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> Mean white-tailed deer weight in table 3 here is circa 50 kilos for females and circa 60 kilos for males: > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26067429
by nkurz 5y ago
> Mean white-tailed deer weight in table 3 here is circa 50 kilos for females and circa 60 kilos for males:
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260674293_The_Kinzua_Quality_Deer_Cooperative_Can_adaptive_management_and_local_stakeholder_engagement_sustain_reduced_impact_of_ungulate_browsers_in_forest_systems https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260674293_The_Kinzu...
You're not wrong, but since it's not really made explicit in the paper, I'll mention that since they are measuring these weights at the check-in stations, these are almost certainly the "field dressed weights". After killing a deer, the hunter usually removes the internal organs from the chest cavity before moving the deer. The actual live weight of the deer is will be about 1/3 higher. A 55 kg (120 lb) deer at the check in station will thus actually weigh closer to 70 kg (150 lb) when live: https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailedDeer/Pages/DeerWeightChart.aspx https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailed....
- wpietri 5y agoThanks for the correction. I assumed this was full body weight because of the inclusion of fauns. I never was a deer hunter but grew up around them and I had no idea some people shoot fauns! Maybe it wasn't legal where I was at the time? Or maybe it just wasn't done? But now that I look further I see otherwise.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoI think you mean fawns, not fauns.