Gulliver is a large deer with huge antlers and whitish colouring on the underbelly and legs. He has an expressive face with white circles around each eye and white "teardrops". His brow tines are quite straight without curves and lately he has developed a patch of black fur between his eyes.
During testing of the entire 100+ herd in April, Gulliver decided that farm life was not for him. He had demonstrated his jumping skills by clearing an inside fence (at least 10 feet high) and presumably discovered how to jump the outside fence. For several weeks he roamed the fields adjacent to the deer farm enclosure and eluded all efforts to encourage him to come back. Hence, his name, Gulliver. On June 1, 2006 he was reunited with his buck buddies following a late night manoever involving Don, Wendy, corn, a light and a truck. For awhile, he was not happy being "home" and blamed all humans for this.
With daily feedings of apples, carrots or corn, he has settled into reserve life and he is now very social, yet still somewhat complex and unpredictable. He sometimes goes off "in a huff" but no other deer follows him. During feeding, he will sometimes be bullied by other deer and, in return, he bullies the two small deer, Spike and Moki, but not too seriously.
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