I was hungry

[schreff]

Here ya go Phil. This is right down your alley.


http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Large- ... 22183.html

[Philsuma]

yep....those f'kers get huge. Had em as a pet and caught em recently down in Flamingo.

The real fear...and it's a HUGE fear...is that they start munchin away on the tiny passive little Key West Deers. Those tiny little guys wouldn't stand a chance.

A lot of animals can actually cross those bridges and get from Key to Key.

[Lady Bullseye]

Is that a typo? The adult deer was only 25 pounds?!

[Philsuma]

that's a small size 25lbs....they get well over 50lbs here in Pennsyltucky.

[schreff]

Yea WAY over 50 pounds. There has been buck killed that weighed well over 200 pounds.

[Roadrunner]

I think another article said 75lbs.
Size and weight

The North American male white-tailed deer (also known as a buck or stag) usually weighs 60 to 130 kg (130 to 290 lb) but, in rare cases, bucks in excess of 159 kg (350 lb) have been recorded. In 1926, Carl J. Lenander, Jr. took a white-tailed buck near Tofte, MN, that weighed 183 kg (400 lb) after it was field-dressed (internal organs removed) and was estimated at 232 kg (510 lb) when alive.[4] The female (doe) in North America usually weighs from 40 to 90 kg (88 to 200 lb). White-tailed deer from the tropics as well as from the Florida Keys tend to be smaller-bodied than in temperate populations, averaging 35 to 50 kg (77 to 110 lb), with an occasional adult female as small as 25.5 kg (56 lb)

[schreff]

Either way.... That's a hefty meal.

[EntoCraig]

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