Took the first supplemental deer of the season last night. Since it was close to home decided i’d just gut it at home. I was surprised to see it tip the scale at 180 lbs. is this in the normal range, or on the higher side?
Define how you weighed it, is that before it was gutted and skinned?
I as a habit give a dressed and ready for slaughter weight.
It is my understanding that dressed is the generally accepted number. Any of the eastern states that record deer weight rather than antlers go off of the dressed weight, skin on.
As for the OP's question, I've never weighed a deer before it was dressed, and dont recall ever weighing a doe either, so I cant help with that.
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As a habit I don’t like the guts in my garage, so I got nuttin for the OP, but figuring you lose About 20% to 25% of the weight to guts, and up to 30% of the weight to hide, legs, and head. I’d estimate the doe weighs about 85-90lbs ready to butcher, which is about average for an early season doe.
As a habit I don’t like the guts in my garage, so I got nuttin for the OP, but figuring you lose About 20% to 25% of the weight to guts, and up to 30% of the weight to hide, legs, and head. I’d estimate the doe weighs about 85-90lbs ready to butcher, which is about average for an early season doe.
Yeah, that’s pretty close to what I ended up with.
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