ROB
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Could have food impaction in its jaws.
Is something wrong with this deer?
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Hridge
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I feel like I've seen some pics of brown faced deer coming out of Alabama before. Definitely looks different
tree_ghost
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Looks like a wet muddy cold young whitetail to me…
It looks like a young Whitetail with a heavy winter coat but strange variation in coloration on the head face and neck. No white throat patch either. The face looks strange because it has bulging cheeks, either from impactions or just a giant cud!
Cool looking deer
huntforme7909
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My parents live in Princeton as well and I've saw deer like this before. Thick winter coats.
Small world. Graduated from Princeton Sr. high in '86
Also, the deer has this coat all the time. It's a pretty cool Whitetail that has turned into Slims (dad) favorite.
backyardtndeer
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Whitetails and mule deer do interbreed where they cohabit and have hybrids. Don't know if whitetails and sika can interbreed though.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.
The deer in the op is unusual, missing white from it's belly, no white on the nose, and no white throat patch. If it were a color variant that had no white, there would be no white hair in the ears or under the tail. Would still think it possible someone had this deer get loose, and it just found it's way into the herd and sticks with the herd hitting the corn.
The shaggy hair around the neck and different color sure make it look to not be a whitetail. Been a while since we have been, but think we have seen similar deer at the safari park.
