Here's one I never heard of.


Half deer, half elk shot in southern Minnesota

A southern Minnesota deer hunter nabbed himself a strange trophy.

Tom Legred, of Bricelyn, Minn., shot something recently that he and many others couldn't identify.

At first, they thought it was an albino deer, but the body and neck were longer than a normal deer.

It turns out it was something even more rare--a half-deer, half-elk mix, also known as a 'Delk.'

The animal was brought to the University of Minnesota for testing.

Legred hopes to have his trophy back one day so he can mount it over his fireplace.

Well I need to see a better picture but it looks like a small yearling spike Elk to me. definitely has an Elk nose rather than a deers nose.
Any more pictures of the beast?
I can't imagine it would be a cross, if so why aren't they all over the west?

I'm with Dave on this one. Not a very good picture but the head sure looks like an elk to me.

I don't even think this is possible. Elk and whitetails are not even in the same genus.

ya sure vell dere ar sum weird tings dat happen in mennesota. half yu gys never herd anyof dem svede unt ole jokes?? tis a gut thing I'm scotish

Looks like a whitetail nose to me. Look at the white around the muzzle. And the spikes do look like a young elk. I wonder if it is an exotic cross, like a sika, they cross them with elk, making a silk I think.

First cousin to a Jackalope

I'd have to see some DNA testing.

Walt

video link to story
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S256451.shtml?cat=1

I would love to see a better picture of this

Close up of head in video here:
http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S255992.shtml?cat=10151