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The Jeanette Reim buck. Tied for No. 10: Two Alberta whitetails are recorded as top-10 finishers. The first was taken by Jeanette Reim during the 2010 hunting season, and the other by Kelly Fausak in 2015. Each of these Alberta bucks tipped the scale at 400 pounds live weight and 320 pounds dressed.
It's the stuff of urban legend (or, really, rural): A Facebook post in 2009 boasted of a 430-pound whitetail deer supposedly harvested in Hartford, Michigan. Rumors and controversy have swirled ever since, now for more than a decade.
The 400-Pound "Michigan" Buck. If I had a dollar for every time I've seen this photo on the internet, I wouldn't have to write for a living. The one photo of this monster buck absolutely set the internet ablaze in 2009. The deer was attached to many different places like Canada, New York and Maine.
From what we can gather, the heaviest whitetail ever shot was killed by a bow-hunter, John Annett of Ontario, in 1977. The deer field dressed 431 pounds on government-certified scales. That would have given it an estimated live weight of more than 540 pounds.
What follows are some of the most impressive examples of big-bodied deer. 1. The Moore Buck The Moore Buck was officially weighed at 300 pounds. Brendan Moore. Nationwide, there is an elite informal group called the 200 Club. Admission requires that you harvest a deer scoring at least 200 inches.
But there are reports of 2 deer that supposedly field dressed at 402lbs. That according to a book that I read by Leonard Lee Rue III would put a deer to weigh 511lbs on the hoof. I seen a picture from a guy that killed a buck from Iowa by the name of Dean Coffman that weighed 440lbs live weight.
The top 10 heaviest bucks with proof are as follows: #10/9 - Tie. The Jeanette Reim Buck and the Kelly Fausak Buck, both from Alberta, Canada weighing in at 400lbs live/320 dressed. #8/7 - Tie.The Doug Willard Buck from Saskatchewan weighing in at 407lbs live/327 dressed. And the Josh Ray Buck from Ohio.
Deer are amazing creatures. They can run at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour and leap over an 8-foot-tall fence. Adult female white-tailed deer weigh about 145 pounds, males 170. The heaviest whitetail ever recorded in the United States was a 500-pound Minnesota buck.
Here are average doe weights for some major deer species: Whitetail deer – 90-200 lbs; Mule deer – 110-170 lbs; Elk – 425-525 lbs; Caribou – 275-375 lbs; Moose – 600-1,100 lbs; Does’ reach their peak weight in the autumn before winter.
Michigan Whitetail Deer Hunting. 400 lb Buck. Jump to Latest. 46K views 25 replies 19 participants last post by shoelessjoe Dec 6, 2013. U. upbuck Discussion starter. 177 posts · Joined 2009. #1 · Jan 23, 2010 (Edited) Got this e-mail today the way I usual get the photo shops I get. Is this even real sure doesnt look like it.