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"Ontario has some huge deer. Of the 30 subspecies of whitetails in North America, ours is the largest. Odocoileus virginianus, subspecies borealis (of the north), is found from Manitoba east to the Maritimes and in bordering U.S. states. Though other northern jurisdictions might have recorded larger individual deer, available data shows that the average weights of Ontario deer, and particularly those from Northwestern Ontario, might be the highest in North America.

Body Size becomes progressively smaller to the south. Southern Florida Key deer for instance, are not much bigger than a medium sized dog. And, even though many Canadian-prairie and Texas deer sport huge antlers, body sizes are comparatively small."

Ontario Out Of Doors Magazine - September 1999 issue