Can y’all tell me what this is? Sika, young red stag or ???

I would guess Sika

I know a lot of stuff, but I have no idea. Some kind of Sika-Red Deer- Elk cross.

The crowns indicate young red deer or red deer/sika cross.

I was going to say Red Deer

Dybowski Sika

Young Red Deer 100%

Looks like a red deer to me too.

Sika

Red.

Looks like a red

I'd say sika. I shot this red deer stag cull in Scotland back in October, you can see the difference in the shape of the head and snout.

My daughter was on a youth hunt several years back where they were allowed to shoot a sika but not a red deer. A young red stag stepped out in front of a kid and his dad and they were sure it was a sika. Ranch manager said they should’ve known by its size. Glad it wasn’t us as I’d have made the same mistake.

Red Stag. Young-ish and/or lesser genetics.

Mature Dybowski Sika on my place for reference




Him next to a 3yr old Fallow Buck