PieBald
 

Whatcha think of this piebald? I debated on taking him, but I never saw one before.

That's cool stuff. Are you going to get him mounted? Shoulder mount? Full body?

Nope, just the cape tanned. I am going to tackle tanning it myself. My hunting buddy thinks I am crazy. Wife would kill me if I had two mounts in one year. I caped it out up to the neck and cut the head off and just freeze it until I decide. Might cape it out tomorrow just incase I change my mind.

If I had the space, I think this would make a beautiful 3/4 shoulder mount or even full size. Money is tight now with possibility of number 2 coming around.

What is so wild is the fur is so soft, compared to a regular whitetail. When I saw it in the field I thought sure it was a great dane dog before sunup. I went back and forth on what to do. One, this is a first for me. But two, he was aweful small. He is a 18month old and rather small I thought. But I do enjoy looking at him.

I'd suggest sending it out to be soft tanned. It's tough to get em soft enough doing it yourself. WCL

Really? I never done one. Some of my primitive buddies do thier own brain tanning along with smoking, just like the indians. They make some of the coolest clothes I have seen. But I am new to tanning.

Thats an awesome looking buck. i would have shot him too

Well if they have a recipe for ya that works ya can't argue with that and go for it. The tans I've used have worked good for thin skinned critters up to about a coyote but anythicker skin than that like a deer never softened very well and was pretty stiff. Good luck with it, its a cool cape. WCL

Well, you got a point. It ain't like I see these every day with this good of markings.

thats a sweet deer. congrats

Nice, I cant believe that deer lived that long. Around here they are usually shot their first year born or run over on purpose by guys on the road

thats awsome... think about it. thats just like killin a 180"... there aint a whole lot of em... congrats

We had two Piebalds like that in upstate NY where my father lives, one doe and one 5 point. I think the 5point was killed but we still see the doe running around. Neat to look at and watch, we haven't killed them just so we can watch them lol. Congrats on a unique trophy!

congrats ! cool deer for sure.
as far as tanning, think about it, a 100 bucks to have it done right, or all that time and effort to try it your self. Defleshing it by hand has to be time consuming and a pain in the arse.

Cool buck-i shot a piebald 5pt quite a few years ago too, but it definitely did not have the awesome markings/character yours does. I got my hide tanned as well. I kinda agree with the other guys here, i would send it out. It would really be a shame if it didnt come out right doin it yourself. Experiment on a normal hide first, not this one. Its too unique.

Actually this is my buddies Joes deer. I just thought it was beatiful and him and me were having a discussion on wheather it's mountable or not. If it was a cape only, I wanted to try to tan it myself. Just wanted to get some input on what you guys thought. I thought he posted here, but doesn't much.

IM GLAD THE Coin landed right side up..i woulda taken em too, i never seen one befor either, id a done the same.

Thats cool man! I've never seen one

That's a cool looking deer for sure!

Here in Oklahoma it is illegal to kill white or piebald deer.
Of course there are a lot of Native American tribes here and just about all of them find them sacred and wont kill them, mostly
they believe they are a gift from the creator to be admired and a sign of a good herd( kinda like a white buffalo).

that is an awesome trophy,congrats.

Man thats awesome. I've seen a few here in Maine before, but never during hunting season.

First of good for you on the piebald deer.. It looks quite a bit like the one me and my daughter saw on youth day hunting up here. Except the one we saw was a fawn and was white than that one except for the head, ears, and neck area. Congrats!!!

I am not sure if it is inbreeding or not. Up in this area there is not an awfull lot of deer and we are seeing more and more piebalds each year. So it is deffinately nothing to do with the amount of deer in your area that is for sure. I am thinking up this way it is more of a survival thing for the winter months than anything else. But it could possably be inbreeding from not having that many deer around.. Who really knows the answer? I did get one piebald once though with not even close to the amount of white this one shows..

if that deer was killed on public land then i think you made a great decision in taking him. just because if i was huntin the same land and you let him walk i would have definitely takin a crack at him. awesome lookin deer though. congrats. i had to pass up a similar looking deer, just with a smaller rack, because it was on a drive and i had standers about 30 yards ahead of me. it was neat to have him stand 15 yards in front of me though for about two minutes. such a tease. congrats again

PieBald
 

Congrats BigCountry,

I was fortunate enough to stalk and shoot one with a bow several years back. Had the hide tanned and it still hangs in my shop. Has stirred up many conversations throughout the years. :s4:

awesome, congrats!

Good looking buck, congrats.

I would have taken him..no doubt. I've never seen one myself. That cape will look nice tanned out.

cool deer man, we have a few in pa every once in awhile you hear about them, nice work

Don't rist it
 

x2 I would send it off, especially with those kind of marking and all. I think it looks way cool! Good luck, nice buck

Congratulations! I have seen one piebald deer here in NY while driving on the Taconic Parkway through Westchester County. I always wonder what I would do if I saw one within bow range. I am 99% sure I would take a shot and hope to have it to mount. Money is tight here too, VERY, but it's just such an awesome thing to see and extremely rare to me. I understand not having the money though, so sending it out would be my next choice, like everybody else says. We had some rails stolen off our set-up, so now the whole thing is for sale, 2 Loggy Bayou stands, 9 Gorillla sticks and 2 Fall Guys just so that we can have money to buy a climber. If it doesn't sell, no money for climber = no hunting this year. Well, I can always do the still hunting thing, and I will if all else fails. Sorry to get off topic. Congrats again on a beautiful animal and good luck with the tanning!

Awesome, I would like to try tanning one day...... Anywho Were did you hit 'em? The pic looks like there is a wound on his rearend. Is that becasue of gutting him or some cut he got while running after he got hit?

you debated on taking him!!! your crasy, thats a less than once in a life time deer.