BIG Does - Really?

[superkodiak]

I shot a doe a number of years ago that was at 180 pounds (not with a bow)  I shot her far away, closer to 200 yards and didn't really know how big she was until I started walking up on her.... I thought i shot one of the neighbors horses.  That doe was bigger than many of the bucks I shoot here in western Pa

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Someone once told me there are more 200" bucks than confirmed 150# does killed in IL every year. I tend to agree.

A few weeks ago one of the guys at our achery club told me his buddy shot a 300# field dressed doe. I wanted to ask him if his buddy stalked it in a pasture and called it in by going "mooooooooo".

[2-BIG]

Bob, I have never shot a doe that big but probably within 10-15 pounds of #150. I too have a fascination with big does and the past week or so on my way to work I have been seeing an absolute monster of a doe. I am tempted to ask permission from the landowner to hunt just to get her.  

[Blackhawk7204]

My second deer ever (1978) was a doe from southern Illinois weighed on the deer check station scales at 212# field dressed. They said she was between 6.5 and 7 years old. Funny thing was that was the best tasting deer meat I have ever had.

[Homebru]

One of the few things corn is really good for....'cept for makin' homebrew.
homebru

[Bobby Urban]

Blackhawk - I sure would like to see a piture of that pig.  Keep digging into your archived photo albums folks - lets see some big girls from that past too...

[hickstick]

I remembered reading this thread as I was looking at this pic I got from this past week....don't know if she's 150 #s but she sure it huge....guess the apples acorns and hay are keeping her well fed...

 

[killinstuff]

Deer weight seems to be just like how far the shot was. Keeps getting bigger the more times the story is told.

[oddan]

I killed one in S. Il. that was put on a scale and she was 172#. She was with a buck I shot also and he scored 164 gross. Big does are in Illinois,maybe one out of 50 if that many. These were gun kills at @ 75 yards. Now gettin them big girls close with a bow is a diffrent story. Out Door Dan

[vermonster13]

Marc how do you know that isn't a buck that's dropped his antlers already?

[TimRadke]

This girl was pretty close to 150.  Best shot I've ever made... She was stone dead in 4 seconds!  Unbelievable!

 

[GBTG]

160# Western Wisconsin
I've shot and weighed dozens before her that were 115-125 lbs as mature does.

[hickstick]

david...another shot her head is straight on and no signs of shed antlers.  can't see the body too well so I did't throw that on up on photobucket....

[Morning Star]

Some beasts there guys, nice.

I love shooting old mares. Their sharp noses and big mouths are responsible for saving the lives of many a deer.
The biggest doe I've shot was actually my first kill with a recurve.  One I'll never forget, burned into memory like it was yesterday.
I didn't put her on a scale, but later on I always wished I would have. If I could throw out a guess, she was probably close to 140lbs dressed!

[Wudstix]

Central PA used to produce 100-125# dressed does frequently when I was younger.  Best I've seen in Texas was guesstimated at about 130# dressed, I thought she was a mule deer, but she didn't present a shot.  Smart girl.