Score your deer:  Automated Scoring Spreadsheet

 

 

DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY?

Arrow Kenetic Energy (ft-lbs)
By arrow weight and velocity
	Velocity (fps)
Weight (in grains)	150	165	180	195	210	225	240	255	270	285	300	315	330
300	14.99	18.14	21.59	25.34	29.38	33.73	38.38	43.33	48.57	54.12	59.97	66.11	72.56
310	15.49	18.75	22.31	26.18	30.36	34.86	39.66	44.77	50.19	55.93	61.97	68.32	74.98
320	15.99	19.35	23.03	27.03	31.34	35.98	40.94	46.22	51.81	57.73	63.97	70.52	77.40
330	16.49	19.95	23.75	27.87	32.32	37.11	42.22	47.66	53.43	59.53	65.96	72.73	79.82
340	16.99	20.56	24.47	28.71	33.30	38.23	43.50	49.10	55.05	61.34	67.96	74.93	82.24
350	17.49	21.16	25.19	29.56	34.28	39.35	44.78	50.55	56.67	63.14	69.96	77.13	84.65
360	17.99	21.77	25.91	30.40	35.26	40.48	46.06	51.99	58.29	64.95	71.96	79.34	87.07
370	18.49	22.37	26.63	31.25	36.24	41.60	47.33	53.44	59.91	66.75	73.96	81.54	89.49
380	18.99	22.98	27.35	32.09	37.22	42.73	48.61	54.88	61.53	68.55	75.96	83.75	91.91
390	19.49	23.58	28.07	32.94	38.20	43.85	49.89	56.32	63.15	70.36	77.96	85.95	94.33
400	19.99	24.19	28.78	33.78	39.18	44.98	51.17	57.77	64.77	72.16	79.96	88.15	96.75
410	20.49	24.79	29.50	34.63	40.16	46.10	52.45	59.21	66.38	73.97	81.96	90.36	99.17
420	20.99	25.40	30.22	35.47	41.14	47.22	53.73	60.66	68.00	75.77	83.96	92.56	101.59
430	21.49	26.00	30.94	36.32	42.12	48.35	55.01	62.10	69.62	77.57	85.95	94.76	104.00
440	21.99	26.61	31.66	37.16	43.10	49.47	56.29	63.55	71.24	79.38	87.95	96.97	106.42
450	22.49	27.21	32.38	38.00	44.08	50.60	57.57	64.99	72.86	81.18	89.95	99.17	108.84
460	22.99	27.82	33.10	38.85	45.06	51.72	58.85	66.43	74.48	82.99	91.95	101.38	111.26
470	23.49	28.42	33.82	39.69	46.04	52.85	60.13	67.88	76.10	84.79	93.95	103.58	113.68
480	23.99	29.02	34.54	40.54	47.01	53.97	61.41	69.32	77.72	86.59	95.95	105.78	116.10
490	24.49	29.63	35.26	41.38	47.99	55.10	62.69	70.77	79.34	88.40	97.95	107.99	118.52
500	24.99	30.23	35.98	42.23	48.97	56.22	63.97	72.21	80.96	90.20	99.95	110.19	120.94
510	25.49	30.84	36.70	43.07	49.95	57.34	65.25	73.66	82.58	92.01	101.95	112.40	123.35
520	25.99	31.44	37.42	43.92	50.93	58.47	66.52	75.10	84.20	93.81	103.94	114.60	125.77
530	26.49	32.05	38.14	44.76	51.91	59.59	67.80	76.54	85.81	95.61	105.94	116.80	128.19
540	26.99	32.65	38.86	45.61	52.89	60.72	69.08	77.99	87.43	97.42	107.94	119.01	130.61
550	27.49	33.26	39.58	46.45	53.87	61.84	70.36	79.43	89.05	99.22	109.94	121.21	133.03
560	27.99	33.86	40.30	47.29	54.85	62.97	71.64	80.88	90.67	101.03	111.94	123.41	135.45
570	28.48	34.47	41.02	48.14	55.83	64.09	72.92	82.32	92.29	102.83	113.94	125.62	137.87
580	28.98	35.07	41.74	48.98	56.81	65.22	74.20	83.77	93.91	104.63	115.94	127.82	140.29
590	29.48	35.68	42.46	49.83	57.79	66.34	75.48	85.21	95.53	106.44	117.94	130.03	142.70
600	29.98	36.28	43.18	50.67	58.77	67.46	76.76	86.65	97.15	108.24	119.94	132.23	145.12
Amount of energy needed to hunt
Small Game	20-30 ft-lbs
Deer	at least 40 ft-lbs
Bear	at least 50 ft-lbs
Elk & Carribou	50 ft-lbs or more										By:  Casey Thomas

