Nice Whitetail! In California's "A" zone the coastal Blacktails dress out at 100 to 115 LBS, sometimes even less. I saw one guy with a dressed out buck that weighed in at 59 LBS at a butcher shop that used to be in Finley.
I think he should have let that one grow up. Biggest Blacktail I ever saw (with my dad, biggest he ever saw too) we estimated him at 160 LBS dressed out. Only 70 yards away, he looked every bit the trophy he was with a tall wide 4x4 rack through the binoculars. Unfortunately my dad had talked me into carrying his old Winchester model 94 .24-35 with open sights. (made in 1895 by serial # and octogon rifle barrel). The sun was setting with only 15 minutes of shooting time left and I could not see him at all through the sights. We just let him walk away and watched through binoculars. What If? I usually carried a .30-06 with a 3x to 9x Leupold with the big 50mm lens. Oh well, we still talk about it and that was 20 years ago. Being a good sport has it's rewards, I had no chance to make a kill shot and we reminisce more about that one than the ones I have taken. That rifle is worth a lot of money now.
Anyway, nice buck, I'm glad your friend had the patience and morals to take the right shot. I don't hunt to many places in California, to many dumb hunters that can't hit the broad side of a barn.
Yep, in California folks in the city ask me how come I always use "dressed weight". Simple really, I never tried to weigh a live one!
They are not much fun to deal with. 
. Something just doesn't feel right hunting for deer in 90 degree weather. I don't think the deer like to wonder around much at those temperatures when the sun is up either.
(Ever use one of those)
