Red deer red deer was the most prestigious quarry, especially the mature stag, which in England was called a hart. Red deer are held in captivity for a variety of reasons. The meat of the deer, called venison, was until recently restricted in the United Kingdom to those with connections to the aristocratic or poaching communities, and a licence was needed to sell it legally, but it is now widely available in supermarkets, especially in the autumn. The Queen still follows the custom of offering large pieces of venison to members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and others. Some estates
Red Deer, Alberta Crossing was gradually abandoned. The first train from Calgary to Edmonton passed through Red Deer in 1891. The Cree peoples called the river on which Red Deer stands "Waskasoo Seepee", which translates to "Elk River". However, British traders translated the name as "Red Deer River", since they mistakenly thought elk were European red deer. Later, the settlers of the area named their community after the river. The name for the modern city in Plains Cree is a calque back from English of the mistranslated, "mihkwâpisimosos" literally "red type of deer" while the name of the river itself is still "wâwâskêsiw-sîpiy"