that seemed bigger but did not weigh them. Mike, Are you in Saskatchewan per chance? That's the only place I've ever seen a doe that I thought might be north of 175lbs (dressed). For reference, this buck was under 190lbs field dressed. I'm a little over 6' tall. 175=doezilla
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No scale weight but took this doe in NY a long while back. Worst tasting deer I have ever brought home. My WAG is that she dressed at near 200#.?. I am 6"6" and 240ish# in that picture. The yearling on the panel behind me is bigger than most adult deer in VA. What do you all think she might have weighed?
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I don't make it a habit of weighing does (or bucks) unless they are exceptional. A local tavern used to have a heaviest doe contest every year along with the big buck and heaviest yote contests. Largest I ever weighed in was 157 lbs dressed and I've seen maybe 2 on the hoof that were as large since. WAG I'd say an average doe around here dresses in the 110 lb range.
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Farm I used to hunt was not hunted much for years prior. When it was the family only shot bucks. Lots of old does and tons of food. Biggest one on a scale dressed 180. We shot a couple that seemed bigger but did not weigh them. Mike, Are you in Saskatchewan per chance? That's the only place I've ever seen a doe that I thought might be north of 175lbs (dressed). Southeast Wisconsin. About 800 acres of farmland surrounded by houses and heavily hunted smaller parcels. Lots of deer on the property that likely never left their whole life. Had the age and the food. Did not make a habit of aging the deer but the few we did when the DNR was at the registration station were six plus. Several we shot had teeth barely above the gumline.
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No scale weight but took this doe in NY a long while back. Worst tasting deer I have ever brought home. My WAG is that she dressed at near 200#.?. I am 6"6" and 240ish# in that picture. The yearling on the panel behind me is bigger than most adult deer in VA. What do you all think she might have weighed? Shes got the build of cows we shot. Shes is every bit of 150. Hard to tell how wide she is. But she could go 175 or better if she is a "square" deer. Big does seem to not be as long as bucks rather they are "square" in their body dimensions.
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No scale weight but took this doe in NY a long while back. Worst tasting deer I have ever brought home. My WAG is that she dressed at near 200#.?. I am 6"6" and 240ish# in that picture. The yearling on the panel behind me is bigger than most adult deer in VA. What do you all think she might have weighed? Shes got the build of cows we shot. Shes is every bit of 150. Hard to tell how wide she is. But she could go 175 or better if she is a "square" deer. Big does seem to not be as long as bucks rather they are "square" in their body dimensions. I think I understand what you mean by “square.” Here is another pic.
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I've killed just over 100 doe whitetail deer and only weighed one
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No scale weight but took this doe in NY a long while back. Worst tasting deer I have ever brought home. My WAG is that she dressed at near 200#.?. I am 6"6" and 240ish# in that picture. The yearling on the panel behind me is bigger than most adult deer in VA. What do you all think she might have weighed? Shes got the build of cows we shot. Shes is every bit of 150. Hard to tell how wide she is. But she could go 175 or better if she is a "square" deer. Big does seem to not be as long as bucks rather they are "square" in their body dimensions. I think I understand what you mean by “square.” Here is another pic. Yep shes "square". Not one dimension stands out as being big compared to the rest. Width and height are nearly the same. I would say she easily breaks 150 and is approaching the 175 range. Touch thin through the hindquarters in my opinion to break 175. Impressive doe none the less.
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Here locally I’d say an average would be somewhere close to the 100lbs mark. I weigh them occasionally and of the 4 I weighed last they was 85 to 109lbs. Shot a mature buck other day and he was 179
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That sounds about average .
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The stop and rest periods are effected more by our weight not the deer!😁
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