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Offline mattmillerrx

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White Deer
« on: June 17, 2008, 12:08:09 AM »
Has anyone seen a white deer while hunting?  How prevalent are they in your area?  I have not seen one while hunting, only when feeding the cows.  Seems every year since the early 90's I have heard of at least one siting and there seems to be 2-3 in the area in the last few years all spottings where seen in different area's. 
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2008, 04:33:12 AM »
Ive never seen them hunting but there are a few around where I work. You can't hunt them here in Illinois, they're protected.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 04:14:14 PM »
They are protected here too.  I guess I should have made that clear.  My wife hunts with me most of the time now so maybe I will get one on tape one year.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 12:03:19 PM »
I saw one Northeast of Copan Ok, approx 15 years ago but have never seen another one.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 03:34:12 PM »
I remember on the news several years ago a youth shot a white deer in Western OK.  There was a big uproar and people upset etc.  I don't remember why, however the kid was pretty harassed from what I remember.

I believe shortly after that is when white deer became protected.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2008, 12:59:45 PM »
You can kill them in Oklahoma but must have the departments written approval first.  The reason its such a big deal is probably because of the high population of indians in Oklahoma.  A white animals is supposedly sacred to them.  The other reason is that there was actually a strain introduced on the McAlester Army Ammunition plant by a former president.  They are mostly gone to the best of my knowledge.  I actually mounted the last radio collared deer from the base a couple of years ago.   
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2008, 04:08:55 PM »
Quote from: Specklebelly on September 02, 2008, 03:34:12 PM
I remember on the news several years ago a youth shot a white deer in Western OK.  There was a big uproar and people upset etc.  I don't remember why, however the kid was pretty harassed from what I remember.

I believe shortly after that is when white deer became protected.

It was actually in Logan County where that one was shot.  I knew the kid that shot it (although he's close to 30 by now).  The deer he shot was a piebald deer, not a pure white albino.  He said he had no idea it was a white deer when he shot it, due to th fact it was so dirty.  I believe him as the buck had a large rack...enough to make Cy Curtis.  It wasn't until his dad said it looked a bit different and they washed it off at their shop before they realized the anomoly.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2008, 05:19:36 PM »
  There has been a 2 (white)over the last 10 years taken close to where we live. I have no problem with someone taking them. The same with a piebald. Where we live most deer hunters are after the meat. So if it is left alone by one it will be taken by another. A guy I use to work with has a full body mount of a piebald. Gorgeous little deer. His antlers were little and deformed. He was no bigger than a normal fawn. So I figure his genetics were not that great anyways.

 As far as I know Indiana has no protection laws for any type of deer, other than the normal bag limits and seasons.

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Re: White Deer
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2009, 02:27:43 PM »
my dad got a picture of a white deer in our backyard in sand spring oklahoma
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2009, 03:28:07 PM »
When I was stationed at NAS Brunswick, Maine there were several piebald deer on the base. I actually got a picture of one from the cruiser. When I finally get to my final duty station and get all of my stuff back I will see if I can find it. I would imagine they are still there. What will become of them next year when they turn the base over to civilian contract god only knows.

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Re: White Deer
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2009, 02:00:53 AM »
The ones on McAlester Army ammo depot were fallow deer that kind of looked like reindeer/ or caribou with shovel like antlers. They were here around Ada for a while when several escaped from our Wintersmith park deer pens. They look obviously different to me and really stand out early in the morning coming thru the woods.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2009, 08:51:34 AM »
I remember a long time ago down in the little town of Macomb Oklahoma there was a store front with a albino deer in it.
It's long sense fanished. Matter of fact the whole building is gone. Not sure where it went. When I was younger Macomb was on the backroads route we took when we would go out drinking. Times have changed. All those roads are busy all hours of the day now.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2009, 02:19:33 PM »
I saw a polaroid photo of doe that was white from the shoulders to the hindend. Greyish brown the rest. Taken in the late 70's around Antlers.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2009, 04:49:04 PM »
I have seen pie bald deer in west central Hughes county but no completely white deer.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2010, 08:56:05 PM »
Quote from: mattmillerrx on June 17, 2008, 12:08:09 AM
Has anyone seen a white deer while hunting?  How prevalent are they in your area?  I have not seen one while hunting, only when feeding the cows.  Seems every year since the early 90's I have heard of at least one siting and there seems to be 2-3 in the area in the last few years all spottings where seen in different area's. 


Back in the early 80's while drilling for oil on the Chapman-Barnard ranch near pawhuska, there was a herd of white deer, we saw often near the headquarters of the ranch. I think they were Fallow deer.

Saw some big whitetail bucks on that ranch though! We were not allowed to get off the roads going to and from our drilling site. I see now the Nature Conservancy owns the old ranch. I often wonder if the white deer are still there.
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2010, 03:40:44 AM »
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Re: White Deer
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2010, 10:57:47 AM »
This was in my yard eating acorns last fall!!

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Re: White Deer
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2010, 05:09:17 PM »
A friend of mine has a white doe that comes through her yard to and fro Lake Arcadia.  She likes to stop and munch out in the garden on her way.  She has taken a few pics of that deer when she can.
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