ok, what is this?

I get different takes.. Sika.. Stag.. mexican deer...

What do you think it is?

R

One of god's amazing creatures or a morphed alien from years past.

I am disliking you at this moment in time... (lol!)



R

Sorry man couldn't resist with some of the other topics at hand.

lol.. all good bud

Just teasin ya back

R

SO????....what's the answer??

Maybe a Sika? Not sure though

Elk?

elk or red stag doe would be my initial guess. Hard to tell without something included in the picture to get approximate size to compare. I am not familiar with sika though.

Looks like a red deer doe

Looks like something very tasty in any case.

I think red deer. Very curious about the noggin of the one feeding. Looks odd.

Accidental double tap.

Sika or Sika/Red deer cross, the tails too short to be a Fallow, so the black bar down the tail indicates Sika. Many Sika have a dark patch, over the top of the white rump, which makes me consider a cross. Except tor the absence of the dark patch it matches all the identification markers for a Sika.

Red Deer or Stag

perre David deer. Spelling is wrong I am sure.

Mexican deer.

Clear as mud! thanks fellas!

lol.. I know, same boat I am in.. not quite enough info to tell. Looks like it is a Red Stag... but I know I have Sika out there also...so.. no freaking telling which it is.

When you also see these.. you think Sika.. but, not sure they are the same deer(s)?

One of them snorted in spanish.... I swear...

lol....

it was something someone said once.. made no sense to me.. :P

R

Red Deer by color and size. To big of a body to be Sika, might be a bit of a cross in them somewhere.

Quite shockingly similar features to the Père David's deer, actually.. long snout, eyes, etc.. but not quite convinced it would be one of those as they are extremely rare.. extinct except in captivity and these would be highly sought after if around here.

Russ

Yep
and some mighty fine eating

All red deer, except the last is a sika.

I agree with Creekrunner!! I'll help get them out of your feeder pen!!!

I'll say Red Hinds. It's not a Pere David.

My first thought was red deer hind and I am sticking with that answer.

X2

Dinner

Red deer.
Our sika are really spotty this time of year.

Okay... so is there a difference between "Red Deer" and "Red Stag"?

So, we have two things in the pictures.. a few red deer and one actual Sika?

I think the last one has to be a Sika as the horns are totally different than a red deer, I think.

Thanks for the clarifications guys.

Russ

Never mind, answered my own question.. lol

Ok, so we have Red Deer.. and hope one turns out to be a stag and daddy gets one for Christmas.. lol

Russ

Sika and Red Deer can have very similar looking antlers. Not all of the Red Deer Stags in Texas look like New Zealand Red Deer, many have antlers that look more like European or South American Red Deer.

Red deer no doubt about it.

Red Deer doe..we have a few in Bosque that got out from a high fence..open game year around...

Hind

looks like a red deer hind

Looks like dinner to me.

I think Erath is on to something Miniature Elk that escaped from the circus

Your place does remind me of an outdoor exotic zoo park