Albino Deer?

[irishevox]

My wife was driving in Oak Harbor yesterday and snapped this pic of an albino deer.  It is the first i have ever seen... it is small at the time... but when and if it makes it and gets bigger would it be ok to kill and eat? i have never had to deal with this.

[Smossy]

Would be fine to kill and eat, bad juju though.

[ICEMAN]

It used to be illegal to take an albino in this state....not anymore.

Legal now to harvest.

[ICEMAN]

Would be fine to kill and eat, bad juju though.

Why the bad juju?

[Smossy]

Would be fine to kill and eat, bad juju though.

Why the bad juju?

Spirit Deer. Natives have some weird beliefs about them, don't really know what exactly.
I would never kill one personally.

The white colour deer or stag has long been associated with purity; and in Celtic culture, the colour also represented the otherworld.[2] In modern society, people have acted to protect the white stag as a vestige of beauty, and the hunting of the white stag has often met with anger, because of its rare and elusive nature.[6]

Guess that don't really mean much to some people. I just believe in Karma and other unworldly natures that us as humans still don't understand. Id let him walk for sure
To each they're own though.

[ICEMAN]

Good points.....

I look at it like a color phase bear or irregular antler or similar....just a variation from the norm.....

[huntnnw]

SORRY..big old monster buck...whack!

[irishevox]

yeah i dunno... i would love to take it if it was a buck... espically if it got big would be an awesome mount... but still i dunno if i could do it b/c of the rareity... and b/c i am Irish... i dunno... but if it taste the same i might have to

[Dbax129]

I would take it if legal. Would love that hide or mount if buck.  Pretty awesome.  Just a genetic anomaly... 

[irishevox]

i think i would mount regarless buck or doe b/c of the rarity.... anyone else have pictures of this?

[sfrenger]

They are bad genes that none of us want to be passed on, Including WDFW. I wouldn't have a problem culling it out of the herd.

[greenhead_killer]

 :yeah:it's a defect. Cull it. Figures these groups are worshiping defective animals

[irishevox]

how is it defective.

[Blacktail Sniper]

It is from defective genes, this is a pretty good article about it and includes some cool pictures:

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/animal-albinism

[cvandervort]

I lived on whidbey island (south end) until 2004. For a while there was an albino buck roaming around! Pretty cool to watch!