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The James Jordan Buck is the 2nd highest scoring typical white-tailed deer ever harvested by a hunter in the United States (only behind the Huff buck) and the third-highest scoring in the world. James (Jim) Jordan was a 22-year-old hunter from Burnett County, Wisconsin when he shot the record buck on November 20, 1914.
Figures posted online Monday morning show hunters took 132,810 deer in 2024 — about 5,000 fewer than reported for 2023 and far lower than in 2022 when hunters took 154,940 deer, the DNR said.
The Michigan DNR said more than 61,000 deer have been taken in the first three days of the firearm deer season, but not many does. Michigan hunters shot more than 61,000 deer already. Here's where ...
With less than a week to go in firearm deer season, Michigan hunters have killed more than 104,000 deer in 2024. ... Michigan hunters have killed more than 104,000 deer in 2024.
The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), [1] [2] also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene , from Ireland (where it is known from abundant remains found in bogs) to Lake Baikal in Siberia .
The average sized Cervalces latifrons was quite a bit more massive than other large moose-like deer, such Cervalces scotti, the largest races of the extant moose and the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), despite some overlap in shoulder height, and is the largest deer ever known to exist.
Michigan officials hope new hunting rules — and possibly new "wildlife-only crossing" around roads — help curb the state's large deer population.
A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid. They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes . Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose .