Excuse me said this big looking thing that looks like a deer

[Maestro]

Doesn't it looked relieved in the last pic? It almost has a smile. I took these at a bison ranch about 8 miles from where I live. For the life of me I can't think of what they are, mule deer? Caribou? Reindeer? :shrug: These guys were hanging with bison.

The bison were just taking it easy that day as it was cold and rainy.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. It looks like an elk to me...

The ears don't seem big enough for a mule deer and it's not "horny" enough to be a caribou.

[Maestro]

3. Well mule deer is out of the question,

but I still think it may be a caribou.

[babylonsister]

2. Maybe a caribou?

[Maestro]

4. I think you are right.

That looks very much like what I saw.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. That caribou doesn't look like the ones that live up here...

Maybe there are different varieties. :shrug:

Here are some dead ones. :( The head and the antlers look different than your photo.

[babylonsister]

7. There must be different varieties. I knew about them because I

used to see them on Guam when I lived there, and the climate is tropical, unlike Alaska's.

[Maestro]

9. Those are different.

It has to be a different variety. What do reindeer look like?

[F.Gordon]

5. Most definitely a Moosadeeralope

:crazy:

Man... look at all those Moosadeeralope Pies. Watch your step.

Nice photos.
:hi:

[Maestro]

10. That was my vote!

The white balance is messed up on two. I need to fix that.

[Robb]

8. I vote elk

The antlers are trimmed, likely because it's a farm setting.

[NV Whino]

11. Elk.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. elk... the great grandfather of the cow

[TahitiNut]

13. It looks benevolent and protective to me.

Thus, it's an elk. :silly: (Many of them are horny like that.)

[QMPMom]

14. Elk. We've got them by the brazillion up here.

[uppityperson]

15. Elk, does it have a light rump?

If it does, it is an elk. We have them roaming around here.
Here is one in Yellowstone:

[TahitiNut]

16. Oh, my! A convertible elk! (Those are rare.)

:dunce:

[uppityperson]

17. don't tease the elk

[TahitiNut]

18. I'd never tease an elk driving a car.

:silly:

[uppityperson]

19. How about an impala?

Or a mustang?

[BrightKnight]

20. Not a Siberian Reindeer from San Diego

It does not look like this Siberian reindeer from San Diego.