Kevin is right... All deer on the OP are blacktail deer. There is a healthy population out there, however, they are much more secretive than the whitetail or mule deer you find in MT which is why you don't see them often.

And the elk are different as well from MT... Roosevelt elk are larger than the inland Rocky Mountain variety, but with smaller antlers.
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