You have deer and you have DEER, some of the Deer in that area get huge compared to some other areas of the country hunters say.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_elk
“The Irish Elk stood about 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) tall at the shoulders carrying the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 3.65 m (12.0 ft) from tip to tip and weighing up to 40 kg (88 lb)). In body size, the Irish Elk matched the extant moose subspecies of Alaska (Alces alces gigas) as the largest known deer. “
A bit off topic but I once did some research on deer, the largest there has been was as stated above but still about the size of a large Alaskan Moose.
Moose seem to be in the deer family, strange looking animal, big body, matchstick legs.