The biggest deer to have ever lived.

                                               'A proud heritage'  learn more about the Ancient Irish Elk which roamed the lowlands of central and eastern Ireland almost 10,500 years ago. The giant irish deer which weighed up to 1000 lbs and stood at 2 metres at the sholder, with an amazing antler width of 4 metres!      

This Giant Irish Deer is believed to have roamed the lowlands of central and eastern Ireland, weighting up to 800-1000 lbs. and stood at 2 metres at the shoulder, with antler width of up to 4 metres,

(weighting up to 35kg) are the largest antlers know to have existed on any deer. They were palm like antlers, similar to those of a Fallow deer. It is understood they were a victim of the Ice Age finally disappearing from Ireland around 10,500 years ago. They had very few enemies due to their size, with the wolf posing very little treat.

                                                           

Don't forget the lot of my hungry ancesters that liked a little venison with their taters now lad. ;D

I am Scottish Paparock and wonder if  any of my ancestors dined on one of these bruins. I wonder how big the steaks were on these babys !

I expect that the Irish side of my family might have made a little Irish Stew out  of them as well as anything else that moved, based on my cousins.  

AND THEY GOT TO EAT WITH THEIR FINGERS IN THOSE DAYS WITHOUT GETTIN SCREAMED AT

as a side note there was a deer native to ancient Italy, but they killed all the winesses so there is no real historical record to go by

Rack Of 1,000 'Points'

Even in a room filled with extraordinary whitetails, Ohio's unique "Barnacle Buck" still would stand out. One look at him is all it takes to know why!

By Gordon Whittington

Read the story here http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/weirdwhitetails/wt_ww1201barnacle/ along with a lot of other great Whitetail Tales.

Thats simply amazing Paparock. That head is the spitting image of my ex girlfriend when she woke up in the morning,lol.

Thanks for the link.