RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
Red stags aren't that exotic, they are raised just like the elk you are use to seeing, for their antlers and such.
I live in north central Iowa, and 5 years ago my buddy shot a smallRed Stag (European Elk), it had a tag in its ear and it was from a game farm in Canada,Ontario I believe. He shouldn't have shot it, not sure why or how he came about to shoot it, but he was scared, called the DNR to let them know, and turned out to be ok because it is not a native species, and not protected in the US. They just told him he better start paying attention to what he was doing next time!Those things are huge compared to a whitetail, had him raised up on the ole 4020 and his nose touched the ground!