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

I have killed plenty in Dallas county. Only put 2 of em on the scales. One was 209 and the other was 217. My father has killed two of em that we wish we had put on the scales. They had to be over 250lbs. One was so heavy and fat we put the 4wheeler in a ditch and rolled him onto the front of it.....then he flipped the four wheeler over. That deer didnt have 100" of antler either. Another deer killed off of the same property in orrville scored 137 and weighed 176.

I have only killed 2 deer over 200 and both were in Illinois. The bucks I've taken here were all under 200 had 1 that was 190 ish

I killed a big mature 10 pt. in North Madison County in 2005 that weighed 329 lbs. on the hoof and field dressed 263 lbs. The meat was so dark colored it was almost black. We've killed several over the years around the ag fields that would tip the scales at over 200 lbs.

Pretty common where we hunt in Dallas Co around all of the ag fields that are still planted in the area.

We had a 205, 227 killed last year. A 205, 218 killed so far this year. Three years ago there was a hoss 260lb 8pt killed in a 460 acre bean, peanut and milo ag area.

I think I have only seen one 200 lb deer killed by someone else on a club in Wilcox Co. in the 90s. Big 9 point. Really big. His rack was nice but his body made the rack look kind of smallish.

I've killed two 120"+ bucks that went 175 and 185 in Eastern Jefferson and Western St. Clair Co.

Most of mine were on public land with no access to ag crops but the two big 8 points were on family land where they had corn except for deer season.

We talking live weight dogs.

Bux,

I started hunting Pelham, in 77. Never hunted with my cousin who was my senior by 5 years. I was impressed with his kills from Pelham. He hunted the early years when the herd was expanding. That's when the deer were big bodied. He must of caught the tail end of the good hunting. First decent kill on 15 OCT 79 was a 105 pound bow kill. Killed a 129 pound 8 point on 15 JAN 83, 12 gauge, 1100 unrifled barrel. My brother killed his biggest on Pelham on 9 JAN 83. Pelham was a good traditional management type area. Brothers deer weighed 132 I think. Last hunt there was 85.

I'm approaching 200 deer over 30+ years of deer hunting. I've only killed 3 deer that went over 200lbs. First was in Elmore county on the river at Coosada in the 1990's that weighed 175 field dressed at Taylor's processing in Montgomery. 2nd was in Lowndes county in 2008 and was the first buck I killed on my own land. He weighed 205 at Taylor's on the hoof. The 3rd one was the buck I killed this year on opening day. He weighed 210 on scales at the club.

I don't know the ages but they were mature deer I guess at least 4 years old. The first 2 had screwed up racks. The Elmore county buck had both sides of the racks broken off in velvet and both sides looked like upturned tree stumps only 4 inches high. The 1st Lowndes buck had a beautiful 4 point rack on one side but the other side had also been broken off in velvet and grew back all messed up. The buck I shot this year may go on a plaque but none were shoulder mount worthy.

Dr. B

I did not get a actual weight on this deer as he was more that the 175 lbs that my scale goes to, but I can guarantee that he was well over 200 live. I'm 6'2 280 lbs for a reference. He was the biggest deer I've ever killed. His nose is touching the ground.

I have been on a club in Butler county for 25 years. Every deer is weighed. We have killed maybe 10 out of over 500 killed in that time.
We have more deer now than ever and while the average antler size is bigger the body sizes are smaller than they were 20 years ago.

I'd love to see a pic of that.

Dr. B

The biggest I've got was 195 in the rut he was ran down. We have had two taken off of my lease at 205 and 200. Down around my house my grandpa has killed a big eight that weighted 235 and my dad shot a big eight at 205. I know I would like to break the 200 lb mark and I've got two on camera that will probably do it.

All of those deer are from the same private land in north AL. Bucks on Bankhead range from 145-220 lbs. I'd have to pull up the deer data to get averages.

I killed a buck Tuesday of this week that weighed 196lbs. He was 4-5 years old. They're out there for sure.

I have the chart the state put out a few years back, if anyone wants it, i don't know how to post it. Send me a pm with your email address on it and i'll email it and you can post it.

I shot a 3.5 y.o. 7pt Sat that weighed 190lbs, which really surprised me. I've only taken 2 buck in nearly 20 years of "serious" deer hunting in AL that have weighed over 200 lbs. I shot a 9 y.o. 9pt that I did not weigh, but estimate he weighed about 160-170 lbs; I call him PawPaw.

200lb bucks aren't uncommon in ag areas. I know peanuts puts some weight on them.

Yep, one of mine fed on a failed peanut field in '01. I've got a pic somewhere of the fat on this deer; incredible.

Ive shot a number of bucks over 200 pounds here in bama.That big nine pointer I just shot this year weighed 216 pounds at the processors.

I killed one that was 215 lbs up in mentone...but I did kill a 4/5 year old buck near jasper that weighed 150...fully mature too and the second biggest weight buck the entire year at the club of 100 people