Fatback......

[growalot]

My doe had lots and my buck some...UN like any gun buck I've shot where skinning was a nightmare and they had zero fat...How have been the layers of fatback been on your deer this season? I suppose this could be an "area"rut indicator

[Lawdwaz]

Hardly any on the buck. The doe I don't remember........

[WingNut]

My doe from opening weekend was average I would say.  Monday evening I processed a nice 7 point buck by buddy shot on Sunday.  He was fat,  I skinned him Sunday evening and come Monday  I could just peel the fat off of him.  From the rump all the way down to his neck half inch thick layers of fat.  Nice deer!

[Four Season Whitetail's]

Did up a couple does yesterday. Loaded with fat.

[Lawdwaz]

Did up a couple does yesterday. Loaded with fat.

 

Ahhh, never mind.

 

 

[jjb4900]

I've had fat on my back for years....never can get rid of it.

[Critter4321]

I have butchered about 10 here in DMU 3M and the does have some not as much as one might expect for the amount of food around seeing about 1/2 on most up to a 1'' on the older does, and the bucks have a little 1/4 inch although I skinned a nice 8 pt on Sunday not a ounce of fat anywhere miserable skinning them like that. 

[ididnotvoteforobama]

Deer from farm country vs deer from the big woods will have noticeable difference in back fat . Corn, clover , food plot , farm country deer will have a noticeable more amount of fat  than a deer than was living on twigs and leaves. The available food sources will dictate  the mount of stored fat, big woods deer that don't have the acorns available , and other high fat foods will have less fat  than say the year before. Antler size is also affected by the available foods and minerals.

[Jeremy K]

You do have an above average amount of food for the deer on your land , they probably are just getting ready for winter.