well if i could i would harvest the deer but illinois protects the deer from being taken. However if there is a brown spot bigger than a nickle its fair game.

Tennessee protects the albinos but if put in a position where it was legal and ethical I would gladly take one. It'd be a rare mount, cool cape and if I didn't a predator or another hunter would. Any idea if piebalds are protected under the albino thing? or is it just solid albino?

let close deer season and open a PETA season

It's a whitetail with a genetic flaw, not a rare breed. I'd take one in a heartbeat!









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1. I hate PETA.
2. It's her legal right to harvest the deer.
3. She is a gold digger. (but isn't that the [American] capitalist way?)
4. If you want to harvest it, havest it.
5. If you don't want to havest it, don't harvest it.

As for me personally, I can't say what I'd do. It depends on how many deer I already have in the meat locker, what tag I'm still in posession of and the size of the deer. I suppose it would make a nice conversational wall hanger. I don't consider it a "freak of nature" but moreso a rare genetic alignment,. No moreso than I would consider an albino humans a freak but instead unique. Bottom line...to each their own.

if its against the law dont shoot, but if it aint go right ahead i would so love to mount an albino deer in my house...if i seen one i would take it without a doubt

I personally think they are cool; a genetic abnormality, not a genetic flaw. If I had a large plot of land to myself, I would let it walk so it could spread its genes, unless it was clearly very old and past that point. If I was on land where another hunter would likely take it if I pass on it, I would take it. Where I am from there aren't very many natural preditors for deer besides hunters and automobiles. Sure there is the occasional coyote, bear, or mountain lion, but they are very rare.

In my parent's neighborhood there is a strain of albino squirels, and I think that is awesome. Very interesting to see. I would love to have a piece of land with several albino deer.

From the web...Albinism is a recessive trait found in mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and even plants. These plants and animals do not have the gene for normal coloration and do not produce the enzyme responsible for skin, hair and tissue coloration. Albinism is the total absence of body pigment. The eyes of an albino are pink, because blood vessels behind the lenses show through the unpigmented irises. As you might guess, albinism is not a desirable trait for either predators or prey species. Being totally white year-round makes concealment difficult. Also, many albinos have poor eyesight. In the game of life, where survival of the fittest is the rule, albinos have a strike against them from the start. Perhaps that is why albinos are rare.Because albinism is a recessive trait, both parents must carry the gene before it can occur in their offspring. An albino deer bred to another albino would have only albinos. An albino bred to a normal deer with no recessive genes for albinism would produce all normally pigmented deer. Offspring from this cross would carry the recessive gene for albinism but would be normally colored. When carriers of albinism breed there is a one-in-four chance they will produce an albino fawn. Recessive genetic traits typically become less common unless they confer a survival advantage or are artificially enhanced through selective breeding. Based on hunter reports, about one deer in 30,000 is an albino. Not all white deer are true albinos. Some white whitetails have normally pigmented noses, eyes and hooves. This is a genetic mutation for hair color but not other pigments.

As you can see, it is a genetic flaw. This condition doesnt make them special, it makes them a target. Allowing them to live is poor herd management period.

Heres another uniquedeer. Should this one be protected too? Its so beautiful and original, obviously the pride of the forrest.Pic credit goes to Rebel Hog

Seneca Depot white deer

If it were legal, I would shoot, eat, and have something done with the cape. Would consider selling to Cabela's...put the money towards my hunting honeymoon!!!