Possible Clues:

• One foot up with it, one deer
• Rockies denizen
• I paw it (anag) — large North American deer
• Animal seen in a large hollow in the West Indies
• Has the W.I. got a hole in it to make it sound dear?
• Large elk
• One foot up and one after it sounds dear in America
• Animal in a den in the West Indies
• Deer — find it one foot to the left
• Deer - tha'sh a shame!