The top mistakes in The Deer Hunter http://www.moviemistakes.com/film349 en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:55:03 +0000 2179 The boys go deer hunting somewhere in the Appalachians, but the geology is all wrong. That scene is in North Cascades National Park in Washington State. 2180 During the long wedding scene, while Michael watches Linda on the dance floor, the level of the beer in his glass goes up and down several times. 107178 During the scene when Michael pursues a deer and then refrains from shooting it, the bolt action on his rifle switches from a left handed model to a right handed model. When it switches the shots are flipped, also note other items that are reversed. 27272 In the scene where the boys are changing into all their hunting gear on the side of the road, keep an eye on Christopher Walken. In a wide shot, he's pulling on a dark green sweater. There's a quick shot of De Niro, then back to the wide shot, in which Walken is again pulling on the dark green sweater. 2181 The deer that appears in the film is a mule deer. Mule deer are not indigenous to Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania deer are white tailed deer.