So what's a really big doe

[moog5050]

I have shot a couple that I thought were big in the 140-150lb dressed range.  My buddy shot one yesterday that was 170lbs dressed per the scale.  That is the biggest doe I ever saw weighed. 

Edited December 11, 2016 by moog5050

[tommyc50]

thats a big deer for sure does usally go 90-120 live weight

[turkeyfeathers]

That's a heffer of a doe. Average per processor said 100 pounds. Big doe 130

[Gencountyzeek]

A 90lb live weight doe would b a fawn. 170 is big for a buck, that was a old slob of a doe.

[moog5050]

He shot it after I quit for the day and called saying he couldn't lift it in the truck.  I thought he was joking.  That a good size buck around here. 

[Pygmy]

In my area any doe that dresses out over 100 pounds is a pretty big doe.. There are some exceptions, however..One was weighed in a local deer contest a couple of years ago that dressed 170.  

[growalot]

Yes sir those are BIG DOE...congrats..I consider a doe that big a real trophy

[BigVal]

Huge I shot one that dressed at 166 2 seasons ago.

[New York Hillbilly]

Cant get this to work.....urghh! I'll try again later. Congrats on the big doe. I was just trying to show the pics of the one my buddy shot here yesterday. Just about 175 and change. It was a beast. lol

 

 

Edited December 11, 2016 by New York Hillbilly

[fasteddie]

The biggest doe I ever shot measured a 41" girth . I stopped at the Avon DEC to have it checked out and the DEC person asked why I wanted him to check a doe . I said because it was big . It was real cold out but he reluctantly left his warm cozy office and came out . He measured it at 42" . According to the Weight chart it would theoretically weighed 184 pounds field dressed but he didn't weigh it . I got a lot of meat from that deer . Never shot anything that big again . 

[moog5050]

Boone and Crockett doe.  Lol

[fasteddie]

7 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Boone and Crockett doe.  Lol

I have never shot anything that big again ......  What got me was I almost had to pry the guy out of the chair to come out and look .  I have no idea of the actual weight . 

[coonhunter]

I have a perfect example from this season. I shot two does a day apart. The first one was so big that I had my scope turned way up just to make sure it wasn't a buck that had shed already. She dressed out at 162. The next day I shot a normal doe and she dressed at 105. The big doe is the biggest one I have shot in years and maybe ever.

[CharlieNY]

My son shot this really big doe on the last day of early archery season. I drove my ATV up to her to get her out and avoid a cardiac.

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[turkeyfeathers]

12 minutes ago, CharlieNY said:

My son shot this really big doe on the last day of early archery season. I drove my ATV up to her to get her out and avoid a cardiac.

valoroutdoors.com

Jeepers   Sure that's not a cow elk ?

[vizslas]

i shot one of them big does one year. Her feet were on the rafters and her head was almost touching the floor. I never weighed a deer but holy crap her head was as big as a mule.. almost. Yup and i did call my buddy to bring a four wheeler to camp , still a struggle to get her out. Shot her in Centerville. She stood right up in front of me with another one as a friend of mine and I were coming up the hillside from the creek bottom. I swung up the muzzle loader and flipped my scope cover open  as all i could see was snow, and to my surprise she was still there. I gave it to her, but before the bullet got there it skipped off of a tree, what luck.one more inch to the right and things would have been very different . I have had to many run ins with small trees. Same hillside and i had a buck come through the woods and boy did that tree take it tough.

[Lawdwaz]

170 is HUGE........I killed one that dressed at 150 about 10+ years ago in Holland NY.

 

[First-light]

I have shot doe (2) 160 and 148. They are big gals for sure!

[New York Hillbilly]

 

Ok I'll try this again! And, there we have it, it worked this time. The doe on the left was one big creature, and dwarfed the one on the right that weighed about 140 pounds. Look at her and then the scale. I have had one about the same, or a little bigger, come off my place since 1991, but they are few and far between. 

oh...and for the record...yes...the snow was all wiped off at the time of weighing...lol

 

 

Edited December 11, 2016 by New York Hillbilly
hard time getting pic uploaded

[JRod 8G8H]

Wow these doe are huge!! 170 is insane... I shot a doe i thought weighed around 140 this year, she only had a few teeth left.. Had a few strained muscles after that drag

[wildcat junkie]

On 12/11/2016 at 9:58 AM, moog5050 said:

I have shot a couple that I thought were big in the 140-150lb dressed range.  My buddy shot one yesterday that was 170lbs dressed per the scale.  That is the biggest doe I ever saw weighed. 

Did you happen to measure the "heart girth"? I shot one that went in the 170s in 2003 and she was 42" around her chest.

[Fletch]

170 is a big mama doe!! I took one behind the house here about 7 years ago or so that was 160s and she was a BIG girl. She was leading a small herd. Bad part is she was obviously the matriarch doe and the deer back here completely changed their usual patterns after that. Tokk me a while to adjust after years of predictable movement.

[turkeyfeathers]

8 minutes ago, wildcat junkie said:

  she was 42" around her chest.

 I dated a girl in high school like that   Everyone called her Triple D for short

[Fletch]

8 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

 I dated a girl in high school like that   Everyone called her Triple D for short

Hey now!

Edited December 15, 2016 by Fletch

[grampy]

Got a big doe last year with crossbow. 154lbs. weighed .  My hunting partner shot a bigger one ten years or so ago that was noticeably bigger! But we never put her on the scale. It was early season and warm so she was cut up right away. But I'd be comfortable saying she weighed close to 170lbs!