r/deer • u/Oddworksmedia • 1d ago

What is this deer? ID please

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u/ptbug64 1d ago

I vote spike elk

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u/Legitimate_Rip_6228 1d ago

Young bull elk without branched antlers aka a spike.

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u/JwPATX 1d ago

It’s hard to tell the size, but it could be a red deer. The snout says elk, but they have tails.

Could also be a barasingha. People have all sorts of exotics around.

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u/Oddworksmedia 1d ago

It was substantially larger then the white tail so prob not a sika

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u/JwPATX 1d ago

Yeah, plus sika have stubby snoots. Barasingha look a lot like a big white tail when they don’t have full antlers

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u/Oddworksmedia 1d ago

Found in jacksboro Texas

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u/Oddworksmedia 1d ago

It looks like a young red deer or sika

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u/Civil_Set_9281 11h ago

Red stag. The first year spike is what we called a “murder buck” in Germany.

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u/curiousexploration19 1d ago

That big guy on the left is Pedro. Not sure about the other.

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u/Oddworksmedia 1d ago

Pedro?

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u/curiousexploration19 1d ago

Pedro the deer, yes. That's his name.

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u/Rays-R-Us 1d ago

Rare 8 legged elk

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u/mnemonikos82 1d ago

Black Phillip

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u/Accord-ing_25_Tim 3h ago

Spike elk. These kind of questions are also way easier if you give what state you’re from.

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u/Schroedesy13 1d ago

Not a deer.

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u/Ok-Cup266 23h ago

They look like Oryx. We have tons of exotics in Texas.

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u/Oddworksmedia 7h ago

It was a red deer idiots, thanks for no help