biggest mule deer dressed out weight

[shed-hunter1]

ok guys whats the biggest body buck you ever shot dressed out weight im at 160 a 3 point mulie

[springpin]

170lbs on the hook last year.

[sparkes3]

212 lbs returned from ennis meats in langley 2006 my first deer and biggest four point

[blacktailslayer]

One dressed 218, another 237.

[Shooter]

I believe mine was about 180?? It was a long time ago. My first deer ever.

That is it on the left with a calf moose in half.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee38/tnlpinkney/IMG-1-1.jpg

[shantz]

Largest to date was around 220 lbs, but that will change in a few weeks. Lol.

[Manglinmike]

very first deer I shot was 203 hanging and in 2005 I shot a big 5x5 that went 201 on the hook.

[.300WSMImpact!]

are you talking bone in or de-boned?

[Glenny]

213lbs Butcher weight.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=11477&cat=500&ppuser=10622

[BCKID]

I had one at 220lbs (head & hide on) 4pt.
Also had a bigger one but didn't weigh him, 4pt.

[Jelvis]

Butchers put the weight of your deer up so he can charge you more by the pound and make you brag about it to friends it's way down from the butchers scale if you weighed it yourself, and he won't show you either exept on your bill.
Jel ( Butcher's lie ) more money that way lol .. Oh he says, yours was the heaviest buck I ever weighed so far, that'll be a thousand dollars ..

[Sooke Hunter]

206 at the butcher's near Clinton.:-D

[Glenny]

Butchers put the weight of your deer up so he can charge you more by the pound and make you brag about it to friends it's way down from the butchers scale if you weighed it yourself, and he won't show you either exept on your bill.
Jel ( Butcher's lie ) more money that way lol .. Oh he says, yours was the heaviest buck I ever weighed so far, that'll be a thousand dollars ..
Unless you watchem do it. You are right though Jel. I always take it in hide, hooves and head off and they will weigh it in front of me.

[Muleycatcher]

5x6 mulie 250lbs no hide, head or legs.

[lilhoss]

265 lbs ,near Riske creek,as is ,guts out.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Big_muley.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20796&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=5919)

[rifleman]

250 on the hook at the butcher. he was very surprised. big 4 x 4 with brows

[tomahawk]

At the butchers, dressed meat only, 2 Chetwynd bucks, the biggest is 230 with a 215 right behind.

[BigfishCanada]

245 pounds, skinned no head at weymouth. Largest body deer I have ever seen and shot.

[Glassman]

My buddy and I shot a 4 point Mule up the bull river many years before digital cameras so all I have is a picture in my photo album(brag book). After a body shot from about 100 yards and a neck shot from 50 yards it finally dropped. We dragged it to the truck but could not lift it in. Some other hunters happened to drive by as we were having a beer so we enlisted their help. It took 5 of us to lift it in. When we got home we cut it in half from top to bottom. Buddy wanted to butcher his own, I wanted to take it to my butcher to get done up. At the butchers he weighed it and my half was 142 pounds. So if a guy were to double it that would bring it to 284. 142 pounds with no head, hide or bottom of the legs. I guess you would call that on the hook.
We also got a nice 4 point whitey about an hour earlier.

[bridger]

largest i have had weighed on the hook was 232lbs. largest live weight was 336 lbs

[Peters Wildlife]

5X6 220lbs

[Glassman]

Hey bridger, how did you convince your deer to step on the scales before you shot him. Ahhh I know, you shot him on the scales at a truck stop on the side of the highway and got a quick glance at the weight.

[LYKTOHUNT]

207 and 237

[Farmer]

202 pounds on the hook. No head hide or legs. We weren't packing them out on our backs. A big 3 pt from 3-32.

[srupp]

hmmm a gang ranch buck we shot many moons ago...no head, no horns , no hide no guts just dressed out mulie..260...

I have seen other bucks in that same area that looked close...

there STILL are buckes running around over 300 pounds on the hoof..

Steven

[GoatGuy]

weighed four quarters on the bathroom scale once, 180 lbs. Don't know what it would have been with all the trim, backstrap, tenderloins and bones.

