Scholars who support repopulation point out: Yangmingshan has place names like Deer Rise Flats (Luchueh Ping) and Antler Hole River (Luchiao-keng Hsi), attesting to the fact that Formosan sika roamed the area in times past.
曾對陽明山國家公園是否復育梅花鹿進行評估的學者也指出：陽明山有鹿崛坪、鹿角坑溪，都證明當年有過梅花鹿足跡。