I hunted Marengo County for years. A good representative buck for the area I hunted was a 100-105", 160 pound buck.
Now I hunt Jackson County. I'd say the representative buck for that area is a 115-120" 180 pound buck. I'm talking live weights in both cases. I've killed a bunch of deer but I've never killed one that weighed 200 pounds live. But, I actually weigh my deer. I've seen some from Jackson that weighed 220+. My largest weighed 192 live weight.
I was at a store (Hollytree) in Jackson County with a buck in the back of my truck that weighed 166 live weight. When I came out of the store there was a group of guys gathered around checking my deer out. They asked what he weighed. They were all guessing 210-240 pounds. People seem to have a hard time estimating weights. Just my opinion... I have one on everything.
I would agree. We've killed 3 over 200 lbs, live weight in Jackson Co. But we've killed a lot more that were 170-190 range.
Biggest misconception IMO is that if it doesn't weigh 200 and if doesn't have at least 120" it has to be no older than 3.5. This kind of thinking really skews what a lot of people think is the "average" mature buck on their property. I was guilty of this for several years until I started watching 3 year olds go to 4, go to 5 and they are still 110" and 180 lbs. I quickly learned that even in some of the best areas of Alabama the "average mature buck" isn't going to score 125-130 like some people would like to think.
