Thread: Animal footprint ID

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Deer is looking more likely now.................. but what brand? DL

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

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Sigh...

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Deer is looking more likely now.................. but what brand? DL

Like I said, these guys:

European fallow deer - Wikipedia

I see them nearly daily. They're all over Vic. There are others, but these are the most numerous.

Australia[edit]

European fallow deer were introduced to Tasmania in 1830 and to mainland Australia in the 1880s. The deer can now be found in all Australian jurisdictions, except Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The European fallow deer is the most widespread and numerous of introduced deer species in Australia.^[29] Proper control of deer populations in New South Wales (NSW) was precluded for some years by the classification of these deer as "game animals", as well as being a feral pest species.^[30] This led to an explosion in numbers, a vast increase in range in that state, impacts on agricultural production, increased environmental damage, and a dramatic increase in vehicle accidents involving deer.^[31] This policy has since been reversed on privately held land only, and on such land the deer is once again only classified as a feral pest species; they remain game animals on public land. The NSW government now asks the public to assist by not transporting or releasing feral deer onto any land, implying that intentional release of deer has been a factor in the vast increase in range in NSW in recent years.^[32][33]

Originally Posted by V8Ian

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I don't think they would be Irish deer.