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Title: Albino Deer
Post by: Downstream on June 23, 2019, 10:02:20 PM
 
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Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: WV Sawmiller on June 23, 2019, 10:31:24 PM
   Pretty neat. I have never seen one but I did see a pied one a couple years ago and 2 years ago I watched a baby albino coon grow from a kit to near grown. I did not see him last year so I don't know if he survived that winter.
Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: Downstream on June 24, 2019, 12:29:47 AM
Sorry but I don't know why my comments did not post originally.

We started seeing an albino deer this spring running in the woods around us.  It comes out and feeds like normal but still weird any time you see it.  It is snow white but other than that appears to be normal.  This is not a great photo but all I could get from car last week.  
Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: thecfarm on June 24, 2019, 05:19:52 AM
It's there,I can see it. Maybe you can get a better one someday.  
Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: ellmoe on June 24, 2019, 07:10:13 AM
   I've seen a number of pie-bald deer , some well over 50% white , but never a true albino . The odds of survival from birth on must be incredibly small. 
Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: millwright on July 13, 2019, 12:11:14 PM
Just started having an albino fawn come in with other deer. Mother is normal, there is a history of albino's in this area. 
Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: moosehunter on July 17, 2019, 02:43:05 PM
https://www.senecawhitedeer.org/
This place is about 20 miles from us. We sometimes see them when driving by. We have had a couple close by over the years. 

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Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: Chuck White on July 17, 2019, 02:49:20 PM
Another point regarding albino deer, or actually any albino critter is that just because they're white doesn't make them an albino!
Title: Re: Albino Deer
Post by: WV Sawmiller on July 17, 2019, 06:36:54 PM
   Yes, they could just be a white phase animal. My coon 2 years ago was a true albino with the pink eyes and pink toes and such. His siblings were normal colored cook kits.