Tasted like it smelled.

[bridger]

Hey bridger, how did you convince your deer to step on the scales before you shot him. Ahhh I know, you shot him on the scales at a truck stop on the side of the highway and got a quick glance at the weight.

not really just lost my knife so took him to the butcher hide hair guts, feathers and all. lol

[Moose Guide]

meat and bone-220(4x4) My brother shot a huge bodied nt mulie late inthe rut(almost spike elk sized) it weighed 207 and gross scored 181

[Jelvis]

I deboned a big buck and got over 100 pounds of solid meat from the fallen stud buck when he was in not a fat condition ..
Jel .. heavy duty mule buck, big and heavy ....100 pounds of boneless meat

[d6dan]

This one weighed in at 196 lb. But that was 1985.. It was a stinky and memorable hunt :-D. And I was young.:shock:..Note the camo?..



http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu65/d6dan/Mulie1985.jpg

[BlacktailStalker]

I deboned a big buck and got over 100 pounds of solid meat from the fallen stud buck when he was in not a fat condition ..
Jel .. heavy duty mule buck, big and heavy ....100 pounds of boneless meat

Any pics Jel ?

[Camp Cook]

Third deer I ever shot was 208 lbs cut and wrapped...

[urbanhermit]

This one weighed in at 196 lb. But that was 1985.. It was a stinky and memorable hunt :-D. And I was young.:shock:..



http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu65/d6dan/Mulie1985.jpg
look at the boone and crocket feet on that thing!!! nice deer.

[d6dan]

look at the boone and crocket feet on that thing!!! nice deer.

Note the camo?...

[urbanhermit]

you blend in with the truck..

[d6dan]

you blend in with the truck..

I thought so too!!!

[Glassman]

Bridger. You didn't use your teeth to gut it? What kind of a pansy hunter are you!!!!!!!!

[Glassman]

Now I know where the car manufacturers got the idea for a 3rd brake light.

[bforce750]

[quote=GoatGuy;775675]weighed four quarters on the bathroom scale once, 180 lbs. Don't know what it would have been with all the trim, backstrap, tenderloins and bones.

Tasted like it smelled.[/quote

I'm sure it smelled GREAT!!!! Nothing like eatin a rutty mulie:)

[Jelvis]

The biggest buck I ever got was so big I couldn't drag the furry brute and it was only a three point, his body was the size of Brock Lesnar .. with hair
Jel .. I couldn't even budge it, cuz he was so darn heavy, by the bevy, I drove my chevy .. by the levy and the levy was dry .. made it hard to drag on the dry ground .. that's the whole point .. I'm trying to make here .. no snow at all in the early fall .. I still marvel at the dead weight of this over grown mule .. I felt like a fool .. I had to get help .. I'm still scratchin my scalp .. 400 pounds? had no scale, heavy as a whale .. this isn't a hunting tale .. On the butchers scale ..

[DR.DOUG]

biggest to date 187lb 4x4 hanging in the cooler ... Jel, you make me laugh and scratch my head trying to figure out what the heck your saying every time I read your posts

[Cyrus]

178 on the butcher hook.....4X4

[Jelvis]

I shot a buck on a ridge I walked up on for 800 vertical feet, the buck was a perfect four mule with a 24 inch rack, on snow, I said on snow and, I could only move the buck pulling with a rope, about six inches and I'm 193 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal. I'd guess gutted about 250 pounds of dead weight.
Jel .. I've shot a lot of mulies over the decades, some big ones as you've seen on my threads.

[Big7]

I honestly wqnder what your deal is Jelvis......

On another note...any mulie over 200lbs hanging is a monster, I would say 180 to 200 would be large for a mature buck. I shot a good buck last year (my biggest) and although I didn't weigh it...it might have gone 185 (maybe) on the hook. All these bucks in the low to mid 200's...with regards to meat...I'd like to know where you guys are hunting! Maybe we have stunted mule deer in northern BC!

