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lookie what i saw on my way to work this morning:
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=574523

[KMKeller]

White fawn?

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bigger

;)

[DadOfThree]

Guernsey bull? :D

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da money shot
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=574744

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whats particularly cool is that the above pictures were shot 1/2 a mile from here

[Big_R]

I take it that's an elbino (sp) deer? An in-law shot one about 10 years ago in northern Minnesota. The CO didn't make him tag it. Seems at that time, they wanted them out of the general population. He issued him a possession tag. The hide made a cool wall hanging.

Ryan

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this is a color phase called piebald
albinos have no pigment including pink eyes


http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20021129/localsports/470126.html

While it may well be a once-in-a-lifetime happening for a hunter, it's not all that uncommon in the wild or in the Southern Tier. The term is "piebald" deer and it is the result of a genetic trait that occurs once in every 3,000-4,000 adults. The incidence rate increases if the deer is allowed to breed, increasing the piebald gene presence in the gene pool.

Wildlife biologists tell me that the gene(s) producing this abnormality not only increases the amount of white on the animal but quite often cause other features such as dorsal bowing of the nose, short legs, curving or arching of the spine, short mandibles and malformation of internal organs.

Many do not survive to adulthood and of those that do a good number look like goats. Some, however, remain quite normal and develop good racks.

[Newt]

Nice rack on him. You could kill him and he'd make a really cool looking full-body mount. I'd be after him.

Newt

[Keith]

It's been a long time since I've seen a white-tail, but the animal does seem to have an odd shape. Shouldn't a buck be a little beefier at this time of year? His hindquarters seem thin, more like a yearling buck, or a doe than a 3 or 4 year old buck in his prime...

What do you guys who see more white-tails think?

Keith

[KMKeller]

Very cool.

[mtnbkr]

It's been a long time since I've seen a white-tail, but the animal does seem to have an odd shape. Shouldn't a buck be a little beefier at this time of year? His hindquarters seem thin, more like a yearling buck, or a doe than a 3 or 4 year old buck in his prime...

Deer in the Northern Va/DC area tend to be scrawny due to overpopulation and lack of hunting. Even further west, in the National Forest areas off of I-81, they are still on the small side.

Chris

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the buck in the background of picture 3 was a bit heavier in the body and heavier beams
(all you Haweyes did spot him right?)
mr piebald does have a bit of a rut showing in his neck
kind of an interesting pair
which would you perferate?

i took these pix 50 feet off of a major Wash DC commuting route

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heres a nice rack shot

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heres the piebald arched spine trait:

[Keith]

Yeah, that one in the back is quite a bit beefier than than the piebald. In a wild environment that piebald deer wouldn't have survived to pass on any unhealthy genes. Wild critters or human hunters would have taken him out when he was younger.

Keith

[mtnbkr]

i took these pix 50 feet off of a major Wash DC commuting route

And I drive nearly 2 hours to the GWNF...

Chris

[Sunray]

Proof that Appalossa horses mate with deer.

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more like great dane

;)

no sign of them this morning

a co worker has seen the Piebald in her Georgetown driveway at night.
they prolly bed down in this urban island for the day and eat petunias all night