DEER WEIGHT TABLE (Use this table to estimate the weight of your deer by taking its chest measurement)
CHEST SIZE (INCHES)	LIVE WEIGHT	FIELD DRESSED WEIGHT
28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46	85 91 97 104 111 119 127 136 145 156 166 178 191 204 218 234 250 267 286	67 72 77 83 90 97 104 112 120 129 139 149 160 172 184 196 212 228 244

By Russell Thornberry 

The North American deer family includes white-tailed, black-tailed and mule deer, elk, caribou, reindeer and moose. The sizes of the members of this big family range from a mere 100-pound Coues whitetail at the small end of the spectrum to the largest of all members of the deer family, the Alaska/Yukon moose, which reaches 1,600 pounds or more.

So, what do all the members of the deer family have in common?

Several things. They all grow antlers that they shed in the late winter. With the exception of caribou and reindeer, only the males grow antlers. Female caribou and reindeer grow small antlers.

All members of the deer family are ruminants, which means they have 4-compartment stomachs and chew their cud like cattle. They all have cloven hooves, which means their hooves are split into two sections. And none of the deer family have upper incisor teeth. That means that they have bottom front teeth but no front teeth on their upper jaws. However, they have molars (jaw teeth) on the upper and lower jaws.

All members of the deer family have hollow hair, which insulates against cold weather. Cows, horses, buffalo and goats, unlike the members of the deer family, have solid hair.

So, a moose might look nothing like a white-tailed deer, but they are cousins with all these things in common.