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Offline LDennis24

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Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« on: October 17, 2018, 12:35:19 PM »
My wife sent me this from a Sportsman's page on Facebook.

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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2018, 01:28:26 PM »
That is awesome  :tup:
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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2018, 01:57:57 PM »
That Buck like so cool, contrast between antlers and body looks aweaome
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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2018, 09:13:55 PM »
Cool buck! Would that be considered a blacktail :chuckle:
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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2018, 10:03:04 PM »
Cool buck! Would that be considered a blacktail :chuckle:
Right
It looks black in the pics  :chuckle:

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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2018, 10:07:54 PM »
Ugly mug without the normal coloration.  Cool find.  Thanks for posting.
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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2018, 08:11:10 AM »
I couldn't shoot it, its too cool. plus i just know someone would call me racist  :chuckle:

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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2018, 10:55:03 AM »
I would never shoot it either. Too cool to see running around. Plus maybe he would pass a small percentage of that around to offspring and you would see them more often...

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Re: Melanistic Texas whitetail buck
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2018, 05:33:31 PM »
wonder if it has fallow deer mixed in ?

 


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