Woman shots albino deer
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Sorry for being a thread killer! 
I'm currently aware of several different "groups" of deer.
1. Regular: No explanation here.
2. Piebald: Piebald deer have patches of white hair but are otherwise normally colored. Piebalds are thought to be more common than albinos. Depending on what part of the country you are from these deer are sometimes referred to as pintos and come in various amounts of white and brown.
3. White Deer: 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.
4. Albino Deer: The eyes of an albino are bright pink, because blood vessels behind the lenses show through the unpigmented irises. Also, many albinos have poor eyesight. 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.
Deer in Question:
Just stop the video at 15 seconds and look for yourself. The nose and eyes look very dark to me to be an albino.
I'm currently aware of several different "groups" of deer.
1. Regular: No explanation here.
2. Piebald: Piebald deer have patches of white hair but are otherwise normally colored. Piebalds are thought to be more common than albinos. Depending on what part of the country you are from these deer are sometimes referred to as pintos and come in various amounts of white and brown.
3. White Deer: 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.
4. Albino Deer: The eyes of an albino are bright pink, because blood vessels behind the lenses show through the unpigmented irises. Also, many albinos have poor eyesight. 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.
Deer in Question:
Just stop the video at 15 seconds and look for yourself. The nose and eyes look very dark to me to be an albino.
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Originally Posted by F150 Duke
Sorry for being a thread killer!
I'm currently aware of several different "groups" of deer.
1. Regular: No explanation here.
2. Piebald: Piebald deer have patches of white hair but are otherwise normally colored. Piebalds are thought to be more common than albinos. Depending on what part of the country you are from these deer are sometimes referred to as pintos and come in various amounts of white and brown.
3. White Deer: 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.
4. Albino Deer: The eyes of an albino are bright pink, because blood vessels behind the lenses show through the unpigmented irises. Also, many albinos have poor eyesight. 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.
Deer in Question:
Just stop the video at 15 seconds and look for yourself. The nose and eyes look very dark to me to be an albino.
I'm currently aware of several different "groups" of deer.
1. Regular: No explanation here.
2. Piebald: Piebald deer have patches of white hair but are otherwise normally colored. Piebalds are thought to be more common than albinos. Depending on what part of the country you are from these deer are sometimes referred to as pintos and come in various amounts of white and brown.
3. White Deer: 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.
4. Albino Deer: The eyes of an albino are bright pink, because blood vessels behind the lenses show through the unpigmented irises. Also, many albinos have poor eyesight. 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.
Deer in Question:
Just stop the video at 15 seconds and look for yourself. The nose and eyes look very dark to me to be an albino.
Anyway, those areas you point out are areas where actual skin is exposed and it is the expected pinkish gray color of an albino (just like on a human albino if you have seen one of those, used to know one sort of in college until he won't home and murdered his whole family...haven't heard from him since). If it was piebald or white, it would have blackish-brown coloration in those areas as well as on the hoofs. The only thing that changes colors on piebald and the white deer is the hair.
We could go back and forth on this one for a while, the report says it is albino, looks albino by the overall coloration to me. Fair enough that it doesn't to you.
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From: In a van down by the river
Originally Posted by crowe10
Your thread before was arguing that there are not albino deer so you are confusing.
Anyway, those areas you point out are areas where actual skin is exposed and it is the expected pinkish gray color of an albino (just like on a human albino if you have seen one of those, used to know one sort of in college until he won't home and murdered his whole family...haven't heard from him since). If it was piebald or white, it would have blackish-brown coloration in those areas as well as on the hoofs. The only thing that changes colors on piebald and the white deer is the hair.
We could go back and forth on this one for a while, the report says it is albino, looks albino by the overall coloration to me. Fair enough that it doesn't to you.
Anyway, those areas you point out are areas where actual skin is exposed and it is the expected pinkish gray color of an albino (just like on a human albino if you have seen one of those, used to know one sort of in college until he won't home and murdered his whole family...haven't heard from him since). If it was piebald or white, it would have blackish-brown coloration in those areas as well as on the hoofs. The only thing that changes colors on piebald and the white deer is the hair.
We could go back and forth on this one for a while, the report says it is albino, looks albino by the overall coloration to me. Fair enough that it doesn't to you.
I see your point how the spots (eyes and nose) on the deer in question are a greyish now instead of pink. You're most likely right because those areas would have drained out when the deer was killed (ie. blood drained from the deer and is no longer circulating). I was being too debative on the topic. Mostly because I don't like that news channel here in MN and they missed the huge point that they are illegal to hunt in MN.
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i'm not a big hunter or anything, but who cares about shooting a damn white deer. thats like saying you can't catch an albino fish or something. she is only doing what mother nature would have eventually done, with natural selection and all. weeding out the sick,elderly, and freaky white, I say.
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From: Daytona Beach
Originally Posted by benkr16
i'm not a big hunter or anything, but who cares about shooting a damn white deer. thats like saying you can't catch an albino fish or something. she is only doing what mother nature would have eventually done, with natural selection and all. weeding out the sick,elderly, and freaky white, I say.
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From: Hammer Lane
Originally Posted by Shinesintx
OK, lemme get this straight. I am unable to shoot:
1) Pedophiles
2) Rapist
3) Murderers
4) Politicians
and now I have to add...
5) White deer?
What is this country coming to?
1) Pedophiles
2) Rapist
3) Murderers
4) Politicians
and now I have to add...
5) White deer?
What is this country coming to?
"Let me see if I have this straight. It's OK to shoot the Brown
deer; but, not the White ones?
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I have seen 2 Albino and 1 Piebald deer. Both of them i saw in Upstate NY. Also a buddy of mine found one dead that got caught in a fence. It was a nice little 6 point. The other was a doe.
They are pretty rare. If i saw one and it was a buck i would shoot it. That would make a kick a$$ mount that you would most likely never have a chance at taking again.
Like the one guy said who cares it's just a deer
They are pretty rare. If i saw one and it was a buck i would shoot it. That would make a kick a$$ mount that you would most likely never have a chance at taking again.
Like the one guy said who cares it's just a deer