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Message: <blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 275913" data-attributes="member: 337">[FONT=&quot]<a href="https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/blogs/dan-schmidt-deer-blog-whitetail-wisdom/deer-pictures-real-slobberknockers" target="_blank">https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/blogs/dan-schmidt-deer-blog-whitetail-wisdom/deer-pictures-real-slobberknockers</a>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. However,  reports indicate the buck was butchered before Canadian authorities could inspect it.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Second place seemingly belongs to a 402-pound Minnesota buck killed by Carl Lenander Jr. in 1926.  Conservation officials estimated the live weight at 511 pounds.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]<a href="https://s22301.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/buck1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://s22301.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/buck1-244x300.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>This giant buck was shot near Gaspe Quebec in Fall 2005. It field-dressed at 260 pounds, making its live weight well near the 300-pound mark.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Third place would go to a Maine buck killed by Horace R. Hinckley in 1955. Hinckley reportedly spent three days searching for a scale large enough to properly weigh his buck. With a Maine Sealer of Weights witness present, the buck officially tipped the scales at 355 pounds, giving it a live weight of 451 pounds. Hinckley’s buck had a 28-inch neck girth and a 56-inch chest girth.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Fourth place goes to a 321-pound buck killed in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in 1938. We don’t know the hunter’s name, but the weight was verified. Fifth place would have to go to a buck killed in New York in 1946. That deer officially weighed 291 pounds dressed.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]These rankings are open for debate. While researching this topic with my friend Keith McCaffery, a retired deer research biologist, we found several mentions of heavier deer. However, none of those weights were verified. Included in that list are a 1907 Wisconsin buck that allegedly weighed 437 pounds dressed, and a 1924 Wisconsin buck that weighed 386 pounds.[/FONT]</blockquote>

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