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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Diehard0123 on February 05, 2010, 07:25:45 PM

Title: Calico Buck
Post by: Diehard0123 on February 05, 2010, 07:25:45 PM: Forgive me if this was already posted, I did a search and did not find it
Here is something I got thats floating around the internet, I don't know if its legit or not but here is the story:

Here is a crazy buck that a hunter got in WI. He sent these pictures to a
bunch of people to see what he could get and the owner of Cabela's paid him
$13,000 for the head and hide. A calico buck like the one below is rarer
then an albino.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi43.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe383%2Fdiehard0123%2F00113.jpg&hash=136e330360697dc7eb67d29bf0aadfb521fcc735)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi43.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe383%2Fdiehard0123%2F00112.jpg&hash=e1d26d013ed9917fa9f3dc31062adb87882ca29c)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi43.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe383%2Fdiehard0123%2F00111.jpg&hash=3b3a0a77477f7a7f6d835546a5404605a441b953)
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: Bigshooter on February 05, 2010, 07:30:14 PM: I saw a doe one year that looked just like that. That same year a buddy killed a 2pt that looked just like that. Both blacktails.
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: Diehard0123 on February 05, 2010, 07:36:46 PM: I just Snopes.com to see about this buck here is the link
http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/calicobuck.asp (http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/calicobuck.asp)
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: norsepeak on February 05, 2010, 08:06:58 PM: have seen a couple over the years like that, they are called "piebald"
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on February 05, 2010, 08:35:39 PM: Those deer are referred to as "Piebalds".

They are more common than an Albino. Melanistic being the rarest.
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: bonecrusher on February 05, 2010, 08:45:38 PM: there was and maybe still is a buck like that living on my families property back in New Hampshire
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: hoytem on February 05, 2010, 10:28:03 PM: saw one while chasing elk around this year.
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: 180-GRAIN on February 07, 2010, 07:03:35 PM: I saw a blacktail doe that looked like that this year in the 418 unit. She had a fawn with her and it did not have any markings at all, just normal color.
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: Screaminreelz on February 09, 2010, 08:43:10 PM: 2 years ago there was a nice bt shot up on capital peak looked alot like those. Also there are 2 or 3 running around the Lacey area. I'll see if i can get ahold of the pics a friend of mine took with her camera over by the mushroom farm.
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on February 10, 2010, 10:53:40 AM: Quote from: Screaminreelz on February 09, 2010, 08:43:10 PM
2 years ago there was a nice bt shot up on capital peak looked alot like those.

That is interesting. Couple years ago I saw a doe up in the CF area with Piebald markings.

I use to see 3 or 4 a year and hear of at least another couple taken. I mounted a nice Piebald 8 point (East standards) buck while I was down there. Looked like a fawn that never lost it's spots. Had quarter to 50 cent piece size spots all over it.
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: elkoholic on February 10, 2010, 01:04:27 PM: My front yard 2009-just outside of Washougal
Title: Re: Calico Buck
Post by: whacker1 on February 10, 2010, 02:59:40 PM: I saw one like that across the Cowlitz river at the barrier dam about 20 years ago, and a true albino doe a year or two after that. Fun to see something different every once in awhile.