RE: Is the deer a "Big Game" animal?
Deer depending on where you live are probably on the lower end of being big game to somewhere in the middle. At least in North America, now some of the deer in other countries I don't know if I would consider big game, some are pretty small.
Medium game would be dog sized animals in most cases. I don't know what large cats or pigs would be considered? They might even be considered dangerous game?
Paul