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Post by 3212 on Jan 5, 2011 16:43:18 GMT -5
Is anyone seeing albino deer in their area.Over many years of hunting the same area I have seen three partial albinos,all does.Does it mean anything about the health of the herd?
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Post by oldzimm on Jan 5, 2011 18:17:49 GMT -5
It doesn't mean you got a herd health problem, you just got that gene pool in the herd. Your lucky or unlucky, I remember the oldtimers saying it brings bad luck to kill an Albino deer. When I was a kid, I heard the oldtimers saying that so an so shot a albino deer and was dead within a week.
I think they were trying to scare me, I remember as a kid going out hunting, hoping I didn't see one of those BIG, BAD ALBINO DEER with their strange powers, because if one seen me, I'm sure I would of disappeared forever. If mom knew I was playing hooky from school and going hunting instead, I would've disappeared forever.
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Post by allhunter on Jan 6, 2011 11:43:41 GMT -5
I Think its cool is love to shoot one
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Post by passinthru on Jan 7, 2011 4:54:44 GMT -5
I have a piebald gene running thru my lease. Got a couple crappy pics of a piebald doe. Nothing to worry about as far as heard health.
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Post by freaknasty on Jan 7, 2011 8:11:09 GMT -5
Haven't seen one in years.Albino are protected here.
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Post by passinthru on Jan 8, 2011 5:26:14 GMT -5
Here is a video i took a couple years back while working in Virginia. We seen this deer everyday. It got pretty funny when they noticed the geese there.  |
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Post by grassi25 on Jan 11, 2011 12:43:40 GMT -5
It is a genetic trait, somethimes it is associated with high deer population. You don't see many because they usually have health problems as well and don't make it past being a fawn. I am not sure they should be protected, because they don't need to pass the gene on. Some of the other conditions that accompany piebalds are shorter front legs, an undersized lower jaw, and deformed internal organs.
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