Size of a mule deer?
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 75
Size of a mule deer?
Specifically the distant from back-line to brisket, your best guess is fine.
I'm trying this ranging method out at the weekend.
http://www.deerhuntersclub.com/tips/...g-range-shots/
I'm trying this ranging method out at the weekend.
http://www.deerhuntersclub.com/tips/...g-range-shots/
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,085
Geeze... I really don't know... Most mulies that I have seen were about the size of the whitetails I have seen here in NY.. A big buck might dress out 200 lb or so... The EARS are a lot wider, as are the the racks, but the size of the deer's body isn't a whole lot different..
#8
I have always figured 18 for a mature deer, and 15 or so for a year and a half old deer.
Elk - I have never measured, but I think the standard is 24"
36" is just plain huge, lol.
Later,
Marcial
Elk - I have never measured, but I think the standard is 24"
36" is just plain huge, lol.
Later,
Marcial
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 200
Geeze... I really don't know... Most mulies that I have seen were about the size of the whitetails I have seen here in NY.. A big buck might dress out 200 lb or so... The EARS are a lot wider, as are the the racks, but the size of the deer's body isn't a whole lot different..
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,085
Geeze, Mac, you must have some pretty small whitetails there in Colorado..
So.... Where I come from, whitetail bucks average 150 to 200 pounds live weight... So if Colorado whitetails are appx the same size as NY whitetails, according to your estimate, ( mule deer are 1.5 to 2 times bigger) Colorado mule deer bucks would average from 225 to 400 pounds....
Are you sure you're not talking about cow elk..??...
I've only hunted out west 7 or 8 times, but the mule deer I have seen in New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado have been nowhere near that big.. Maybe I've only seen small ones...
So.... Where I come from, whitetail bucks average 150 to 200 pounds live weight... So if Colorado whitetails are appx the same size as NY whitetails, according to your estimate, ( mule deer are 1.5 to 2 times bigger) Colorado mule deer bucks would average from 225 to 400 pounds....
Are you sure you're not talking about cow elk..??...
I've only hunted out west 7 or 8 times, but the mule deer I have seen in New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado have been nowhere near that big.. Maybe I've only seen small ones...
Last edited by Pygmy; 10-24-2010 at 06:25 PM.