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I got a response to my email from Larry Porter, the outdoor reporter for the Omaha World-Herald. He has not heard of a 412 lbs. deer being killing in NE. He does remember the deer that he wrote about some years ago, but his recollection is that it weighed in a little over 350 lbs., not a little over 400 lbs. Lighter than I had thought, but still a heck of a big deer wherever deer are found.
Jeff I remember that article and that was one hog of a deer!! FWIW - I think most people misjudge the live and dressed weight of their deer (and fish). IMO its kind of like the "500 yard shot".
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They have a picture of that buck on B&C site and who took him and score 148 with a bow.
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I emailed the B&C information to Larry Porter. He is going to check with the Game & Park's Deer Specialist, Kit Hams, to see if he can confirm this deer.
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bull hockey. hogzilla: 250 pounds lighter than claimed. deerzilla? 50-100 pounds lighter than 412.
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I have a hard back book printed 1991 by The Hunting & Fishing Library titled WHITE-TAILED DEER. Under the chapter Trophy Hunting on page 122; is a picture of a 461-pound buck, shot in 1955, that was the largest deer every taken in Maine. In the picture, this deer is hoisted by the antlers into the rafters of a building w/ it's two rear hooves touching the ground. The hunter is standing next to this deer and the top of his head only reaches the deers brisquet. One very big deer in size and weght!
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IIRC, the guy who shot that deer was an older man and he used a Winchester 71 in 348.
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A buddy of mine shot a whitetail in Colorado that was to large for us to load into his pickup alone so we had to go get his fathers pickup with a hoist. As far as the wieght I have no idea but I would guess well into the 300lb range it was huge.
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Here is what Larry Porter has to say about this deer:
"I did read a story about the deer written by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune outdoor writer. The guy who shot the deer is from Arkansas. But the deer was never weighed. The weight was estimated at 412 pounds by using the measurements of the carcass. As a result, I have a problem with the estimated weight. The deer was shot with an arrow and the carcass was found the following day. The guy said the carcass was bloating. If the weight was estimated by using calculations from a bloated carcass, that skews the estimation process. Perhaps the deer's body was huge. From the picture, I can't deny that. But to assign a weight of 412 pounds from such an estimation process is a bit over the top. It certainly isn't precise, and the deer's weight would never be certified as being the absolute weight by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.".
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Just on the subject of 400-lb. deer... I have a trivia quiz written by Charles Alsheimer, taken from "Whitetail Wisdom", a North American Hunting Club book. According to this book, the largest known whitetail in North America was taken by bowhunter John Annett of Ontario, Canada in 1977, and weighed 431 lbs, field dressed, on government cerified scales. I've never run across another reference to this deer, but what a whopper!
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Just on the subject of 400-lb. deer... I have a trivia quiz written by Charles Alsheimer, taken from "Whitetail Wisdom", a North American Hunting Club book. According to this book, the largest known whitetail in North America was taken by bowhunter John Annett of Ontario, Canada in 1977, and weighed 431 lbs, field dressed, on government cerified scales. I've never run across another reference to this deer, but what a whopper! That critter's momma must've been a Moose <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> HBB
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Such things can happen in the wild too.
Thanx to 260Remguy for looking up all of the data.
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That is one big deer no matter how much he weighs. In Maine on a good year, we'll get at least one deer that has a field-dressed weight of around 300 pounds, and two or three that are over 290 pounds. "The live weight of such deer would be in excess of 360 pounds, and that's a heck of a big buck."
So with that said it probably is possible. Good genetics, good feed and years to grow might produce such a trophy !
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wow, a big deer here is 200 pounds. a 300 pounder would be unheard of. I call bs that theres a 400+ pounder in Neb.
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I don't know about the others, but this photo is fake. Notice the black shadow that goes down along the side of the neck by the guy's leg. It's a poor photoshop job. They're also playing games with a wide angle lense. Note the oversized head compared to the rump. A wide angle lense at very close range causes distortions like that. Dick
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