RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

Great movie... except for the hunting part!
Stag.

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

Hollywood? I'm sure this movie wasn't produced with the 'hunters' in mind. Of course we could pick apart the most minute details! He could have been 'bump' firing an AR-15 too (although I don't think AR's were yet around during the time this movie was supposedly set).

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

It has been a LONG time since I saw the movie but I thought it was a fallow deer. Probably bought from a local deer farm. It was not a PA whitetail!

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

Red stag, body of a deer (larger), rack of an elk (smaller).

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

red stag

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

Hmm, what preceeded the M16, I do believe Mr. Stoner developed the
AR10 which evolved into the M16.

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

Well guys, I saw this thread and decided to look into it. There are actually many game preserves which have loads of red stag. There is actually one in eastern Penn. which is almost 3000 acres, which is where the movie was shot at. But the deer u see are not wild they were like pets, you know the ones people can feed and walk right up to and pet. They used food and other treats and toys do get them to be in the right places. Oh and the deer were originally on that preserve they were in fact the owners "pets" they kept in different closed up spots.

RE: What kind of deer was in "The Deer Hunter" (Robert DeNiro)
 

Correctness is not thier main concern.....or most people would not believe that when they Think they are hearing an Eagle...what they hear in movies isactually the screech of a Red Hawk.