What kind of deer is this?

I was in the middle of throwing down 1-1/8" plywood on my deck when my wife calls out to me "Andy check out these big deer!" Mind you I'm in the middle of downtown Bellingham, granted the arboreedum is up the hill from me, but still! Anyway, the one I've posted a few pics of was gracious to let me get nervously 12' feet from him (the other two where beyond in the bushes as well bucks, but smaller). Being from white tail country I don't know if this is a black tail or a mule deer. It seems to small to be a black! The back on this buck had to be almost shoulder high on me, and I'm 5'-11".

You got yourself a trophy blacktail. Looks like a muley without the ears.

Cool!

At first I thought "Santa is here!" but then remembered that it was July and he summers in the South Pole.:clown:

rose mowing machine

Thats Bambi's grandfather isn't it?

That would be a tasty deer (cantwaitius fodeerseasonus)

Definitly a blackie.

Yep...its a blacktail....and a prime one at that....no mulies in Bellingham

I wounder if the velvet on them antlers would make good tying material......?

I can hear the steaks sizzling.
Beautiful black tail buck.

nice buck for sure (and a rose mowing machine)

I doubt it, might as well cut a real strip of velvet and it would pretty be the same thing. Unless you tie patterns with real velvet I would consider it useless.

That is an amazing black tail buck!

HOLY SMOKES!!!

That's a whole lot of clouser minnows right there...

Monster blacktail, obviously well fed ; )

a very nice legal buck. yup . mike w

Lots of guys can hunt those danged blacktail for years on end and never see a buck that nice - and you got one cruising your yard in the city limits :beathead:!!

Dandy blacktail!