Is something wrong with this deer?
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Shed Hunter
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It's a different species
Looks like a healthy, heavy winter coat typical of a young deer. They often look fuzzy. I don't see anything alarming.
Daddy is an elk?
BSK
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From that one picture, that doesn't look like a white-tail deer. Kinda looks like a young red deer (European Elk).
Where in WV?
Looks like it may have a couple of abscessed teeth. Either that, or it's mouth is so full, it looks like chipmunk cheeks.
That was my first thought.Daddy is an elk?
Princeton, very southern tip next to VA line.
DoubleRidge
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It does resemble a young red deer hind...ear color similar...nose similar...dark forehead....but most similar is the neck/cape hair is different in color from the main body hair color.....the deer in top picture does appear to be younger and it may be a different time of year. But either way....doesn't appear to be a whitetail.
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Whitetail stuck in mud in deep salt lick. Then chewed its way out?
Sika deer?
backyardtndeer
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Escapee from someone who has exotics? Looks like a healthy deer, but not a whitetail.
It's a whitetail.
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Rick Dillard
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The flared hair on the body and lack of white around the face and neck make it look like something other than a whitetail. But, It's a whitetail. It has the tail of a whitetail -- just tucked so it's not showing well. It has tarsal glands -- elk doesn't have them. In addition look at the inside of the ears -- lined white on the top part, like a whitetail.
I talked to my dad about the deer this evening. He said it's last years fawn and has always looked that way, even the face. It traveled with its mom last year but has been a complete loner this year. However, when it comes to my dads corn other deer show up as well and they mingle together……who knows.
I can tell you for certain my dad, Slim, knows all of "his" deer by name and characteristics lol.
I can tell you for certain my dad, Slim, knows all of "his" deer by name and characteristics lol.
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Looks almost like a cross between an elk and a whitetail deer.
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Union Co. Boy
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I was thinking sika-whitetail hybrid. Heck, I don't even know if that's possible! But if your dad knows the deer, I'm sticking with his call.
