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Elk or red deer or??? #7039585 01/16/18 01:51 AM
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Any guesses? How can you tell the difference?


yep, sure, why not
Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039656 01/16/18 02:54 AM
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With the crowns on top my guess would be red deer

Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039659 01/16/18 02:57 AM
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My guess would be wapiti (American elk)cervus canadensis. Red stag tend to start having multiple points coming off of the spear point (4th point) after a few years of age.



When red stags grow up, they can have some really massive antlers.



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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039669 01/16/18 03:05 AM
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Red deer


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039671 01/16/18 03:07 AM
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2-red deer
1-elk

Who’s next? And I don’t know the answer. Btw.


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039685 01/16/18 03:16 AM
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Elk- Red Deer cross.

Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039687 01/16/18 03:17 AM
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Crowns? Red deer.


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039692 01/16/18 03:18 AM
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I call this elk Basket head so I vote Elk
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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039711 01/16/18 03:33 AM
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Sooooo

3- red
2 - elk
1- Cross breed

With out DNA it’s a guess? I guess....


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039744 01/16/18 04:12 AM
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Red deer!


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039749 01/16/18 04:16 AM
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Roosevelt Elk

Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039771 01/16/18 04:43 AM
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Red deer

Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039863 01/16/18 12:36 PM
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100% Red Deer. Take it to the bank.


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7039915 01/16/18 01:27 PM
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I’d say Red deer but from genetics in Spain or Argentina. The red deer there have that shape, the ones in New Zealand have the mass and huge crowns. Hard to tell I wouldnt be surprised if it was elk, cross or red deer. Really just have to know where the animal came from. I’ve seen crosses with elk bodies and little sika looking racks and I’ve seen sika bodies and huge red deer racks. Cool rack though.

Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7040078 01/16/18 03:37 PM
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I raise Red Deer, and this could very well be an Elk/Red cross as they will definitely do that. But my final guess is a Red Deer who is just lacking true crowns and mass.

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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7040100 01/16/18 03:47 PM
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Could easily be a Rosie or a Tule.


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Gil Fisher] #7040214 01/16/18 04:47 PM
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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7040218 01/16/18 04:49 PM
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No way to know for sure from the picture, but I would lean elk... maybe

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Instincts say Red Deer


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7040339 01/16/18 06:00 PM
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Roosevelt elk tend to crown more then the others, but all types of elk can crown. My guess is that it's a red deer. This looks like a fair to average red deer rack.

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Elk

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Where was it killed?

Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Normanpig] #7041713 01/17/18 04:06 PM
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Definitely a Red Deer


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Re: Elk or red deer or??? [Re: Espy] #7041716 01/17/18 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted By: Espy


I call this elk Basket head so I vote Elk
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With all due respect....that is not an Elk. It is a Red Deer.


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