ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! with ideas like this, you’ll soon be make’n the big bucks! i’m all about this idea! ;-D

And I should point out too that technically, venison can come from does in addition to bucks. So even if the female deer strapped a bunch of branches to her head in order to look like a buck, that would still be considered counterfeiting.

My mind boggles at the idea of a naturally occurring half-deer/half-pig. And what about the nomenclature?

The overall species (assuming it breeds true and doesn’t end up a mule) would likely be either a dig or a peer.

I suppose the young would be known as either “figlets” or “pawns”. Both names have a certain appeal, though I suppose “pawn” could play a minor role in puns relating to chess and/or short term loans. “Figlet” on the other hand sounds like either a distant relative to a Winnie the Pooh character, or else a small cookie.

The adult female I suppose would be either a “soe” or a “dow” (with or without an industrial index?). Labeling the male half of this new species is a bit trickier since boar and buck both begin with B. I suppose you could always use one of the parent species’ names for the latter half. Calling the male a “big” seems a bit confusing, though I’m certain a lot of people would love to have an official hunting season for “beer.”

The hunted kind rarely gets so mixed. At least, I haven’t heard stories of such creatures, and I am relatively certain if such creatures had been discovered, or bred, I would have heard something.

I’m trying to imagine two things right now
1) a creature that is half deer/half pig.
2) The ‘natural’ process that would yield such a creation (i.e. the momma pig and pappa deer, or vice versa, doing what comes so naturally.)

This should occupy my brain for the rest of the day, so I have no feelings of regret if I help it to occupy any others.