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
Kashmir stag a number of mitochondrial DNA genetic studies have revealed that the hangul is part of the Asian clade of the elk ("Cervus canadensis"). The IUCN, however, includes it in the new grouping of Central Asian red deer ("Cervus hanglu"), with the Kashmir stag being the type subspecies ("Cervus hanglu hanglu"). This deer has a light rump patch without including the tail. Its coat color is brown with a speckling to the hairs. The inner sides of the buttocks are greyish white, followed by a line on the inner sides of the thighs and black on the upper side of the