When we lived in West Texas when I was a boy in around 1970, the old timers use to tell us about white tailed deer that lived in the mountains.
They called them fan tailed deer?

I know we’ve discussed this briefly, in the past, but I don’t recall a definitive conclusion. For the second time, I have driven through the Davis Mountains, and for the second time I have seen whitetails. This time, it was a bachelor group of three bucks. Two were freshly out of velvet and nice bucks for their size. They are clearly some sort of subspecies, whether classified that way or not. They look just like Coues whitetails, to me. I’m also aware that we are home to the Carmen Mountain subspecies, which is similar. As I recall, neither is likely to be what they are. I don’t even think we have Coues, here. But, I don’t know, and I’d love to. Anyone aware of the official status of these little gray deer?

None of these pictures are great. The little bastards won’t sit still for a photo op. First one was up close and a yearling buck, taken a few years ago. The rest are two good bucks and a younger one, from yesterday.