What kind of deer is this?

Xenia Ohio. Warden thinks it’s a fallow or cross due to a fellow owning some fallow near there. But the owner says all his deer are accounted for.

Here’s the only other pic I have of it.

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But the owner says all his deer are accounted for.

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Fenced in deer?

Looks like a piebald deer.I would check with biologist but I don’t think white tails cross with axis or fallow deer.

My son killed a deer very similar to this but much more white several years ago. There is no high fence even remotely close to our area. We never did figure it out, but a very cool looking buck

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that's your basic brown deer with spots of unknown origin; not sure if that's the scientific name

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it’s tough to argue against that.

Whitetail with genetic mutation where it never lost its fawn spots.

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Seems like a pretty dang big body for a crappy rack like that.

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That’s what threw me off a bit. I disagreed with the warden and said it looks like a white tail to me. But I just hadn’t seen one that large with spots. There are some huge deer near there, but I just couldn’t see that being this year’s deer. I don’t hunt where he’s been seen, but I’m sure someone will take him out.

100 a whitetail with melanistic issues

I'd guess whitetail with genetic issues. I'd also guess there's some sex mutation as well, we've seen similar when the deer has some genital cross/weird stuff going on. Had a doe with antlers and a penis (albeit tiny and under formed) but no testies with velvet antlers in late December.