[mark]

I honestly wqnder what your deal is Jelvis......

On another note...any mulie over 200lbs hanging is a monster, I would say 180 to 200 would be large for a mature buck. I shot a good buck last year (my biggest) and although I didn't weigh it...it might have gone 185 (maybe) on the hook. All these bucks in the low to mid 200's...with regards to meat...I'd like to know where you guys are hunting! Maybe we have stunted mule deer in northern BC!

Totally agree big 7, I too wonder where alot of these replies are coming from!
I think the initial poster should of clarifyed his meaning of "dressed"
To me thats head, legs, & hide off, wind pipe and neck flank removed, and all fat and shot trimmed!
Dressed in this manner Ive never seen a deer weigh over 200.
My biggest by far was 191 and that was the biggest bodied buck myself and many other hunters had ever seen,
Most mature bucks ring in around 160 lbs. when fully dressed out!

We completely boned out a few mature bucks last year in the feild, all were very close to 100 lbs. of boneless meat!

[mark]

I shot a buck on a ridge I walked up on for 800 vertical feet, the buck was a perfect four mule with a 24 inch rack, on snow, I said on snow and, I could only move the buck pulling with a rope, about six inches and I'm 193 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal. I'd guess gutted about 250 pounds of dead weight.
Jel .. I've shot a lot of mulies over the decades, some big ones as you've seen on my threads.


Actually Jel we've never seen anything you've ever shot, only heard ramblings about it?????? :confused:

[frenchbar]

Totally agree big 7, I too wonder where alot of these replies are coming from!
I think the initial poster should of clarifyed his meaning of "dressed"
To me thats head, legs, & hide off, wind pipe and neck flank removed, and all fat and shot trimmed!
Dressed in this manner Ive never seen a deer weigh over 200.
My biggest by far was 191 and that was the biggest bodied buck myself and many other hunters had ever seen,
Most mature bucks ring in around 160 lbs. when fully dressed out!

We completely boned out a few mature bucks last year in the feild, all were very close to 100 lbs. of boneless meat!
x3 my biggest buck i beleive weighed 185 pds dressed like you say mark..and it was a big deer .

[urbanhermit]

x3 my biggest buck i beleive weighed 185 pds dressed like you say mark..and it was a big deer .
when you see a deer that goes 185 into the cooler, it looks like a different species next to the rest of the deer hanging beside it..

[Jelvis]

The three top mule deer hunters I have discussed hunting big mule deer in Kamloops don't even care how much a deer weighs, they don't even want to know, it's all about the score, and the pro score done by a qualified scorer.
Jel .. Only want heavy antler score and make sausage only out of deer .. peperoni is preferred ..

[bridger]

I honestly wqnder what your deal is Jelvis......

On another note...any mulie over 200lbs hanging is a monster, I would say 180 to 200 would be large for a mature buck. I shot a good buck last year (my biggest) and although I didn't weigh it...it might have gone 185 (maybe) on the hook. All these bucks in the low to mid 200's...with regards to meat...I'd like to know where you guys are hunting! Maybe we have stunted mule deer in northern BC!

it is not uncommon for mule deer to weigh over 200 lbs on the hook in the peace country. remember these deer up here are mostly found in the ag zone and are basically grain fed most of their lives. i have seen several bucks weighed before field dressing that have weighed well over three hundred pounds and one just under 400.

[john-brennan]

I shot a monster (I thought till I read this) he was 202 ready for butchering and 275 field dresses. this is the only pic I have all others we destroyed. I was there when she (my butcher weighed it) and it was the heaviest she has ever done.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c42/johnnypointer/IMGP0680.jpg

[Brian011]

the biggest that i've shot so far has been 160 lbs at the butcher. my dad has shot a few over the years that were quite a bit bigger but never did get the weight of them, some probably pushed around 200 lb. i asked the butcher i went to last year and he said the biggest buck that he had ever weighed at his shop was 235 lbs.

[Wrayzer]

This years 3x2 muley was 186lbs at the butcher, just dwarfed the other bucks hanging in the cooler.

