Estimate Deer Weight

Estimate Deer Weight

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Stop guessing your deer's weight. This useful formula will help you determine your deer's estimated live weight, field dressed weight, hanging weight and edible meat weight.

Live Weight

X 78%

Field Dress Weight

X 75%

Hanging Weight

X 75%

Edible Meat Weight

Here is an example of the formula:

100 Lbs. Live Weight

X 78%

78 Lbs. Field Dressed Weight

X 75%

58 Lbs. Hanging Weight

X 75%

43 Lbs. Edible Meat

You can use the following formula to work backwards. If you know the weight of edible meat, you can calculate the hanging weight, field dressed weight, etc.. You can calculate from any weight. If you know the hanging weight, than you could estimate the field dressed weight and the live weight.

Edible Meat Weight

X 1.35

Hanging Weight

X 1.33

Field Dressed Weight

X 1.26

Live Weight

Here is an example of this formula:

25 Lbs. Edible Meat

X 1.35

34 Lbs. Hanging Weight

X 1.33

44 Lbs. Field Dressed Weight

X 1.26

55 Lbs. Live Weight

Here's a table to estimate your deer's live weight. Measure the girth just behind the front legs.

Girth/Inches	Live Weight (in pounds)
24	55
25	61
26	66
27	71
28	77
29	82
30	90
31	98
32	102
33	110
34	118
35	126
36	135
37	146
38	157
39	169
40	182
41	195
42	210
43	228
44	244
45	267
46	290
47	310
48	340

I've included a calculator here for you to calculate
the estimated weights of your deer.

MY CALCULATOR

Field Dressed is body cavity cleaned out (no heart, lungs, intestines, etc..)

Hanging Weight is the field dressed deer minus the head, feet and hide.

Edible Meat Weight will vary depending upon:
How the deer is processed and
How many times the deer was shot and what part(s) of the deer was shot.
For Example, if the whole deer is boned out completely, you will receive approximately 50% to 60% of the Hanging Weight in Edible Meat.

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Last Updated - Tuesday, May 22, 2012 09:39 PM