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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: hogsniper on November 13, 2008, 07:19:49 PM

Title: Albino Down!!!
Post by: hogsniper on November 13, 2008, 07:19:49 PM: So a buddy of mine called today and told me to come over and look at his deer he harvested....Well i got there and it is half white...Just a spindly 2 point but is the coolest deer I have ever seen!!! I will have to get pics in a little while!!!
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Post by: hogsniper on November 13, 2008, 07:22:55 PM: So its not a true albino but is a very very unique buck!!! Wish I had taken it...I would be out a few thousand to get a life size mount done on it!!!
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Post by: hogsniper on November 13, 2008, 08:11:46 PM: These are just cell phone pics but they give you a good idea...
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Post by: saylean on November 13, 2008, 08:14:01 PM: weird! what happened to the neck?! Grats!
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Post by: hogsniper on November 13, 2008, 08:15:19 PM: He shot it twice!!! As you can see in the neck...lol
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Post by: blmathis12 on November 13, 2008, 08:16:16 PM: what a waste of a awesome hide! :bash:
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Post by: hogsniper on November 13, 2008, 08:22:17 PM: He is tanning the hide!!!! Kind of made a mess of the neck but it will still turn out very neat.....
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Post by: saylean on November 13, 2008, 08:24:30 PM: Sometimes 1 shot just aint enough...kind of like vodka

:chuckle:
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Post by: jackelope on November 13, 2008, 08:33:31 PM: neat piebald buck.

cool.
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Post by: MooseStock on November 13, 2008, 09:02:45 PM: Those are actually called "Pinto" deer...not a true albino but some genes in the system. I have taken or seen several somewhat the same but not with as much marking. I did see one true albino 2pt. taken in the greenwater area over 20 years ago and I saw a true albino doe on the Snoqualmie treefarm about 15 years ago on the hoof when I was hauling logs out. It will sure make a nice and extra special trophy tanned hide and conversation piece.............Les
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Post by: ThePascoKid on November 13, 2008, 09:08:44 PM: never herd em called pinto's always piebalds but it makes sense just like the horse huh?
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Post by: blacktailer on November 13, 2008, 09:13:01 PM: They are technically and scientifically referred to as Piebalds. They are commonly referred to as Pinto's or Calico's. Verbage aside, that is one cool looking deer and one to remember
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Post by: skinzner on November 13, 2008, 09:24:50 PM: i know its legal to shoot a piebald but i heard its illegal to shoot a true albino, does anyone know
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Post by: wence5 on November 13, 2008, 09:25:50 PM: Ive seen three deer like that. Two in Columbia county Oregon back in the 70's and one in the Washougal unit a couple of years back. Cool looking animals.
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on November 13, 2008, 09:29:39 PM: If you want to see one like that just make a trip to Fox Island. In all the years of land surveying over there i have seen several like that.

Beautiful animal. Congratulations.
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Post by: Bscman on November 13, 2008, 09:30:14 PM: There used to be a couple piebalds out around Little Mountain in Mt. Vernon several years ago...I saw them two or three winters in a row.

Neat looking, that's for sure.
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Post by: Elkstuffer on November 13, 2008, 09:45:41 PM: There are a few of them in the Yakima river valley. I've seen a buck and had a customer take a doe 2 years ago. Heard of 3 others since then.
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Post by: bowsandhose on November 13, 2008, 10:22:43 PM: cool. 8) buckluckys wife shot a piebald buck last year i think
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Post by: WildBear on November 13, 2008, 10:49:03 PM: Kinda strange lookin, but Cool!!
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Post by: jae on November 13, 2008, 11:31:46 PM: Very cool looking deer!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 14, 2008, 01:59:36 AM: Very Nice! Congrats. Yes the scientificly it is referd to as I piebald. Use to get quite a bit of them in Georgia.
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Post by: TeacherMan on November 14, 2008, 07:40:56 AM: Looks like a pack of Wolves got to it around the neck area :chuckle: Nice little buck, great story piece in the future.
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Post by: burnhamrandr on November 14, 2008, 08:35:19 AM: I have a picture of a 2 pt just like that one I took off of 504 near the mouth of the green. I was going fishing and it was bedded down near the road. cool looking buck
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Post by: Dadbear on November 14, 2008, 09:02:08 AM: Once in a lifetime for a buck like that. good job.
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Post by: skybusterbo on November 14, 2008, 01:33:02 PM: I've only seen 3 in my lifetime.One in Oregon west side.One near Yakima,and one at Elkstufers shop,that a guy had brought in to be tanned. All three doe's. That's really cool!!!!!
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Post by: Bigshooter on November 14, 2008, 08:03:51 PM: I have seen two deer that looked just like that. Also my buddy killed one that looked just like that about 5 years ago.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 14, 2008, 09:09:37 PM: I saw one a couple months back.
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Post by: sdwwaverider on November 15, 2008, 02:13:01 AM: Badger neck! When's the last time you saw a nice deer rug? That'd be my vote. Very cool.
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Post by: big_bucks on November 15, 2008, 08:02:34 AM: Used to see albinos in Wenatchee

Looks like that neck got caught on a barbed wire fence. Nice of you guys to take him home.
Title: Re: Albino Down!!!
Post by: bobcat on December 30, 2008, 10:41:21 PM: Quote from: skinzner on November 13, 2008, 09:24:50 PM
i know its legal to shoot a piebald but i heard its illegal to shoot a true albino, does anyone know

I know this thread is kind of old but I just saw this question and it seems that nobody ever answered it. I believe it's been discussed on here before, but the answer is that albino deer are not protected in this state. Used to be many years ago, but not anymore, and that's as it should be. There is absolutely no reason an albino needs to be protected.
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Post by: deaddog on December 31, 2008, 10:17:50 AM: I used to see a few piebalds every year in the pysht tree farm area on the oly pen. anybody hunt that area now? seen any in there? sad to say I havent hunted that area in quite a few years now. We would see a number of blackies with palmated antlers in the same area too, I was always hoping to take a piebald with palmated antlers, but never connected. Very cool deer, congrats!
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Post by: lewy on December 31, 2008, 12:34:42 PM: Very cool, got one almost exactly like that a few years back, made a great soft tan to hang over my railing!!
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Post by: gasman on December 31, 2008, 04:04:49 PM: I seen a couple if twin yearling's that were white from th belly up in Vail. The belly and legs were brown and all wite abovr the belly. Spoted the deer for 3 scouting trips before the season started, it was nice to watch them, but than momwas killed on opening day. The guy never saw the yearlings and was surprised when the ran off, only feet from were momlay dead.
I talked to him after the fact and told him i have been watching them for a few weeks now, he wished he would have seen them, he would have loved to tag one, even if they were pretty small.
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Post by: NWTFhunter on January 01, 2009, 01:21:38 AM: Nice little Piebald for sure. There is a piebald yearling running around Goldendale this year. Its markings are only on his face though.

A true albino deer is very rare..... only 1 in more than a million are born annually and should not be confused with Piebald deer which are more common..
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Post by: Charlie on January 01, 2009, 10:17:14 AM: Quote
the answer is that albino deer are not protected in this state. Used to be many years ago, but not anymore, and that's as it should be. There is absolutely no reason an albino needs to be protected.
Thanks Bobcat!