[kennyj]

At the butcher means gutted, skinned, with head and legs removed ?
kenny

[Brian011]

At the butcher means gutted, skinned, with head and legs removed ?
kenny

yah thats what i have gone by

[Jelvis]

In reality or a guess at the time when everyone dragged it for a mile and every few yards it gets heavier lol , live weight or dead .. then field dressed or hog dressed .. ? makes a difference in size ..
Jel too many variables, to study and record as official .. Butcher scale? or bathroom scale? lol
Guesstimation or say a big mule is 200 pounds live weight .. ? .. 360 Max live .. ?

[grizzlydown]

Hanging on the hook, head and front legs removed hide still frozen on 308lbs. Huge 30 inch revert buck 6 3/8 base 8 inch rosettas. Mid-November and he had 3 teeth left.

[grumps]

in the butgher shop,no head,hide,heart or liver,212lbs.

[Buck]

215 at the butcher.My first buck and it was a great hunt with all the Drama.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/Ramcam-Photos/scan0001.jpg

[oddsix]

Hanging on the hook, head and front legs removed hide still frozen on 308lbs. Huge 30 inch revert buck 6 3/8 base 8 inch rosettas. Mid-November and he had 3 teeth left.


I`ll believe that when you post pictures. lets see em

[remington666]

190 pounds six by six in region 5-3

[Bushy]

Be an 8 X 7 here in about a week:wink: The guys first deer!

[250 sav]

14 year old buck I shot in '87 4x2 with 2 point side palmated.14 years according to the old tooth is the truth progam. Skinned front 1/4, 68 and 67 pounds, rear1/4, 51 pounds each. this deer rutted hard almost zero fat. 237 total. Have 4 other mulies over 200 pounds that I witness the weighing of that I've shot. My biggest antlered bucks gross score 168-175 inch, weighed 147 150? 162 168 on the hook.

[Islandeer]

Totally agree big 7, I too wonder where alot of these replies are coming from!
I think the initial poster should of clarifyed his meaning of "dressed"
To me thats head, legs, & hide off, wind pipe and neck flank removed, and all fat and shot trimmed!
Dressed in this manner Ive never seen a deer weigh over 200.
My biggest by far was 191 and that was the biggest bodied buck myself and many other hunters had ever seen,
Most mature bucks ring in around 160 lbs. when fully dressed out!

We completely boned out a few mature bucks last year in the feild, all were very close to 100 lbs. of boneless meat!

Yah agree on these collosal weights.:wink:
187 meat hanging at the shop,biggest yet last year in the EK. 4pt not bookish but still a pig.

[The Dawg]

Mine this year was 110lbs deboned at the butcher.

[Big7]

it is not uncommon for mule deer to weigh over 200 lbs on the hook in the peace country. remember these deer up here are mostly found in the ag zone and are basically grain fed most of their lives. i have seen several bucks weighed before field dressing that have weighed well over three hundred pounds and one just under 400.

It was in the Peace that I shot my deer last year...I realize that mule deer can be very large but I still haven't seen (for myself) any deer that would weigh as much as a immy moose....

Most of the posts say "on the hook at the BUTCHER's" etc....wonder if the butcher's using his "add more pounds to the actual weight so that the customer has something to brag about to his buddies and makes me more money" scale!!!!!!

I'm still sceptical of claims that a "dressed" buck (dressed in the fashion that Mark had described) could weigh much more than 200 to 220...no matter where they are from.....Peace, Okanagan or Timbuck Too!! Sorry folks.

[BCrams]

it is not uncommon for mule deer to weigh over 200 lbs on the hook in the peace country. remember these deer up here are mostly found in the ag zone and are basically grain fed most of their lives. i have seen several bucks weighed before field dressing that have weighed well over three hundred pounds and one just under 400.

I am with bridger on this one. We've taken quite a few mule deer over the years from the Peace. Only a couple were heavyweights with hide off, fat trimmed off, lower legs cut off and head off and around 200 lbs at the butcher.

Now ....... those were big bodied bucks but I found the average to be around 160-180 lbs at the butcher......

