Post by: blindluck on October 28, 2020, 06:39:09 PM
This is my biggest buck I have ever killed, I wasn’t able to drag him but could only pull and move him 6 to 12” at a time he was huge compared to any buck we have got.i had no way to weigh him but he was huge. What Would you guess he weighed when he hit the ground?
Post by: Jimmer on October 28, 2020, 06:43:58 PM
Post by: blindluck on October 28, 2020, 06:59:30 PM
Huh?I accidentally posted before I was finished
Post by: h20hunter on October 28, 2020, 07:00:09 PM
Post by: blindluck on October 28, 2020, 07:05:42 PM
Post by: High Climber on October 28, 2020, 07:39:15 PM
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Post by: Dan-o on October 28, 2020, 07:56:28 PM
It would be cool to know his live weight.
Post by: Stein on October 28, 2020, 07:59:58 PM
Post by: lokidog on October 28, 2020, 08:08:22 PM
I bought a $35 hoist scale to know for sure. I don't think I will be checking a buck of that caliber though.
:chuckle:
The only useful gift my brother ever gave me was a deer butchering kit that has a scale.
Post by: fishnfur on October 28, 2020, 08:59:51 PM
As with the pics, if you're trying to judge size, you should put a known item in the pic so that the deer in question can be evaluated based on that item. He looks like a fatty. Beyond that. Who knows?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 28, 2020, 09:49:05 PM
Whats the circumference on that freakin neck?!!!
Post by: MtnMuley on October 28, 2020, 11:01:02 PM
calibrated scale.
Post by: blindluck on October 29, 2020, 05:17:41 AM
Pretty impossible to tell from a pic. Ive only actually weighted game bags and i could count on one hand how many times I've even done that. Pretty standard and pretty accurate ratio is meat yield is 1/3 of live weight. So if you weigh boned out meat you can get a pretty good idea.his neck is 30.5”” and the antlers are 28” wide for reference
Whats the circumference on that freakin neck?!!!
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 29, 2020, 05:57:13 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 29, 2020, 06:05:33 AM
That's a big old boy with that roman nose. Its so hard to truly judge an animals weight when rutted up like that. Ends up being a guesstimate. He certainly looks like he's been eating well. :twocents:unless we are talking about bears. Then they're all 400lb :chuckle:
Post by: elkboy on October 29, 2020, 07:52:40 AM
https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailedDeer/Pages/DeerWeightChart.aspx
If you want to do some slightly more complex math, here is Fig. 2 from Parker (1987), which is on mule deer and elk from Washington State. Looks like a pretty strong relationship (there is one major issue), based on their sample, and that elk seem to just continue the same relationship as shown by mulies.
Post by: SeatoSummit88 on October 29, 2020, 07:55:55 AM
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Post by: OutHouse on October 29, 2020, 09:15:21 AM
I have no idea on total live weight but that neck is probably 25 to 30 lbs by itself. If I had to take a guess I would say that is a 350 lb deer on the hoof.
:yeah: And wow look at that neck! If I just focus on the body reminds me of a graboid from Tremors!
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on October 29, 2020, 10:16:15 AM
Post by: Widgeondeke on October 29, 2020, 10:28:16 AM
Live weight = A :dunno:
Dead weight = B :dunno:
weight lost (C) = -0.5lbs :chuckle:
That is a great buck! Congrats :tup:
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 29, 2020, 12:40:30 PM
Pretty impossible to tell from a pic. Ive only actually weighted game bags and i could count on one hand how many times I've even done that. Pretty standard and pretty accurate ratio is meat yield is 1/3 of live weight. So if you weigh boned out meat you can get a pretty good idea.That's as close as you are going to get. I've only checked the meat yield vs chest circumference on one deer, and didn't get a scale weight but: chest circumference prediction was 240 lbs live, yielded 87 lbs. My highest meat yield ever was 92 lbs, but that was a definitely smaller framed buck but had unusually heavy musculature. A friend got a tank mule deer buck out whole and it scaled 212 lbs hanging dressed weight, and was likely an honest 300 lbs live weight. 300 lb bucks are very large deer!
Whats the circumference on that freakin neck?!!!
Post by: huntnphool on October 29, 2020, 01:25:01 PM
Post by: gutsnthegrass on October 29, 2020, 01:51:51 PM
Here is a little guy from a few years back. ;)
That buck looks to be almost twice the size of the doe! Hope she can handle him :)
Post by: dilleytech on October 31, 2020, 08:25:29 AM
Post by: blindluck on October 31, 2020, 08:44:34 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 31, 2020, 12:03:31 PM
Post by: Gobble on October 31, 2020, 01:11:39 PM
A 300 pound Muley is a big ole buck. There aren’t many out there. I saw a great analogy in the other thread. Something like a 400 pounder being liked to a 30 pound steelhead.
A friend of ours has a pic of a family member with a gigantic mule deer buck from the 20s or 30s that weighed like 450 lbs, it was HUGE!! I can’t remember if it was taken in Wa or Nevada, also back in the 80s my neighbor shot a 5x5 muley that he shot up in the wilderness area by Snoqualmie it weighed 242lbs gutted with no head, no legs, huge black horned buck