Average amount of meat

[ESOXangler]

How much meat would a guy get from a mature WT buck? Just looking for an average to compare to my butchering practices.

Thanks!

[Dick284]

Boneless, well trimmed, and minimal wastage from bullet damage, 85-100lbs.

[Red Bullets]

I would say it depends where that mature buck was taken. A mature Texas whitetail buck might only yield only 40 lbs. of meat while a mature Alberta born virginia whitetail buck might produce 150 lbs of meat.

Here's a chart that guesstimates the meat yield from a deer according to size.
http://www.alfredny.biz/sportsmen/Wh...ield-chart.htm

[shooter12]

I got 92 lb boneless meat from my last whitetail.
He was not a giant ,average 3 years old buck.
S12

[ESOXangler]

I thought around a 100 would be right. Never really counted before but this time I added it all up and I only got 65 off this guy. He had decent fat so I know that he wasnt hungry. I was fairly picky but not wasteful and did lose some meat on the neck. But good christ I missed the mark.

Thanks for the website too!

[Peebles]

Last year's whitetail buck for me was 85 pounds dressed and I thought he was decent but not monster size. My mule buck I knew to be on the small side and he was like 68. Most of the weight difference was in the neck.

There are some cuts like shanks, heart, and other unpopular or hard to use pieces that some hunters leave behind that reduce your yield if you're doing that. I also never weigh the liver - I eat most of it the night I get it usually.

[HunterDave]

Originally Posted by ESOXangler

I thought around a 100 would be right. Never really counted before but this time I added it all up and I only got 65 off this guy. He had decent fat so I know that he wasnt hungry. I was fairly picky but not wasteful and did lose some meat on the neck. But good christ I missed the mark.

Thanks for the website too!

Based on my experience 65 lbs is about right for a adult whitetail shot through the ribs. I'm not sure where fellas are getting 100 lbs of meat from.....maybe leaving all the fat on or shooting particularly large bucks?

I typically get 25 lbs from a fawn and +/- 60 from a mature deer but I am VERY meticulous with removing all of the fat, silver and other junk from my meat. It sounds to me like you did a very good job of butchering it.

[bobalong]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

Based on my experience 65 lbs is about right for a adult whitetail shot through the ribs. I'm not sure where fellas are getting 100 lbs of meat from.....maybe leaving all the fat on or shooting particularly large bucks?

I typically get 25 lbs from a fawn and +/- 60 from a mature deer but I am VERY meticulous with removing all of the fat, silver and other junk from my meat. It sounds to me like you did a very good job of butchering it.

About 30 for a doe and 65 or 70 for a buck on average, but I don't keep any sinew garbage, fat, silverskin or rib meat all meat is trimmed well.

[Vacation]

I think 65-75 is about right.

[jgupnorth]

Agree with 56-75 for an average Whitetail buck.

[jgupnorth]

Make that agree with 65-75!

[wildwoods]

Originally Posted by jgupnorth

Make that agree with 65-75!

Bingo

[58thecat]

60-80lbs or so.....

[ramonmark]

I've been butchering my own and friends the last 10 years. I'm very careful at not wasting meat. The most.ive ever got was 91lbs. On average I'd say 60-70lbs . I weight out all the meat and I zac-seal too.

[Game Hunter]

I find a mature whitetail buck 50-60 lbs
Doe 40-50
Fawn as low as 12 lbs lol
Not sure about you guys grabbing 80-100 lbs
Pretty sure that would either be a big mule buck or your comprising the taste of the meat

[last minute]

Originally Posted by ESOXangler

How much meat would a guy get from a mature WT buck? Just looking for an average to compare to my butchering practices.

Thanks!

That would depend on the size of the deer when you shoot it I myself if I don't think I'm getting a hundred pounds I won't shoot that's just me.

[270person]

On average? 1-2 (large deer) plastic milk crates of cut and wrapped.

[skidderman]

If you debone 50 pounds. If bone left in approx double.

[duceman]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

Based on my experience 65 lbs is about right for a adult whitetail shot through the ribs. I'm not sure where fellas are getting 100 lbs of meat from.....maybe leaving all the fat on or shooting particularly large bucks?

I typically get 25 lbs from a fawn and +/- 60 from a mature deer but I am VERY meticulous with removing all of the fat, silver and other junk from my meat. It sounds to me like you did a very good job of butchering it.

bang on

[Swamp hunter]

50 - 55 lbs boned, trimmed red meat.

