Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum 200 Pound Bucks in Alabama

I hear it a lot from my friends and see it a lot on here also that every "mature buck" weighs atleast 200lbs. How many people don't actually put their bucks on scales and just say he weighed over 200 cause that's what big bucks are supposed to weigh, or that's what they heard a tv hunter say. Or want to make the buck sound bigger and older than he really is, but every by racked buck killed in bama doesn't weigh 200 lbs. I know I know hunters/fisherman tell stories, but a 200 lb deer on the hoof is huge. How many of you have killed a 200+ lb buck in bama? I'm sure more from northern part of the state than south.

I killed a buck a few years ago that weighed 200lbs. He was 4-5 years old. I have seen a few others but not many.

I've killed two.... One in 2006 in Sumter County..217#... And one this year... Pickens County..205#... I put every deer on the scale....regardless of size....

I killed a 7 pt this year that was at least 5.5 and weighed in at 226 on the scales

Our club weighs every single deer killed on properly calibrated scales and has done this for 20+ yrs. Every year,we get anywhere from 1 to a handful of bucks that hit the 200lb mark. 1st 2 bucks killed this yr at our place we're 210 and 220; haven't seen another one over 200 since. My wife's 1st deer/buck off this same property was 245. Heaviest deer killed here in 24 years

Every mature buck in AL will not weigh 200 lb in fact most will not weigh 200lb especially depending on what part of season it is killed in. I would guess after the rut it would be extremely rare to kill one that goes over 200lb. At least in the part of the state where I hunt.

I have killed a good many here in SW Bama.
They are not that rare.

However, I will agree that most 200 lbers were not put on scales.....just estimated. It does take a big, long deer to weigh 200+.

I've killed many in central Alabama. Hunting around soybeans, peanuts, and the blackbelt helps. The largest body I ever killed WEIGHED on certified scales was 205lbs. AFTER field dressed. People don't realize deer bodies are like humans. Some tall, some short. Some longer from nose to tail. Some thicker from bottom of chest to top of back. Wider across the back. You have to get a long, tall, thick, and wide deer to get an exceptional body weight. 3 out 4 will still get you a BIG deer. On the really noticeable trait to me on the exceptional body deer is the nose to tail length...or it appears that way to me.

The deer I killed 12/6/15 was weighed at 235 lbs by Mr Sowell at Indian Creek Processor. Was the biggest deer I had ever seen, and I got 98 lbs of meat out of it, which pretty closely correlates with every ratio I've seen.

This is our groups 7th season in Alabama. 3 seasons in Butler co. and 4 seasons in Monroe co. We have killed a good many good bucks and only had 2 go over 200#. Both were in Butler co. One was an old buck that had a big 5pt antler on one side and just a stob on the other. 206# on hoof. The other I killed and was a 5 yr old 9pt that weighed 212. We had a couple bucks just barely break the 180 mark here in Monroe co. Most average about 165#.

I've killed several bucks over 200 lbs. We have weighed every buck we have killed since 1998 on our place, and our average weight on 4+ yr old bucks is 187 lbs. Most will weigh between 180 and 210. This year the three that have been killed were 241, 206, and 154. The 154 was a 4 or 5 yr old. He was just short. Very small mature buck. 200 lb mature bucks are not that uncommon anymore.

I've killed a 215, 212, 212, 210, 208, 206, 204, and 200 looking back through data. And quite a few more hovering just under that in the 190-198 range. All the deer that weighed that much were long and thick framed.

I have killed 4 bucks that weighed over 200lbs in AL.

207lb 5 point - chiton county

201lb 7 point - Shelby county

204lb 7 point - Shelby county

212lb 8 point - Barbour county

Killed 2 at 200lb. The largest to come off of out farm went 242

I killed one this season in Monroe county that went 197lbs. He was a 4.5 year old ten point.

I also killed a real nice ten point couple years ago in the same place, 6.5 years old that only went 165lbs on the scale, but he was shot the last day of the season and was chasing hard.

Killed a 4.5 year old in Madison County last season in November. 195lbs live weight on the scale. It was hell to load in my truck by myself.

I've only killed one over 200. Shot him last year on our farm. He was 218lbs in the middle of January. On our land, it appears most bucks we have that are 4+ age are 200lbs or close to it. We also feed and plant all year.

I have killed 5 that I know for sure were over 200 lbs. I killed an 8 pt that was 215 and a 9 pt that was 211 with my bow in the same season. Also killed a 210 lb 3 pt with my bow. My second deer ever was a 206 lb 9 pt I killed on a dog drive when I was about 10 years old. I killed an 8pt with my slug gun that was 201lbs.I dont know how much my Illinois buck weighed but he was bigger than anyrhing Ive killed in bama. Ive killed a bunch that looked like they were 200lbs but they were short bodied deer. It takes a long thick deer to break the 200lb mark.
The biggest Ive seen was a 9pt that was 260 lbs. We loaded it in my rhino and my hands were bleeding from where the burrs on his bases cut into my hands.

Im pretty good at judging their weight.The one my niece killed the other day I guessed at 180 everybody else said 190-200+ he weighed 178.The 9 point I killed earlier this year I'm guessing weighed around the same but slap forgot to weigh him.I've killed one that weighed 201 on the scales and after fighting dragging him out and loading him up by myself I figured he woulda went Atleast 450lbs!

I hunt on a military base, and most of the 4-6 year old deer we kill will field dress 120# to 140#. Don't know what that equates to in "live weight". Seriously, we'll kill deer with 140" racks, big Roman noses and gray muzzles, globs of fat inside the cavity, and yet they'll only weigh 130lbs field dressed. I killed one on this place two years ago that field dressed 170, and that's about the biggest one I've ever seen. I killed another one on a neighboring property (nothing but a fence separates this land from the military land) in the early 90's that was 177lbs dressed on digital scales.

Killed two on Cheaha Mountain in the early 90's that were 200lbs field dressed, but that was on old spring-type scales.

Crap, I killed a 4.5 year old 8pt on Choccolocco WMA a few years ago that only weighed 98lbs dressed. True story. Their biologist weighed him, and there were several witnesses.

Ive killed 2 that I know weighed over 200#, both in chambers co, both fun to drag out, neither had impressive horns.