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Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby tim » Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:14 pm

So I’ve been thinking lately I’m going to start weighing all my deer. I’ve only weighed a couple in all my years and would like to more out of curiosity than anything else. I’ve shot some whoppers over the years and wished I would have known what they weighed. I have no intentions of bringing the buck out to he weighed with guts in so it would be a gutted weight. I recently read an article for a live weight calculation you would multiply gutted weight X 1.26. I know there’s other ways like measuring chest which I know I won’t do so just wondering if that calculation would be in the ballpark or does anyone else know a better calculation???


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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby peteherbst » Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:54 pm

That’s about all I’ve been able to find as well. I haven’t tested it out, but it seems like that’s as close as you can get. Think I actually read 1.25 but that’s close enough. :D
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby stash59 » Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:02 am

I think that's about right. I looked alot of this up a few years back. I think I'm remembering correctly.

Just add 25% of the dressed weight, to the dressed weight. So a buck that weighs 200 lbs dressed. Was about 250 live.
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby tim » Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:50 am

Ok sounds good I wanna keep track but I’m flying solo on most drags in. Bluffs and guts are coming out lol
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby tim » Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:51 am

However I’d love to test the accuracy on a couple to see just how close..... it would depend on the severity of the drag if I’d be willing to do it..... if I do il. Update
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby Lockdown » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:21 am

tim wrote:However I’d love to test the accuracy on a couple to see just how close..... it would depend on the severity of the drag if I’d be willing to do it..... if I do il. Update


Would be easier to bring a rope and scale to him... IF you can get him off the ground yourself.
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby EllieTheChubb » Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:24 pm

I always weigh what goes in the freezer but rarely weigh on the hoof. Old timers always told me 1/3 meat 1/3 bone and hide 1/3 blood and guts.

Never sounded right to me though
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:07 am

Before rut or after usually a big swing.
A September deer vs. November...
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Re: Live weight VS gutted weight

Unread postby bones09 » Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:39 am

I weighed a WI gun kill both ways once. 267lbs all in and 206lbs field dressed.


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