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What’s the deal with this deer?
- Thread starter PickettSFHunter
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That's a strange one. Never seen anything like it myself
That is strange, almost looks like a red deer spike. Not saying it is but could there be the possibility of that in your area.
PickettSFHunter
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I had that same thought. Not aware of any in that area but never know I guess.
tree_ghost
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That's real strange! Look at the length of his fur. Doesn't look like a whitetails coat to me....
Yea looks a little long, I'd be interested in seeing a frontal view and one out in the sun
BSK
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Agree with others. Not sure that's a white-tailed deer.
KTS
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Don't think it is a whitetail ether, that thing has got fur like a bear.
PickettSFHunter
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oaktreeplanter
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looks like a wormy last year's late born buck 
Looks like a juvenile red deer to me.
Wasn't there a Red Deer herd that had escaped an enclosure up on the Northern. Plateau several or more years ago?
TWRA even had a special hunt for them post-deer season, only they all herded up in the woods behind the local elementary school, as I seem to recall.
I don't know whatever finally became of the Red Deer.
PickettSFHunter
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Thanks for the lead. Did some searching and found some info on escaped red deer around Claiborne County in 2011. That's around 50-60 miles straight line distance East of here.
Fentress / Overton County line?? How far are you from Corona Hunting Lodge Northeast of Monterey?? They are known to have various exotics.
PickettSFHunter
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Assuming you mean Caryonah, that would be about 21 miles straight line distance.
KevinC
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Looks like an Exotic Deer to me! Be nice to see a better picture of it. Definitely interesting to say the least! Thx for posting!
Joe2Kool
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Yes it does. Probably escaped from one of the farms.
The shape of the head, especially the nose makes it look like something other than a whitetail.
AM84
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I agree. I thought the shape of the head looks more like a camel or giraffe than a whitetail deer. Lol. I'm voting an escapee red deer
JCDEERMAN
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The neck is also uncharacteristic of a whitetail also
