Largest bodied black tail you’ve seen?

[Azone]

@Moose10
I killed a buck in the Liggett area last weekend and he dressed out at 115. The largest bodied buck I killed down there years back was 132 dressed if memory serves me right. Did you weigh any of your deer?

 

[Moose10]

@Moose10
I killed a buck in the Liggett area last weekend and he dressed out at 115. The largest bodied buck I killed down there years back was 132 dressed if memory serves me right. Did you weigh any of your deer?

I’ve weighed a few. The only one I remember was last year. It was 95 lbs dressed but that’s the smallest bodied deer I’ve shot. I would guess most are between 110-120 lbs

 

[Sundance]

Washington state, regressed 2pt, Olympic Peninsula (friend's buck). Recovered and brought out whole, hanging at #200 on the button. Only buck I've seen scaled whole weight, I know that a handful I've taken were as big, at least two I'd say were a little bigger bodied. I usually only weigh deboned meat which I estimate at 30% of total body weight. Most mature peninsula bucks cut at 70-75 lbs. but I've had a few hit the #80 mark. That's no bone or fat added, just raw meat before processing into burger or getting put in vacuum bags.

 

[Sundance]

These two I'd put around the #200 mark for live weight, they both cut above #75 meat. I've gotten quite a bit of meat off those salamander necks.

 

[H_histrionicus]

Western Oregon. Clackamas river drainage. Hunted the area my whole life. All the deer have solid black tails. Older bucks primarily have compact heavy racks. They’re a bench on paper I guess but we’ve always called them blacktail. To me they look like blacktail.
This one was 144 hanging a few years ago. Total of two halves, skinned, cut off at the knees. Aged at 6.5 by the DFW.
Got one 20 years ago that was right at 150 hanging. Same conditions.

 

[landis07]

These two I'd put around the #200 mark for live weight, they both cut above #75 meat. I've gotten quite a bit of meat off those salamander necks.

That 6x blacktail is a absolute stud and nothing prettier


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[Or.hunter]

I killed this old buck this year on the west side of Oregon. In my top 2 of biggest bodied blacktails I’ve killed.

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[Oregon]

My largest body blacktails have been Sitkas. I would of never guessed that they would be substantially bigger than any Columbian blacktail I have ever seen. I've shot Columbians in Wa, Or and Ca.
Kodiak brutes.

 

[Oregonmuley]

Western Oregon. Clackamas river drainage. Hunted the area my whole life. All the deer have solid black tails. Older bucks primarily have compact heavy racks. They’re a bench on paper I guess but we’ve always called them blacktail. To me they look like blacktail.
This one was 144 hanging a few years ago. Total of two halves, skinned, cut off at the knees. Aged at 6.5 by the DFW.
Got one 20 years ago that was right at 150 hanging. Same conditions.
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Thats also my back yard I've been hunting up there a long time, used to see some really huge bodied bucks up there. Will be interesting to see how things are now after the fires we had in there a couple years ago.

This is from up there from 4 years ago, one of the bigger bucks I've seen no idea on weight but he was a brute.

 

[marksman1941]

Based on antlers I'm guessing this thing was a benchleg (muley hybrid) but location wise it should have been purebred blacktail. Shot this just outside of Shady Cove, in Southern Oregon. My uncle guessed he was 220-230# on the hoof. We didn't weigh him initially (should have) but he hung for a week in the garage and weighed 119# at the end of that, with no legs, fur, head, and whatever moisture loss occured in that week. I got over 80# of meat from him.

 

[roosiebull]

This is the biggest bodied buck I’ve killed, and this little pocket has some crazy genetics, probably the top 5 heaviest bucks I have seen came from this little zone, and a couple of those were 4yr olds… they seem a legit 25-30% bigger bodied in this relatively small area than anywhere I have been

This was a cool buck all around, giant bodied and 22” wide, which is not normal in my haunts

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Trophy size.

 

[roosiebull]

Based on antlers I'm guessing this thing was a benchleg (muley hybrid) but location wise it should have been purebred blacktail. Shot this just outside of Shady Cove, in Southern Oregon. My uncle guessed he was 220-230# on the hoof. We didn't weigh him initially (should have) but he hung for a week in the garage and weighed 119# at the end of that, with no legs, fur, head, and whatever moisture loss occured in that week. I got over 80# of meat from him.

He’s awesome whatever he is, haha

 

[washingtonalpine]

This regressed buck I took in 2018 is the largest bodied deer I have ever seen. I've taken a few bucks off this mountain and they are the largest bodies of any deer I've found. They are miles from the truck so no way to get a live weight, however I did use a 'tape weight' formula to estimate this bucks weight. The 'tape weight' on this buck was 338 ibs, safe to say I consider it a legitimate 300 pounder. It had a 54.5" girth just behind the armpit. I used packgoats to get this one out, the largest goat I had at the time was 275 and this buck absolutely dwarfed him. It is west of the B&C boundary and a good 50 miles west of the nearest known area for crosses here in WA, so no mule deer genes in this one.

 

[Quicksilver]

This regressed buck I took in 2018 is the largest bodied deer I have ever seen. I've taken a few bucks off this mountain and they are the largest bodies of any deer I've found. They are miles from the truck so no way to get a live weight, however I did use a 'tape weight' formula to estimate this bucks weight. The 'tape weight' on this buck was 338 ibs, safe to say I consider it a legitimate 300 pounder. It had a 54.5" girth just behind the armpit. I used packgoats to get this one out, the largest goat I had at the time was 275 and this buck absolutely dwarfed him. It is west of the B&C boundary and a good 50 miles west of the nearest known area for crosses here in WA, so no mule deer genes in this one.

Still one of my favorite kills of yours, I always tell Shayne I think it was cross bred with an elk I think a couple deer you’ve taken have been crossed with elk.

 

[wnelson14]

That would be a mule deer.

All the old timers I’m around which gives zero scientific data say west of Hwy 5 is black tail, east are Mule deer or hybrid.

 

[washingtonalpine]

Still one of my favorite kills of yours, I always tell Shayne I think it was cross bred with an elk I think a couple deer you’ve taken have been crossed with elk.

Must be the feed or something. They are kind of hard to judge when the body is so big too. I took a friend to a spot last year and he stayed in there a few days and killed one that was prob 250ish but so short and fat it was ridiculous. Had enough fat on it to rival a healthy fall bear.

 

[roosiebull]

Here’s a chunk

 

[TripleJ]

This regressed buck I took in 2018 is the largest bodied deer I have ever seen. I've taken a few bucks off this mountain and they are the largest bodies of any deer I've found. They are miles from the truck so no way to get a live weight, however I did use a 'tape weight' formula to estimate this bucks weight. The 'tape weight' on this buck was 338 ibs, safe to say I consider it a legitimate 300 pounder. It had a 54.5" girth just behind the armpit. I used packgoats to get this one out, the largest goat I had at the time was 275 and this buck absolutely dwarfed him. It is west of the B&C boundary and a good 50 miles west of the nearest known area for crosses here in WA, so no mule deer genes in this one.

Awesome buck man!!!

 

[Rogue Bay]

Here’s a chunk

He looks like he has some Hereford genes!