Thread: What Sort of Deer Is This ?

I shot this yesterday in the Kaimais. It's a pretty small deer, actually. I only got 4kg of venison boned out from the back legs and backsteaks.


Here it is next to my standard sized rifle (22" barrel).


Here's the head side on.


and at a bit more of an angle. What's with the pale area around the eye ?


The tail and rump patch were a bit more cream and red coloured than this photo shows:


It wasn't too skinny and the venison looked good. But I didn't do a thorough dissection looking at the liver and lungs.
It was a male but to call it a stag would be overstating things. There was no sign of velvet at all. So, too big for this year's fawn and too small to be a year old and a spiker ? What do you make of it ?