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We would get some over 150 in north Texas, maybe 110 around lake Buchanan

3years ago my son killed a 7 year old doe that dressed 163 lbs was bigger than the 8 point buck I killed. Told him we had to cut it up first before anyone saw it hanging next to my buck. Of course he then called all his biddies to come see the huge doe he got. How embarassing.

Small enough that I can grab em by the legs and toss them on the tailgate with just a little bump from the knee to help out. And I’m not a big/strong guy.

They were bigger where I grew up and it took me a couple years to stop waiting for a bigger one.

JMO- I don't get into all the weight and age and
antlers to post on farcebook and yoofloob and
" live from the blind " and " age this one " and
" score this one " and all that kind of stuff.
A trophy is what you make of it.
I don't care about any of the one-upmanship
that so many have tried to turn deer hunting into.
I'm happy for anyone that can legally harvest
a deer of any size or sex

Yep, here's the trophy, right here;

one of my buds killed the biggest doe i've personally ever seen in the flesh at my new camp this year. she weighed 135lb guts in. we have to weigh em all due to camp rules of doe have to be 100lb or a $200 fine is enacted. i had 2 or 3 in my crosshairs but didn't feel confident they were 100lb so didn't press the trigger. i'm trying to get em to move that rule down the road and make it a mature doe with no weight limits as just 2 outta 14 guys actually killed their quota of 2 does for the camp this year.
Big Ed

The first doe I ever killed years ago in middle Tennessee dressed 133 pounds. She was completely grey, and had a head like a horse. During the first few years of doe permits being issued, and the does still being somewhat protected during gun season, I killed several that dressed 120-125.

After years of hammering does, it’s rare to kill one in my area that’ll dress more than 100.

We're about to enter our antler less season here in Michigan... so I'll try and post some weights.

Anyone downing any big does yet this year?

Does here in the Blue Ridge 80 to 100 on the hoof. I have shot does on the Eastern Shore of VA where I belonged to a hunt club there averaged 120 to 140 on the hoof.

My biggest doe was 146. Both my wife and I missed the same one on 2 different days last week and this one was bigger than my largest I believe. I hope she makes the winter.

It sounds like you may have actually killed a donkey.

That's what we're seeing a few miles south of Mansfield.

My camp mate has a rep for getting big does. A couple of years ago he brought one in that weighed 150+.

At our camp most are probably 95-100 lbs with an occasional one at 110 lbs.

I’ve never weighed a deer. Think I’ll buy a scale for next year just to satisfy curiosity.

Back in my younger days I shot a doe in the Geo. Washinton Nat'l Forest fairly close to Roaring Run. I was about a mile and a half or so from the truck.
I started dragging and after a while she was gutted, legs cut off at the knees and I even cut that bitches ears off. One side was missing a lot of hair. She weighed 88lbs. @ the check station. It was along about that time I started taking into consideration where I was in relation to the truck, and how hungry I was, before I pulled the trigger.

Same here in Tensas.

But just a mile away, buddy has a place that is bordered by ag fields, his average is 15-20 pounds more.

years ago bowhunting at Camp Ripley in Minnesota in December my dad shot a fawn buck that was weighed on the Camp Ripley DNR scale that weighed 93 lbs. dressed .dad thought it was a decent doe he shot when he found this deer it was button buck.

I laughed at that way more than I probably should have 🤣🤣🤣😂

around here 150lbs is average. i have shot 2 or 3 doe that weighed guesstimated 200lbs -230lbs. i have shot many deer that were guesstimated 170-190lbs.

the last doe (Thursday) i shot was around 180-190lbs old, dry doe. i shot a doe the first Saturday that i guesstimate 140-150lbs. i don't like to shoot 2 yrs old thru fawns. there is not enough meat on them. i hunt for meat, not antler size. the biggest buck i shot was guesstimated 240-250lbs.


140-150lbs doe





https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailedDeer/Pages/DeerWeightChart.aspx

Boom & Crockpot right there