Sambar are cool, their horn configuration is so different. Much more upright. They are a variety of Swamp deer right? Like their water?
The Rocky Mountain Elk is a bit bigger then the Sambar I think, or at least taller. Altho I dont set much stock to what the internet tells about weights cause I work at the local meat cutter during hunting season and 90% of elk that come in are about 200 + lbs over what wikipedia sets as their max weight... and thats our local strain of RMs(which are considered small). Bulls from an area only a couple of hours from here west(much greener region) beat ours by couple hundred pounds.
Love seeing those bulls visiting our farm, the past 2 years they've been hunted hard and I havent seen the elk last year at all and only a handful the previous one..... which is sad, from the herd of 80 cows and 6 or more decend bulls we use to have down to 7 cows and those bulls pictured.
The Rocky Mountain Elk is a bit bigger then the Sambar I think, or at least taller. Altho I dont set much stock to what the internet tells about weights cause I work at the local meat cutter during hunting season and 90% of elk that come in are about 200 + lbs over what wikipedia sets as their max weight... and thats our local strain of RMs(which are considered small). Bulls from an area only a couple of hours from here west(much greener region) beat ours by couple hundred pounds.
Love seeing those bulls visiting our farm, the past 2 years they've been hunted hard and I havent seen the elk last year at all and only a handful the previous one..... which is sad, from the herd of 80 cows and 6 or more decend bulls we use to have down to 7 cows and those bulls pictured.
