Deer or Elk??? Help Identify This

[JustinsDad]

This guy was snooping around my buddies feeder for a few weeks last year. In Kilgore Texas. Supposedly no elk in the area. Neck looks kinda elk like but hind end looks like a deer to me. I don’t hunt East Texas much for deer. I live in the west. Most deer I hunt are blacktail so I’m asking for help here. What is this?

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Red deer.

 

[Marshian]

I thought maybe a red stag so I googled “red stag and Kilgore Texas” to see if there were any game farms around. This popped up which you may have heard of from last fall.

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[p_ham]

The crown up top suggests red deer to me.

 

[AggieHunter]

People I know have had elk, fallow, and axis on their texas properties that just escape the exotic ranches

 

[shootbrownelk]

Red Deer, no doubt.

 

[JustinsDad]

Yea after googling it I think you guys are right. Must be a Red Stag. I guess it could have escaped an exotic ranch. My buddy has lived there his whole life and never seen one until this guy came wandering along. Thanks