Imagine stepping into a misty, ancient Irish forest, the ground trembling beneath your feet as a colossal shape emerges ...

The extinct giant deer was similar in size to the living elk - or moose as it's known in North America - but with much bigger antlers. This species, Alces alces, is the elk after which the Irish elk ...

Giant Irish Deer Megaloceros giganteus in National Museum of Ireland. This room is also affectionately known as the Dead Zoo. CREDIT: Paolo Viscardi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fallow deer, the closest living relative of the giant deer, form a “lek” during the mating season, where males compete by roaring, parading, and locking antlers.

Few deer have antler points pointing in every direction, but this one does. This giant whitetail—referred to as the J.D. Andrews Buck — has all the goods and then some. The South Dakota non-typical ...

Deer hunting: MS hunter bags buck with massive 175-inch, partially shed velvet antlers 'He had this one he'd been following since he was 5 1/2 (years old).

These are some of the biggest drop tine deer on record, including bucks taken by hunters, shed antlers, and dead deer that were picked up. Skip to Navigation Skip to Main Content ...