 

 

 

How To Skin A Deer With A Truck

Cut around the legs, neck and slightly down the back...

Tie off using a tennis ball, rock, or the like...

Tie off head to stump and skin to truck hitch...

DRIVE!

Done.

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How To Skin A Deer With A Truck

 

Animated Anatomy

 

AGING WHITETAIL DEER

Henry Chidgey, founder of Wildlife Analytical Laboratories provided a lecture/seminar on aging whitetail Saturday morning, 12 January 2008, during the recent Archery Trade Association (ATA) in Indianapolis. I attended the seminar and consider the information valuable; perhaps you will too. Mr. Chidgey’s presentation was equally divided between field judging and tooth examination. What follows here is a thumbnail sketch of the hour and a half instruction on aging whitetail deer (specifically whitetail bucks).

Field Judging is not an exact science, but here are some simple guidelines:

Body that looks like a doe, but has antlers.

3 ½ years:

                        Large chest and shoulder area, but the rump, waist and hips are smaller than the front.

  4 ½ years:

Heaver in both front and hindquarters, but the neck still doesn’t flow smoothly into the bottom of the brisket or chest.

Starting to behave and look like a bull of the woods.

Lack of sway or droop in the back and belly.

5 ½ years:

Heavy front and hindquarters (front legs look “short”)

Usually has an attitude

Neck seems to be attached to the bottom of the brisket

Testicles begin to “hang”.

Beginning to sway slightly in the back and belly.

6 ½ years:

More pronounced sway in the back and belly.

Testicles obviously “hang” and are visible from the rear and sides.

7 ½ years and older:

Skin begins to hang loosely

Body is more lean

 

Tooth examination divides into two categories – eruption/wear and cementum annuli (microscopic “growth rings”).  Tooth eruption may be used to age deer nearly 100 percent up to 3 ½ years of age.  Tooth wear beyond 3 ½ years of age is only 42.9 % accurate as judged by experts in the field.  Cementum annuli is 85.1% accurate as judged by a qualified laboratory (e.g. www.deerage.com).

 

            Tooth eruption is an examination of the teeth in the lower as they come in.  Each tooth is made up of either two or three cusps (column like projections).  A 6 month fawn will only have four or five teeth in one side of the lower jaw.  Deer 18 months or older will have 6 teeth; P1, P2 and P3 from front to middle and M3, M2 and M1 from rear to middle.  A deer 18 months old will have three cusps on the P3 tooth (milk or baby tooth).  A deer 2 ½ or older will have two cusps on P3 and there will be virtually no wear (all sharp serrations).  A deer 3 ½ or older will have some visible wear.

 

           

Cementum annuli is accomplished in a laboratory.  Each year a whitetail or any other mammal has a tooth in it’s jaw there is a layer of cementum deposited around the root of the tooth underneath the gum line.  The front two bottom teeth (incisors) are removed with a pocket knife and sent to a laboratory for slicing, setting in epoxy and reading under a microscope.  Wildlife Analytical Laboratories has the cost down to $15 for anyone interested in certifying the age of their buck.

 

 

 

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