Heaviest Deer You've Shot?

[croix]

The back straps on my '05 Blacktail weighed 18 pounds (mmmm.... back strap) and I turned in 42 pounds of loose meat for the butcher to make into sausage (mmmm... sausage). I never weighed the animal whole, but there's not a doubt in my mind that he would have gone 200 lbs. without head and hide.

[mikelonsford]

East side bench leg buck that weighed 195 at the butcher, no legs, hide or head.  The bags of ice below him give some size perspective.  Maybe there will be some pics on here if I can get this to work.  Hoping to do this well in a week in the Swakane.

[Axle]

http://ces.uwyo.edu/PUBS/B594R.pdf

Bowhuntin posted this link in a thread I started under the elk section. It is a similar thread to this one. The article is a good read and tells you how much you can expect from an animal but the study was done on elk. I have found that deer are very much similar in what you will get.

That being said - if someone says they got 'x' number of lbs of meat, then you can triple that number and it is close to live weight.

180 lbs of meat from a BT?  That would equal 360 lbs field dressed and over 500 lbs live weight.

World record! Call Guinness.

[Houndhunter]

im still waiting for lilbuff and his 270lbs blacktail

[carpsniperg2]

i have not weighed any of my deer we have got but i would say the bigest one was probably a little over 200 hanging without hide or head

[jjhunter]

I think some of you guys have confused this thread with the heaviest gal you've ever closed out..........

[Buckmark]

I think some of you guys have confused this thread with the heaviest gal you've ever closed out..........

 

[Track-er]

I think some of you guys have confused this thread with the heaviest gal you've ever closed out..........

 

     I resemble that remark

          Mike

[270Shooter]

My montana muley from this year wieghed 116 at the butcher. That was with no head, hide, or legs. I don't know how much the one i killed in 07 wieghed, but I am having a hard time believing some these wieghts.

[Track-er]

My montana muley from this year wieghed 116 at the butcher. That was with no head, hide, or legs. I don't know how much the one i killed in 07 wieghed, but I am having a hard time believing some these wieghts.

 Look at mine compared to the Honda 90. Was doing wheelies dragging it down the road. That was one big deer with no exaggeration on the weight.

[luvtohnt]

After reading through this thread it is no wonder everyone thinks they get jacked at the butcher.

Brandon

[LRshooter]

My muley this year dressed at 210lbs and my dads was 240lbs.

[Ironhead]

Trac ker that thing is a pig

[BRUSS]

I thought my deer was big this year until I saw some of these pics.  Dang those are some hogs.  My mule deer was 156 at the meat cooler, no hide, head, legs.  Did not look like some of these brutes though.

[Track-er]

Trac ker that thing is a pig

 Again I owe it all to Skyvalhunter,He was with me on this hunt in 2004 and helped me out. It looked like a mulie on steroids.The hoofs were about 2 times the size of a regular deer. I wish I would have saved one for a show and tell.

                                      Mike