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08-20-2003, 03:57 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: Is this a special deer?
Sounds like a fallow whitetail. We have a few renegade herds of these around Maryland (none around me though [:' (]). They' re generally somewhat bigger, their antlers are a little smoother and they keep their spots through their life.
08-20-2003, 06:48 AM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: CWD Central, WI.
Posts: 2,062
RE: Is this a special deer?
I' d contact the nearest game farm and tell them one of their pets got out. Contact you DNR and clue them in also. Unless of course you want to take the chance that thing isn' t CWD or TB positive. [:' (]
08-20-2003, 12:23 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,406
RE: Is this a special deer?
I have to agree with Dave...All signs point to a Fallow Deer...Why they appear to be so docile and have no fear of man is another question. Maybe F&G folks could help here....
08-20-2003, 12:42 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pine Hill Alabama USA
Posts: 1,280
RE: Is this a special deer?
Yeah, with that many points and the spots I will bet you thats a fallow deer. We had some for years about 20 miles from where I live that a rich landowner had released on his land. I haven' t seen one in while. They tend to have a much higher occurrence of odd colored coats and non-typical racks than a regular whitetail. As for why its so tame, perhaps someone had it in a pen. I think they can still be purchased. Is there a high fence ranch near you that offers hunts for exotics? That would be my guess.
08-20-2003, 02:34 PM
#10
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 115
RE: Is this a special deer?
Cat: As far as I know, Fallow can and will cross breed with whitetails.
With the abundance of chcolate, spotted, and white fallow in the Texas hill country- I have never seen a cross.
But ya never know!
