Deer Species ID
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: SJJ
21-Apr-14
I was given this deer skull. I think it's a Couse but am looking for confirmation. The skull is pretty small....about 10" long. The Euro mount is like 60 years old...The buck scores near 100"
From: R. Hale
21-Apr-14
What is the area it is claimed from. Appears to be a normal WT? There is a good DNA data base on WT and Coues deer. Testing is not too expensive.
From: SJJ
21-Apr-14
I'm a whitetail nut....it's not a whitetail. The skull is miniature compared to a whitetail buck....about the size of a fawn. I know nothing else about it but the antlers are whitetail-like....thus ? Couse
From: HighLife
21-Apr-14
60 years old? Key deer?
From: R. Hale
21-Apr-14
Area is critical to know. There are many small deer similar to WT in southern MX etc. Sinaloa has a sub species IIRC.
From: HighLife
21-Apr-14
I would agree Location?
From: Panhandle Bob
21-Apr-14
100 inch mature deer...Florida
From: HighLife
21-Apr-14
You would be the "expert" ;>
From: HighLife
21-Apr-14
Hell Bob I don't remember even seeing a deer when I lived down in Dade Co. or running Alligator Alley back in the 70's gators and snakes yes!But no deer:(
From: SJJ
21-Apr-14
Never thought about a key deer...mmmm.
From: Panhandle Bob
21-Apr-14
:) Dave, the gators and snakes ate all the deer down there!
From: HighLife
21-Apr-14
I'd believe it with some of the things having seen back than LOL
From: StickFlicker
21-Apr-14
Is that a metal tag at the base of his right horn?
From: Zbone
21-Apr-14
Some kind of whitetail subspecies, depends upon where it was found... There is thirty something recognizable subspecies of whitetails... Being that small, I'd guess Couse or Keys, or from somewhere in the tropics...
Some of limited video I've seen of the South American whitetails, they aren't very big either....
From: Zbone
21-Apr-14
SJJ - Just viewed you Sheep ID thread too, are you getting these skulls from Texas, if so I'd guess your whitetail skull is native Texan too, some of them TX whitetails are pretty small...
From: Lucas
21-Apr-14
I don't know what subspecies your skull is, but if it is from Texas, it could be a Carmen Mountians Whitetail. They are smaller bodied than Coues with (on average) larger antlers.
From: SJJ
22-Apr-14
Unfortunately I have no info on them other than they hung in a gun shop for over half a century...they're cool tho'
thanks guys
From: SmoothieJonez
22-Apr-14
I was under the impression Euro mounts are top jaw, skull and antlers only. The mount above would be a full skull mount. Regardless, cool looking rack and skull.
From: Bigdan
22-Apr-14
Coues' deer is how its spelled
From: greenmountain
22-Apr-14
A Coue's deer is a sub species of the Whitetail clan. It was a trophy to the person who shot it. I would bet money on that much.
