Thread: Fallow or red?

I'm pegging it as a young red stag. (probably 2y/o, maybe 3)
It could, at a stretch, be from an ancient fallow buck going backwards, but definitely much less likely. (any younger buck would show at least some form of flattening/palmation, and even an old boy would still be likely to)


A few things I consider in favour of that -
The pedicle seems a touch too large for even a big old fallow, but just fine for a red.
The bez trine on fallow typically sprouts more perpendicular to the main beam, more directly outwards with less of a merged join.
A fallow buck of sufficient age and genetics to produce a beam of that mass would likely still be forming at least the beginnings of a palm, even if he was very old and staring into his last winter.
If it was an old fallow buck, I would expect a stronger outward angle down near the pedicle, forming a much wider span right from low down. It looks like these antlers would have been pretty narrow the whole way up, perfect for a young red.