[338Bluff]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

Based on my experience 65 lbs is about right for a adult whitetail shot through the ribs. I'm not sure where fellas are getting 100 lbs of meat from.....maybe leaving all the fat on or shooting particularly large bucks?

I typically get 25 lbs from a fawn and +/- 60 from a mature deer but I am VERY meticulous with removing all of the fat, silver and other junk from my meat. It sounds to me like you did a very good job of butchering it.

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[Zuludog]

60 lbs for a buck.

[MountainTi]

Originally Posted by Red Bullets

I would say it depends where that mature buck was taken. A mature Texas whitetail buck might only yield only 40 lbs. of meat while a mature Alberta born virginia whitetail buck might produce 150 lbs of meat.

Here's a chart that guesstimates the meat yield from a deer according to size.
http://www.alfredny.biz/sportsmen/Wh...ield-chart.htm

150 lbs of meat from an Alberta whitetail? And here I thought I've shot some big deer, but holy, apparently not

[duceman]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

150 lbs of meat from an Alberta whitetail? And here I thought I've shot some big deer, but holy, apparently not

which then begs the question- does everyone live out of a styrofoam cooler and call it a freezer?
cuz every post i read about someone's harvest with a white tail doe is 'meat for the year and a full freezer!'

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

150 lbs of meat from an Alberta whitetail? And here I thought I've shot some big deer, but holy, apparently not

I used the 150 lb. weight amount based on the chart I attached earlier. Not sure on Alberta's whitetail weight record but there have been 400 lb. whitetails recorded in parts of the whitetail's northern range. Historically, there have been a few North American whitetail that tip the scales over 400 lbs. and even one or two over 500 lbs.

I know in 40+ years of hunting deer I have taken two big bodied whitetail during full rut that, although I never weighed them, I'm sure were over 300 lbs. on the hoof. I am quite meticulous when butchering & trimming and am sure I got more than 100 lbs. of clean meat from each of them.

[MountainTi]

Originally Posted by Red Bullets

I used the 150 lb. weight amount based on the chart I attached earlier. Not sure on Alberta's whitetail weight record but there have been 400 lb. whitetails recorded in parts of the whitetail's northern range. Historically, there have been a few North American whitetail that tip the scales over 400 lbs. and even one or two over 500 lbs.

I know in 40+ years of hunting deer I have taken two big bodied whitetail during full rut that, although I never weighed them, I'm sure were over 300 lbs. on the hoof. I am quite meticulous when butchering & trimming and am sure I got more than 100 lbs. of clean meat from each of them.

Tough to tell from that avatar pic, but that deer was an absolute giant bodied deer. Never seen another like it. Looked like a small elk hanging from a loader

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

Tough to tell from that avatar pic, but that deer was an absolute giant bodied deer. Never seen another like it. Looked like a small elk hanging from a loader

I wish a person could see a bigger version of your avatar. Looks very impressive.
The biggest bodied whitetail I ever shot jumped out when a friend shot a nice 5x5 buck in his bed. I managed to shoot the big buck before it knew what was up. That buck made my friends 5x5 look like a fawn beside it. I've seen three or four that looked like small elk in 40 years.

Unfortunately I was never one to take many pics of deer I shot. The deer in this pic had a big body. Taken by a guy I was guiding 10 years ago.

[vcmm]

I'm going to throw out a 43-48% yield from live weight depending on shot placement,calibre, bullet etc..
Let it begin

[fatboyz]

Normal formula butchers use is that a hanging carcass on the rail is 60% of the live weight. From the hanging carcass you can expect 60% of the hanging weight as final cuts. From the stats at Rocky meats mature whitetail bucks, on the rail, weighed between 125 and 150 pounds. So we'll say the average is 140 pounds carcass weight, meat yield would be 60%= 84 pounds.

[Desert Eagle]

Originally Posted by fatboyz

Normal formula butchers use is that a hanging carcass on the rail is 60% of the live weight. From the hanging carcass you can expect 60% of the hanging weight as final cuts. From the stats at Rocky meats mature whitetail bucks, on the rail, weighed between 125 and 150 pounds. So we'll say the average is 140 pounds carcass weight, meat yield would be 60%= 84 pounds.

Is the formula for wild game or domestic? I find the calculation to be more like 50%