Perfect example of weight guessing. It was my first deer when I turned 17 and took him with a shotgun at 25 yards when we were running dogs in the swamp. I guess it was the excitement of actually seeing something that made me not realize how small he was. I really don't remember pulling the trigger or walking across the bayou to go get him but after I shot, I called my brother in law and said, "I just shot a big ole doe." Then after going get him and sitting down, I remember muttering, "Jeez this thing is small." Turned out to be 48 pounds and the guy down the line from me said that mine was walking with a 110lb doe he killed. And my brother in law shot a 100lb doe.
I used to say brown its down but now I will take the time to size up a deer. To me, anything that looks 75 and up is fair game. Deer don't get that big where I hunt.
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