Deer and Elk
Our Deer & Elk
Drive Through Pricing
Cash or NC check
No Debit or Credit Cards
Adult Admission (ages 12-59): $15.00
Children Admission (ages 2-11): $11.00
Senior Admission (ages 60+): $11.00
Group Rate (15 or more, ages 2 and up): $11.00
Feed buckets (64oz): $3.00 each
School Groups: For every 10 students,
1 teacher gets in free
Wagon Ride Pricing
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No Debit or Credit Cards
Call for Reservations
Adult Admission and Wagon Ride: $21.00
Child Admission and Wagon Ride: $15.00
Senior Admission and Wagon Ride: $15.00
Group Rate (15 or more, ages 2 and up)
$15.00
Price includes admission
Hours of Operation
Monday-Saturday 9am until one hour before sunset, arrive by 4pm Sunday 12pm until one hour before sunset, arrive by 4pm
Deer & Elk Facts
Deer are the hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Male deer of most species grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope. The elk (wapiti) is one of the largest deer species with the exception of the moose.
Fallow Deer
Scientific Name: Dama dama
Range: Europe, Asia Minor, Iran: Introduced to Australia and New Zealand
Height: 36-40 inches at shoulder
Weight: Males: 138-227 lbs. / Females: 64-119 lbs.
Life Span: 11-15 Years
Fallow deer have been senses of smell, sight and hearing that help the deer find and defend food. There are many color varieties of Fallow deer such as black, chocolate brown, spotted and white Bucks develop “spike” antlers beginning in their first year. The following years they grow antlers with broad, palmate areas that measure 3 1/2 to 10 inches in width. Fallow deer have a definite mating period of four to six weeks that can occur from the middle of March through the end of May depending on climate and feed conditions. During the rutting period, stags are very vocal. This makes them a lot easier to locate. See if you can hear The Lazy 5’s Fallow deer.
Fallow Deer
Japanese Sika Deer
Japanese Sika Deer
Scientific Name: Cervus nippon
Range: Asia and Japan
Height: 3-5 feet at shoulder
Weight: Males: 100-309 lbs. Females: 88-132 lbs.
Life Span: 10-12 years
There are nine subspecies of Sika deer which are all now considered to be extinct in the wild. Sika deer are less social than most other deer species and isolated individuals are seen about as often as small groups. Sika deer are highly vocal, and more than 10 different sounds have been recorded ranging from softest whistles between females to loud screams by males. The main rut season for Sika deer occurs between September and October. Sika deer are amazingly hardy animals. They thrive even in winter with scarce food. Feel free to feed the Sika here at the Lazy 5 all you want!
Axis Deer
Scientific name: Cervus axis
Habitat: Foothills of the Himalayas through most of India to Ceylon
Height: 29-39.5 inches at shoulder
Weight: 145-250 lbs.
Life Span: 22 years
The Axis deer is also known as the Chital deer, which means spotted in Hindustani. This is very fitting to an animal who retains its spots throughout its life. Axis deer are often considered the most beautiful member of the Cervidae family. Besides their distinct beauty, several characteristics distinguish Axis from other type of deer. They do not have specific rut season. This means no matter what the time of year you visit us, you may see some bucks in hard horn and some in velvet. This also means fawns can be seen at the Lazy 5 year round.
Axis Deer
Rocky Mountain Elk
Rocky Mountain Elk
Scientific Name: Cervus elephus
Range: Southern Canada, the Rockies and the Central Valley of California
Height: 54-60 inches at shoulder
Weight: Males: 600-1,089 lbs. / Females: 450-650 lbs.
Gestation: 249-262
The Elk is often called “Wapiti” , a Shawnee Indian word meaning “”White Rump”. Elk are known to be great jumpers and are similar in appearance to antelope. Females are smaller than males and do not grow antlers. Males utter long pleasant yodeling sounds during rut between September and November. Antlers grow during the summer and are shed in late winter. The racks can grow an inch per day up to a height of 4 feet from top to base, a width of 5 feet and weigh up to 40 lbs. There were an estimated 10 million elk in North America before Europeans arrived. By 1907, there were less than 100,000. Today there are about 1 million wild elk living in 24 states and Canadian Provinces.