How Much Meat On That Deer?

[TenPoint]

I'd rather roll the dice with wild vs the shit they pump em full of in CAFOs

You mean food?

 

[Brian662]

I butcher all of my own and I don't know if I've ever gotten 45+ lbs off a deer. I normally don't include the backstraps and inner loins in that weight though.

Only thing I leave on the deer from time to time is the meat between the ribs, which normally doesn't amount to much and I've never cared for it.

 

[TenPoint]

I butcher all of my own and I don't know if I've ever gotten 45+ lbs off a deer. I normally don't include the backstraps and inner loins in that weight though.

Only thing I leave on the deer from time to time is the meat between the ribs, which normally doesn't amount to much and I've never cared for it.

Most I've got is 70 lbs. That included backstrap/tenderloins, which isn't a ton. Couple others were 60+ lbs. These were all older bucks.

 

[AtomApple]

Are you sure that deer is 2.5?

He must live in MN, WI, or MI.
you guys in Iowa, IL, KA,MO, IN,KY, you don’t realize how lucky you are in regards to antler size.

 

[Angus 1895]

I always figure 0 .65 carcass to live weight.

0.50 meat to carcass.

So 130•.65 = 84.5

84.5 • .5 = 42.5

 

[bjseiler]

I took my doe to a place that constantly has trucks lined up. I could not guess how many deer they do a year but it is a lot. Doe was 107 (field dressed obviously) on their scale and they immediately estimated 43 lbs of meat. I guess they are going with .4 basically. High volume I doubt they are working too hard to get every scrap.