[hn8788]

I'm guessing you're from Europe, because what you call Deer, the USA call Caribou or Elk, and what we call Deer aren't nearly that big.

[TedDoesntTalk]

Male deer with antlers routinely gore dogs where I’m from. Deer, not elk.

[allendoerfer]

Or he has seen Disney movies and thinks caribous are male deers.

[BrazzVuvuzela]

Elk and caribou/reindeer are both kinds of deer (so are moose for that matter... for him to speak of 1000 lb deer, he must be thinking of moose or be mistaken.)