What do you guys think....

[mlammerhirt]

I dropped these deer off to the processor and DEC technicians had just shown up and said they were going to spend the day aging deer....so i asked the guy taking my name and number if they could weigh the deer as well....I was pretty excited since she looked like a big ole girl to get an actual age and dressed weight.....so when I picked my meat up the processor stated she weighed 125 and the DEC aged her at 1.5 yrs old...I plan on pulling the lower jaw to look for myself....can't say I believe she only weighed 125lbs.

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[Five Seasons]

Well she's certainly bigger than your buck

125 lb. doe dressed is a nice doe and she easily be 2.5.

[dmay4]

We have deer check stations they would do that on site. Simply open mouth and calculate age by teeth. Pretty simple equation for those that know

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[The_Real_TCIII]

125 is a monster doe, and that's a 1.5 year old buck that isn't nearly as big, I'm struggling with that doe also being 1.5?

[turkeyfeathers]

I'm by no means an expert but say weight and age definately off by a bunch. That does a biggie for sure. I have shot some big does with a recent big one Ray Charles could figure out that doe weighs more and is older than they claimed !!

[HuntOrBeHunted]

125 after being gutted is nice. But a 125 pound doe is not that big.

[G-Man]

Doe has to be older than 1.5 , aging teeth by looking is inexact and tooth ring analysis is only true way. But average dressed weight for a 1.5 buck is 112-115 here and a doe is 90 to 97. That's 23 years of recording them in a log off a good scale, a doe that weighs that much here is 2.5 or older.

[Taylormike]

I would say 125 is about right. Most of the time deer are believed or perceived to be a lot heavier than they actually are.

[Mike127]

A 125 lb dressed doe is pretty big. Probably older than 1.5. Too many stories told every year of the mythical 200 lb does that get shot around here. I worked as a taxidermist for a few years and if I had a nickel for every "150 lb" doe

[The_Real_TCIII]

Doe has to be older than 1.5 , aging teeth by looking is inexact and tooth ring analysis is only true way. But average dressed weight for a 1.5 buck is 112-115 here and a doe is 90 to 97. That's 23 years of recording them in a log off a good scale, a doe that weighs that much here is 2.5 or older.

how many does come in 125+?

[Five Seasons]

125 after being gutted is nice. But a 125 pound doe is not that big.

I disagree. We've shot some donkeys in my family. Very mature and anything over 135 is a well fed donkey of a breeder in NY.

[jjb4900]

we thought all our deer had to be at least 125-150 pounds..........until we bought a scale and started weighing them.

[The_Real_TCIII]

we thought all our deer had to be at least 125-150 pounds..........until we bought a scale and started weighing them.

its an eye opener isn't it?

[turkeyfeathers]

"  Beer Deer goggles"

Edited November 28, 2015 by turkeyfeathers

[Buckmaster7600]

The biggest doe I have shot in 15 years of hunting weighed 129 was aged at 5 1/2 I shot her in the old nz early 4 day season and she was dry "no fawn." I would have to assume that all of those facts add up to the best possible scenario for a heavy doe. I have since seen a lot of claimed 150-160lb does and mine dwarfed them.

[BBDEric]

My biggest doe was 145 dressed

Weighted at my house and butcher. He said she was bigger than most the bucks coming in

Edited November 28, 2015 by BBDEric

[landtracdeerhunter]

I think their is about 70 to 80 pounds of deboned venison hanging. Some mighty fine eating!

[Cabin Fever]

I bet they misunderstood you and aged the buck (1.5), instead of the doe.

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[The_Real_TCIII]

125 after being gutted is nice. But a 125 pound doe is not that big.

its extraordinarily big

[BigVal]

I shot a 143 pound doe here in new York and it is unusual. 125 is indeed a large one.

[chrisw]

Nice to see some people are honest about weights... I get sick of seeing pictures this time of year stating " dressed at 195lbs" ... If you aren't using a scale you're in for a rude awakening how little your deer actually weighs.

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[Buckmaster7600]

Nice to see some people are honest about weights... I get sick of seeing pictures this time of year stating " dressed at 195lbs" ... If you aren't using a scale you're in for a rude awakening how little your deer actually weighs.

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This is so true I love it when guys at work run up to me to show me their kills and they always weigh around 180 and I always ask "oh you have a scale?" And the answer is almost always the same "well no but it was around there"

[518BowSlayer]

my girlfriend shot a 135lb dressed doe 2 years ago and it looked a lot bigger than that. I got one this year that was 110 (see pic) and she looks about the same as yours

[The_Real_TCIII]

Nice to see some people are honest about weights... I get sick of seeing pictures this time of year stating " dressed at 195lbs" ... If you aren't using a scale you're in for a rude awakening how little your deer actually weighs.

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i killed my biggest deer this year and finally decided to buy a scale. He went 182

[Five Seasons]

we thought all our deer had to be at least 125-150 pounds..........until we bought a scale and started weighing them.

I think I've weighed every deer I've ever shot. We keep records though. A decent digital scale is like $40 and gets you in the ballpark