That said - I took a brute a few years ago that truely describes what bridger is saying about huge heavily bodied bucks........ it was the biggest bodied buck I have ever seen taken by myself or anyone elses bucks for that matter. The size of the body made his 221 gross non-typical frame look small.

It was a brute that took 3 guys to drag and took everything for the three of us just to get the thing in the back of a pick up truck. In contrast, I have been able to load up other bucks by myself or with a 2nd person without difficulty....this one was a real handful.

When I see bucks taken by other guys and they tell me how many pounds it is and just one look at the picture or buck itself and I can call BS. I only have taken 1 true heavy weight but at least I know what they look like on the hoof, dead in the back of my truck, hanging and weighed at the butcher.

Anyone want to take a guess what he weighed hide off, trim off etc :-D

Too bad the picture taker didn't fit the whole buck in the photo ... it was really something to see that thing hanging. I know some guys here will truely appreciate just how big this body is and that they do exist.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/00930022-1.jpg

[BCrams]

It was in the Peace that I shot my deer last year...I realize that mule deer can be very large but I still haven't seen (for myself) any deer that would weigh as much as a immy moose....

Most of the posts say "on the hook at the BUTCHER's" etc....wonder if the butcher's using his "add more pounds to the actual weight so that the customer has something to brag about to his buddies and makes me more money" scale!!!!!!

I'm still sceptical of claims that a "dressed" buck (dressed in the fashion that Mark had described) could weigh much more than 200 to 220...no matter where they are from.....Peace, Okanagan or Timbuck Too!! Sorry folks.

I used to be pretty skeptical like yourself and I had seen a lot of deer. Hunted the Peace over 20 yrs and saw a lot of bucks. Including Regions 3, 5 and 7a. Hanging at butcher at 200 lbs with a couple and they were big with most in the 160-180 lb range.

My view on buck body sizes changed one magical afternoon :wink:

[kootenayelkslayer]

Holy crap Greg, that thing has the body of an elk. What a brute!

[bridger]

It was in the Peace that I shot my deer last year...I realize that mule deer can be very large but I still haven't seen (for myself) any deer that would weigh as much as a immy moose....

Most of the posts say "on the hook at the BUTCHER's" etc....wonder if the butcher's using his "add more pounds to the actual weight so that the customer has something to brag about to his buddies and makes me more money" scale!!!!!!

I'm still sceptical of claims that a "dressed" buck (dressed in the fashion that Mark had described) could weigh much more than 200 to 220...no matter where they are from.....Peace, Okanagan or Timbuck Too!! Sorry folks.

on the hook means no guts, no hide, no head, legs cut off. ready to butcher. if your experience makes you skeptical that deer dressed like this don't weigh over 200 lbs that only means you haven't killed a big peace country mule deer. sorry folks!

[JAFA]

largest i have had weighed on the hook was 232lbs. largest live weight was 336 lbs

How did you get him to step on the scale?? ("Live" weight)
:mrgreen:
Jim.

[pete_k]

I honestly wqnder what your deal is Jelvis......

On another note...any mulie over 200lbs hanging is a monster, I would say 180 to 200 would be large for a mature buck. I shot a good buck last year (my biggest) and although I didn't weigh it...it might have gone 185 (maybe) on the hook. All these bucks in the low to mid 200's...with regards to meat...I'd like to know where you guys are hunting! Maybe we have stunted mule deer in northern BC!

What do you expect from a guy who blames the victim if his house or car gets broken into?
ie: "It's your own fault for not using a bigger lock" etc..
He's not one to be ever taken seriously. Resident troll.

[bridger]

How did you get him to step on the scale?? ("Live" weight)
:mrgreen:
Jim.

barley works good. lol

[palmer]

The one I put on the hook last week was 191 DRESSED...a nice 5 point mulie

[Beaverhunter]

biggest to date 187lb 4x4 hanging in the cooler ... Jel, you make me laugh and scratch my head trying to figure out what the heck your saying every time I read your posts


Don't worry it will get old fast.