If I started a beard on September 1st I’d be able to hide my rifle in it on opening of deer season. And we’d better have snow or I’d be pretty darned visible. lol
I usually chop off what beard I may have about mid-October and let the new grow from that point on. I hate shaving and grow my beard until I get tired of it then hack it off and start all over again. And yes its white. I hunt a stand so for the most part the beard and deer get along just fine as long as I don’t move around fast. Snow doesn’t seem to matter either.