Identify this animal please

[Jeremy K]

Hunting today in southern district 9, my buddy calls me up to his house to show me some pictures him and his wife recently took,first we thought elk but it has a paddle on the antlers.The quality is crappy but tomorrow he will email me the actual pictures instead of the ones i took of his computer screen.

Thanks in advance, Jeremy

[Paula]

looks cool, but i can hear the foolish ideas

[13BVET]

Red Stag?

[Dan92]

its a doose lmao or a meer

[covert]

Looks almost like one of those Fallow Deer but I can't tell if it has spots.

[Grouse]

Looks like a Fallow deer. May have escaped from a game preserve near the area.

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/cervdama.htm

http://www.arkive.org/fallow-deer/dama-dama/

[Jeremy K]

I was actually thinking it escaped from a farm maybe, my buddy was able to follow it through the field briefly and snap some more photos with out it running off.

[13BVET]

I just realized the same thing. Red deer have antlers like elk. It has to be a fallow.

[Lawdwaz]

You could probably shake a pan of dry dog food and it would walk right up to you.

Then, jump on!

[Jeremy K]

I honstly cant stop thinking what would have gone through my mind if it walked under my treestand this morning.

[Dan92]

what would be the rule on shooting it? since its not native to here

[arrow nocker]

I honstly cant stop thinking what would have gone through my mind if it walked under my treestand this morning.

THWACK

[Jeremy K]

THWACK

Ill have to stop at the local office get me a fallow deer stamp tomorrow and make it legit , i can hear it "A fallow what stamp" Now im wondering if it will reproduce with a whitetail ,the rut is fastly aproaching and who knows,we might have some funky looking racks popping up in a few years (fingers crossed)

[ryanrobb52]

Fallow deer for certain. My best friends parents had them for pets for years.

[ATbuckhunter]

Its a fallow deer.

[New York Hillbilly]

Yup, I say Fallow deer as well.

And as far as what to do when it walks by your stand when you are standing there with a bow in your hands......."Fallow your instincts!".......LOL!

[315hunter]

what would be the rule on shooting it? since its not native to here

Id think you cant shoot. Last year some guys got in trouble for shooting elk that had escaped off a preserve because theres no season or tag. Theres no season or tag for fallow deer so Id imagine same thing.

[WNY Bowhunter]

It's a fallow deer. We has a bunch of stags/does get loose in my hunting area several years ago. The neighbor had them and his ex-wife let them out one day. They have all died off now but my uncle did shoot a pretty nice one...

Edited October 22, 2012 by WNY Bowhunter

[ants]

Agree....Fallow deer (escapee)

[WNYBuckHunter]

Mountain Lion

[biggamefish]

Yeah it is a mountain lion with a deer in it's mouth. haha

[RichZ7]

Yep a fallow deer