PAhunter14 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Well the other day i saw an albino whitetail and wondered how rare it is to see one. Has anyone ever seen one? How rare are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Pretty rare I believe. Never have seen one. Saw a piebald once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I don't exactly how rare they are, but they sure aren't common. I've seen 6 piebald/albino's in the wild in my lifetime that I can think of. They sure are something to see in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I know they aren't common. Never seen an albino or a piebald in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampRAGS Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 when i was in the army our post had the normal whitetail deer, white deer, and albino deer...it was a real treat to watch them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSRoth Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 When i was young my whole family would go watch a albino doe in pennsylvania watched her every night for a long time lots of people found out about her, she came out in the same field every night then she disappeared word was somebody poached her. But a few years later a buddy of mine took me out to a secluded field a good ways back a showed me a albino six point he had been watching for a couple months they were really neat to see. That was probably 12-15 years ago or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Very rare. Have never seen an albino or piebald deer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I have never seen an albino or a piebald while hunting. I have seen a piebald mule deer in Washington and we had an albino whitetail at the local water works department. My daughter said " look dad a goat " when I looked it was an albino fawn. Pretty cool to share with my daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUTSIDER Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I have seen two of these guys...no albinos, only a pieball. This was the second one i ever saw, he fell victim to a 300 ultra mag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 ive seen a piebald someone got, but never seen one alive or a albino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSRoth Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I have also been fortunate enough to see a albino coon. I also have video of two white turkeys right off my back porch fed them for about a year or so they werent albino but they were neat ill get a cord to hook to the camera and try to put the video on soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm23494 Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 A couple of years ago we had two or three piebald's running around our property in Northeast PA. Pretty cool to see in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSRoth Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Saw this on Whitetail World, thought I would share: Submitted By:John Dummer Date Shot:April 3rd, 2007 Location:Buffalo County, WI These sheds were found April 3rd of 2007. They come from the albino buck pictured below. The neighbors have the sets from 2004 and 2005. These score around 185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 GULP!!! :eek::eek: That is a giant buck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 If I recall correctly, there are a couple of giant albino's running around Buffalo County. There used to be an albino doe that we would go watch just about every night. She was regular as clockwork when coming out to the fields. Of course it helped that she stuck out like a sore thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 About 5 years ago we had an ablino buck and 2 doe around the house. Will have to dig for those pics not sure where they are. But me and my buddies watch them things almost every night. Loved watching them so different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DEERSLAYER88 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 i ave never seen on but i hope i can kill it if i do see one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Not all white deer are true albinos. Often the white coloration is merely a different color phase. In other words they may not have the pink eyes, light colored nose and the lack of pigmentation in the hooves that true albinos have. Here in NY we have a herd of white (not albino) deer on what used to be the Seneca Army Depot which was a large, totally high fenced, area. They have both the conventional coloration and also a large percentage of pure white deer. Apparently, the white coloration genes are present in all deer, but recessive. It is theorized that the inbreeding caused by this fenced area allowed the recessive gene to become dominant in certain individuals. I suspect that the white color phase of deer in the wild may be the result of similar genetic combinations. That is not to say that there is no such thing as true albino deer, because there definitely is. There is also a rare condition which occassionally produces a completely black deer. I have seen pictures of them, but have never heard of this color phase showing up here in NY. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm23494 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 If I remember correctly from my biology in high school all deer will carry the "white" gene in their dna makeup, when they mate and a fawn is produced the two white genes have to mate up exactly for a white/albino to occur. Obviously this is a rare condition with slim odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Up near the vacation property in Vilas Cty, WI...There seems to be the albino gene going around. Have yet to see a buck albino, but a few does and fawns that were albino. It was neat to see them against the bright green summer foliage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN BuckKiller Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 No i have never seen one in the wild... and wow that albino buck that, that guy posted is amazing what a trophy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 We had a piebald fawn on the Strut10 Ranch several years back. It met a tragic demise. But we did get some pics of it beforehand. Right now we have a true albino doe. She'll be 3 years old this spring. She's had two batches of fawns so far.....all normal & brown. I've posted these pics before. But here they are again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nyhunter Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 PAhunter Not sure from what part of PA that you are from, but just across the border in sw delaware co., there is a town called Hancock. Two seasons ago, this fellow shot a real nice 8pt. true albino. Pink eyes and hooves. I believe that it weighed around 180 - 190. As rare as they are, this hunter said that there were four more with this one. This place is only half an hour from where i live, so maybe i might get lucky one day and see one for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAhunter14 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Not sure from what part of PA that you are from, but just across the border in sw delaware co., there is a town called Hancock. Two seasons ago, this fellow shot a real nice 8pt. true albino. Pink eyes and hooves. I believe that it weighed around 180 - 190. As rare as they are, this hunter said that there were four more with this one. This place is only half an hour from where i live, so maybe i might get lucky one day and see one for myself. I live in central PA about 20 min from Altoona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 lol we had an albino horse once but never seen a deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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