Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
10-27-2003, 09:40 AM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Northern Neck VA
Posts: 465
RE: Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
I would take her.. I actually took a piebald 11 pointer a few years back. I had watched him for 3 years but never got a shot. He has some offspring running around that look like they could be his twin except for their headgear!
I have nothing but enjoyment from the memory I have of taking him, not to mention how well he looks on my wall!! I would like to find a piebald doe to mount to go with him.
I have nothing but enjoyment from the memory I have of taking him, not to mention how well he looks on my wall!! I would like to find a piebald doe to mount to go with him.
10-27-2003, 11:38 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
I shot a nice piebald 2 or 3 years ago. All white except for a brown head and a small light brown spot on one shoulder. I carefully skinned her after taking some pictures, but made the mistake of washing the skin to remove the blood and then not taking it immediately to the taxidermist. When I did make the trip a day or two later, it was too late and he couldn' t save the skin (the hair was falling out as he fleshed it out). [:' (] I learned a hard lesson then and won' t make that mistake again. At least I got some nice pictures.
10-27-2003, 11:45 AM
#16
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
Absolutely shooting if one walks by me...I exclusively hunted a piebald doe several seasons ago. I had her in but just not right about 5 times then she disappeared for good. I never heard what happened to her. She appeared like a ghost and gone again and with all the white she had, it was amazing.
This year we have another on our lease....the camera was rolling so I was going to take her even though she was a fawn....good meat and wanted her out of the herd however upon closer inspection, she was a he, a small button buck so we' ll let him have his first set of antlers next season if he makes it through the lead slingers and take him next season.
This year we have another on our lease....the camera was rolling so I was going to take her even though she was a fawn....good meat and wanted her out of the herd however upon closer inspection, she was a he, a small button buck so we' ll let him have his first set of antlers next season if he makes it through the lead slingers and take him next season.
10-27-2003, 11:50 AM
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: lebanon pa USA
Posts: 652
RE: Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
The piebald gene is not good for the herd. The albinos are normal deer without melanin, but the piebalds can get (and can pass on) short legs, scoliosis and a ton of other problems
10-27-2003, 08:03 PM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 64
RE: Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
Buckshot,
Here is an article from the Maryland DNR regarding the defects of the piebald:
Piebald Anomaly
Here is an article from the Maryland DNR regarding the defects of the piebald:
Piebald Anomaly
10-28-2003, 07:15 AM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: lebanon pa USA
Posts: 652
RE: Pie Bald doe to shoot or not?
Thats the first time Ive every seen anything stating that Piebalds are geneticly inferior, all the articles Ive read stated pretty much the same thing about albino deer.
