Estimated Live Weight

[Benjblt]

I was curious on you'alls opinion. I shot a big blacktail buck that I estimated at around 180 lbs before processing. After processing I weighed out 18 lbs of steaks and 60 lbs of hamburger meat before adding fat. . . so 78 lbs of meat total. I lost very little meat to blood shot. Thoughts on live weight? I'm thinking he may have weighed slightly over 180. What's your opinion.

 

[TripleJ]

It's hard to tell from that picture. 78 lbs of meat is definitely above average for a blacktail. My general rule of thumb over the years has been your meat yield ends up about 1/3 total body weight, but that's more of a random guess than anything.

 

[roosiebull]

Super hard to even guess with one picture and not knowing what your grind looks like (what you are willing to put in the grind pile) sounds like a lot of meat regardless!