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Old 06-05-2003 | 08:59 PM
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Default RE: Black Colored White Tail?

It' s Called a Melanistic deer. Odds of getting one are slim to none. They are so very rare. a KID took one last year in Pennsylvania, most people never even heard of one...

Here' s a Pic of it:


and part of the story:

By Tom Fegely
Special to The Morning Call

When Andrew Hargrove took aim on the dark-colored buck chasing a doe beneath his treestand in a Bucks County woodlot at 3 p.m. opening day, the Allentown youngster had no idea he was about to claim a niche in Pennsylvania deer hunting history.

' ' I saw it was a buck so I shot,' ' said the 18-year-old Allentown resident, a student at Faith Christian Academy in Sellersville. ' ' I was excited about it and I was a little worried when it ran off, but Roger and I found him about 100 yards away.' '
and then, This little bit of information from http://www.kerrlake.com/deer/albino.html

...Melanism results from overproduction of pigment and is less common than albinism. Hunters see dark deer with some frequency but to actually see a Melanistic deer is rare.
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