200 lb field dressed weight
Contributors to this thread:Connecticut
From: Gene
29-Oct-23
Seeing Steve's recent buck tipping the scales at over 190 is an awesome thing. There's something about a deer that size that gets me excited. I've taken 3 in my many years of chasing whitetails that went over 190. Two were just over 200 at 201 and 207. The one at 201 was a bow kill in CT and the one at 207 was a rifle kill in New Brunswick. When I took the buck that went 201, my father had to remind me that he still had the family record with a 227 lb field dressed buck taken many years ago with a rifle in NH. The photo is of my dad (who is now 96) with that NH buck. Again, Congrats to Steve on taking a real trophy! y father
From: Gene
29-Oct-23
Photo is of me and my cousin Frank with a buck he took on Green Mountain in NH that had a dressed weight of 218. We dragged that deer from late morning until after dark to get it off the mountain, down to a road. We thought for sure that we had a winner for the local big buck contest but found out when we checked it in that someone else had just checked in one that went over 230! Frank passed away several years ago. I do miss hunting with him.
From: deerstalker
29-Oct-23
Great memories ! Nice deer
From: steve
29-Oct-23
thanks Gene!! this was my largest. my 10 back in the 80s went 187.
From: Gene
29-Oct-23
From the way back machine - 1990. 201 lb dressed weight taken in Washington CT.
From: Blood
29-Oct-23
Thats awesome. I’ve never had one field dress over 200lbs. Still waiting for that one. Had several that were 185-195lbs. Fun drags for sure!
From: Tail Chaser
29-Oct-23
Awesome pictures gene the one of your father was when men were men unlike today. I got gas this morning and the guy at the counter had black painted nails! We need a serious change.
From: steve
29-Oct-23
Gene lets take it way back 1981 187 lb 10 pt Scored 170 look at how young we looked!!!!!
From: Notme
29-Oct-23
Monsters for sure,congrats!!! Did you guys ever try to guesstimate their age?..
From: steve
29-Oct-23
i just think 4.5 to 6.5 .this years deer where around 4.5 my 170 I seen for 3 years
From: soapdish
29-Oct-23
I shot a 9pt that dressed just over 200....the drag out wasn't far, maybe 500 yards, but I could only go 10 feet then had to stop for a few. It sucked to say the least. I like the 120-140 pound class lol
From: nehunter
29-Oct-23
My biggest/heaviest CT Buck, weighed at Newbury Archery, notme was also there.
#215 and ribcage and hip bones sticking out.
From: Gene
29-Oct-23
nuhunter , lots of weight in that rack !!!
From: Mtman
29-Oct-23
A lot of nice bucks shown fairly rare in Ct this far south much more common up in the big woods of maine if you can find one ??
From: air leak
29-Oct-23
My heaviest buck weighed 202, back in 1983.. North Amity Maine.
30-06 180 grain Remington Core Lokt
From: Blood
29-Oct-23
My biggest. My first. A long time ago. 195lbs field dressed. I would love to shoot one 200lbs or more….I don’t care about the rack size. Just would love one with a huge body.
From: Notme
29-Oct-23
Blood,isn't that battle cry at 2 am closing time?. Lol...NE, ya man the base of them racks is impressive..scary the size of it
From: Tall 1
29-Oct-23
This one was 7 1/2 and was 204 on a spring scale at my fish and game club. Thick boy!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
29-Oct-23
My heaviest is 229.8 lbs. mass archery deer. 146” 8 point. My uncle a couple years ago some may have seen the thread on the mass page shot a 156 3/8” 8 point that dressed 200, and my old man has a 135” 8 on the wall that dressed 225.
From: 2Wild Bill
30-Oct-23
My first big deer. I had to cut him in half to get him back to my truck. I was out of my flip phone range.
From: Big Dog
30-Oct-23
WB, nice deer
From: Toonces
30-Oct-23
Nice Pics. Big bodied deer that look like tanks are very cool, cooler than big racks in my opinion.
From: wilbur
30-Oct-23
Killed this guy Saturday morning. 206 lbs currently #1 for weight in the Halls deer pool. It won't last but still a nice one.
From: SILVERADO
01-Nov-23
My latgest taken last year, dressed out at 217.
From: SILVERADO
01-Nov-23
My latgest taken last year, dressed out at 217.
From: SILVERADO
01-Nov-23
My second biggest dressed 214lb this one was a 2017 gun kill though.
From: Gene
01-Nov-23
Anther big one that I took in 2007 with a rifle in Washington Ct. Dressed out at 193 two days after the kill. He also had a small third antler between the main beams.
