Ever harvested a rare deer?
09-21-2006, 05:30 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 323
Ever harvested a rare deer?
How many of you have ever harvested a piebald, albino or melanistic deer? If you have pics, please post them. If you haven't noticed already by my username, I love color phase deer and I hope to bag one someday. We have a melanistic buck running around here but he is really smart.
09-21-2006, 06:28 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
RE: Ever harvested a rare deer?
Yes Piebalddoe, as I mentioned to you before, I got a Piebald doe 2 years ago and her fur is on my wall. It looks really neat. Also as I mentioned I got her on my trail cam a few times before I killed her after hunting JUST her for 9 days, letting other deer walk so I wouldn't spook the area. So I have before and after pics of her. That's cool!
She is mostly all white with small matching brown markings on both sides.
She is mostly all white with small matching brown markings on both sides.
09-21-2006, 08:09 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: McDonough, GA
Posts: 754
RE: Ever harvested a rare deer?
A partially piebald doe we affectionately named 'Spot' for the big white spot (about 20" in diameter) centered right between her shoulder blades. I would see her every year with yearlings in the same soybean field until she reached 9.5 yrs old and had no yearlings, then I shot her!
09-21-2006, 10:13 AM
#4
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 358
RE: Ever harvested a rare deer?
I have never harvested an odd deer but my dad shot a buck once that only had about 1inch antler sticking out from its head. He thought it was a big doe but turns out a buck with basically no rack. It field dressed just under 200lbs.
From the body size this deer should have been a 6-8 point from my experience
thought it was a bit odd
From the body size this deer should have been a 6-8 point from my experience
thought it was a bit odd
09-21-2006, 02:22 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,563
RE: Ever harvested a rare deer?
I shot a piebald doe archery hunting a few years it had white hair mixed all through the brown on it. As well as alot of white on the hind quarters and legs. Here is a picture of it.
I also shot a three point doe once and that rack was strange to see. It still had velvit on it as it didn't know enough to rub it off.
I also shot a three point doe once and that rack was strange to see. It still had velvit on it as it didn't know enough to rub it off.
09-21-2006, 10:20 PM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
RE: Ever harvested a rare deer?
muckland, that's exactly what I need to learn how to do. I have TONS of pics but don't know how to scan and upload yet. I have a printer, scanner and copyer. I'll have to geta computer "Geek" to come over sometime I guess. I'm fairly new to the PC world and I'm missing out on alot because I can't do this and I'm short changing others as well!
09-22-2006, 08:19 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Spring Grove, Pa. USA
Posts: 2,120
RE: Ever harvested a rare deer?
I have a cabin in Somerset Co.,Pa that every year,I see at least once a piebald.I even saw an all white deer(not an albino,tho)but that was during turkey season.I had a piebald doe walk right under my stand during rifle but that was when it was still buck only.Pretty cool to see,tho.
