How much does a white-tailed deer weigh?
63.5 kg140 lbWhich one: adult buck, Pennsylvania average
A white-tailed deer weighs about 63.5 kg (140 lb).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: Pennsylvania Game Commission.
How heavy is that?
- A white-tailed deer weighs about as much as 14 cats.
- A white-tailed deer weighs about as much as 310 smartphones.
- A white-tailed deer weighs about as much as 64,000 paperclips.
- It takes about 7.9 white-tailed deer to balance a horse.
- It takes about 650 white-tailed deer to balance a Boeing 737.
About the same weight
More animals
- Emperor penguin 34 kg
- German Shepherd 35 kg
- Sheep 63.5 kg
- Great Dane 71.4 kg
- Red kangaroo 72 kg
- Orangutan 80 kg
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