Meet the Irish elk: an enormous extinct deer with a pair of comically large antlers to boot. The ancient behemoth’s unusual appendages, which measure a whopping 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) from tip ...

Commonly called the ‘Irish elk,” these deer weighed upwards of 1,500 pounds. This specimen is currently housed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

That 164-inch velvet 8-pointer looked like an extinct Irish elk as he stepped out of the cedar thicket. His rack swayed back and forth as he scanned the landscape. ... Using deer scent can help pull ...