I am only 300 yards from the Salmon river which has lots of whitetail cover and lots of whitetail as a result. But my place has lots of mule deer on it and occassionaly a whitetail come up this far from the river bottom. I have deer on the place year round and am familiar with the differences between whitetail and mule deer and this little guy is different from our usual mule deer. If I could get a good video of him it may be more clear as to why I am referring to him as a cross.
Anyway he is my deer and I can call him anything I want -
https://www.themeateater.com/conser...ten-do-whitetail-and-mule-deer-hybridize Hybrids, as you would expect, often look like a combination of whitetail and mule deer. But sometimes it’s hard to tell whether you’re looking at a strange whitey or muley, or if you’ve actually got a hybrid. Even though the species have very different tails, antlers, ears, and coats, there’s so much natural variation at play that many of these characteristics aren’t useful for identifying crossbreeds. For example, if you see a whitetail deer with an unexpected fork in their antlers, it’s mighty hard to tell based on antler characteristics alone whether you’re just looking at a whitetail with a nontypical rack or a hybrid.
