For hogs, almost everything is used — bacon, hocks, etc. A deer has long legs with little meat on them, whereas steers have the same bone structure but with more meat. Hunters can learn more about their deer and how much venison it will yield by first obtaining an accurate field-dressed weight. Obviously, a deer suffering bullet — or to a lesser extent, arrow — damage to its back, hams, shoulders or neck will yield substantially less venison.
The equation does not account for meat that must be removed after being ruined by stomach contents or overexposure to warm weather. Mature white-tailed deer can be heavy, but much of their weight is distributed in non-meat areas.
Here are some examples of how weight is distributed in Northern deer. Using this guide as an example, a pound buck would have Using the above equation, we estimate its carcass will weigh pounds, and it will ideally yield As you can tell, the realistic yield is very conservative.
Combined, both of those deer should have realistically yielded The very best scenario would have brought the number in at pounds. Thankfully, the shots and field dressing efforts were nearly perfect. I had both deer processed by a friend who happens to be a professional butcher , and although we did not separate the two deer, we did weigh all of the boneless venison after it was wrapped and frozen.
In most cases, hunters will likely see little difference in meat yields between the deer they shoot. A hunter can obtain a ball-park estimate of his deer's live weight by multiplying its field-dressed weight by 1.
This number came about after comparing it with several chest-girth charts. Granted, this estimate won't pass muster with biologists, but it should be good enough for deer-camp comparisons. For example, a yearling buck with a field-dressed weight of pounds will have an estimated live weight of pounds. By misjudging field-dressed weights of whitetails, hunters often have unrealistic expectations of how much venison they should receive from their butcher.
Many aspects combine to determine venison yields. Although a neck-shot mature buck can yield a big amount of steaks, chops, hamburger and stew meat, the amount of meat seems minuscule when compared to the meat yield of domestic animals. All animals are built a little different. For hogs, almost everything is used - bacon, hocks, etc. A deer has long legs with little meat on them, whereas steers have the same bone structure but with more meat.
It's the muscle and fat that make them different. Although it would be convenient to say a deer's meat yield is equal to 50 percent of its field-dressed weight, it wouldn't be totally accurate. A buck's condition plays a large role in how much boneless venison it will yield.
Hunters can learn more about their deer and how much venison it will yield by first obtaining an accurate field-dressed weight. This figure helps determine the deer's carcass weight - the deer's body weight minus its head, hide and innards. From there, it's easy to calculate how much venison is on the carcass. It's important to note that this equation assumes that no part of the deer is lost to waste from tissue damage.
Obviously, a deer suffering bullet - or to a lesser extent, arrow - damage to its back, hams, shoulders or neck will yield substantially less venison. Before you start complaining to your local friendly butcher, you may want to know more about how much venison you can actually get from a mature buck or doe. Not only will I discuss how to compute your venison yield, I will also give useful tips should you want to try processing your deer at home. Not all animals are made equal, and some are just way meatier than others.
While there is no formula to perfectly compute the amount of venison you will get from one buck or doe, it is possible to make accurate estimates, as long as you have the correct data and know how to do the math properly. Just remember to consider wastage as one of the factors why your venison weight might be less than what you expected.
An adult buck would usually weigh an average of pounds while an adult doe would weight about pounds. Note that we are talking about field-dressed weights here. Given the above formulas and the weights, a mature pound buck will have a carcass weight of On the other hand, a pound doe will have a carcass weight of
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