This picture was sent to me by the mother-in-law. A co-worker of hers shot this photo at his cabin a couple of years ago. I thing she said it was in Wisconsin, but I am not 100%.
Anyways I just wanted to share this neat pic! 
Neat picture. I have a question though. I am not a deer hunter as most of you are. If you saw this animal in the woods would you harvest it or pass. I am also wondering if an albino does anything that would affect the gene pool. Love2Fish.
Neat picture. I have a question though. I am not a deer hunter as most of you are. If you saw this animal in the woods would you harvest it or pass. I am also wondering if an albino does anything that would affect the gene pool. Love2Fish.
I know they are illegal to shoot in WI, not sure about MN, we were talking about them the other day at work.
I know they are illegal to shoot in WI, not sure about MN, we were talking about them the other day at work.
If you take that deer in Wisconsin you will be fined. They are protected here. Unless you are related to a warden. When I was a young sprout an albino buck was shot over the hill from where we were hunting. The woman who shot it was the niece of the local warden. No fine, just confiscation. 
If you take that deer in Wisconsin you will be fined. They are protected here. Unless you are related to a warden. When I was a young sprout an albino buck was shot over the hill from where we were hunting. The woman who shot it was the niece of the local warden. No fine, just confiscation.
Why on earth would they be protected? This is not a desireable trait for an animal, so I would think removal from the gene pool would be better. ????
Tim
Why on earth would they be protected? This is not a desireable trait for an animal, so I would think removal from the gene pool would be better. ????
Tim
Now if that deer is in Wisconsin and has even a patch of brown on the body, it is considered a piebald and is perfectly legal to harvest. The law says it is illegal to possess an “albino or white deer which are entirely white except the hooves, tarsal glands, heads and parts of the head, unless special written authorization is obtained from the department”
Now if that deer is in Wisconsin and has even a patch of brown on the body, it is considered a piebald and is perfectly legal to harvest. The law says it is illegal to possess an “albino or white deer which are entirely white except the hooves, tarsal glands, heads and parts of the head, unless special written authorization is obtained from the department”
I would pass on her being as I don’t like white meat. 
Seriously, I would pass on her because it’s too easy to get a doe, and I think the benefit of having her around and enjoying sightings of her far outweighs the meat she would provide. I hold out for a brown deer for my freezer.
Cool Pic, Rocky!
I would pass on her being as I don’t like white meat.
Seriously, I would pass on her because it’s too easy to get a doe, and I think the benefit of having her around and enjoying sightings of her far outweighs the meat she would provide. I hold out for a brown deer for my freezer.
Cool Pic, Rocky!
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I would pass on her being as I don’t like white meat.
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I would pass on her being as I don’t like white meat.
Down here in Madison within the CWD area, it is legal to harvest an albino deer.
Down here in Madison within the CWD area, it is legal to harvest an albino deer.
I am not much of a hunter nowadays…though I would sure love to get back into it. I just haven’t found the time…and I am to blame for that!
I would say I would have to pass on shooting ANY albino deer. I would just rather let ’em go and wait for another one that isn’t an albino. Though if you google albino deer images, you will see that quite a few people do harvest them… 
I am not much of a hunter nowadays…though I would sure love to get back into it. I just haven’t found the time…and I am to blame for that!
I would say I would have to pass on shooting ANY albino deer. I would just rather let ’em go and wait for another one that isn’t an albino. Though if you google albino deer images, you will see that quite a few people do harvest them…
I would treat it like any other deer. If it was a good buck, bang. If it was the size doe I was looking for, bang.
There’s a chance I wouldn’t I shoot a white doe. The only way to know is to be in the situation.
I would treat it like any other deer. If it was a good buck, bang. If it was the size doe I was looking for, bang.
There’s a chance I wouldn’t I shoot a white doe. The only way to know is to be in the situation.
If I did decide to harvest it which I probably would not, I would get a full body mount!
If I did decide to harvest it which I probably would not, I would get a full body mount!
theres about 5 of those in the independence ia area
theres about 5 of those in the independence ia area
And there are 3 or 4 right here in Dubuque although they are tame deer in a pen. I don’t know where the Iowa DNR stands on killing albino deer but I’d imagine that it is a no no.
Eyehunter
And there are 3 or 4 right here in Dubuque although they are tame deer in a pen. I don’t know where the Iowa DNR stands on killing albino deer but I’d imagine that it is a no no.
Eyehunter
its a recessive gene, and will most likely not be passed on.
its a recessive gene, and will most likely not be passed on.
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its a recessive gene, and will most likely not be passed on.
Oh, thanks. I do think htatit can be passed on, though. There was one area back home that had a relatively common occurrence of both pie-bald(sp?) and albino deer. I saw at least one albino deer every year for several years running – all in the same few fields there. In addition, I witnessed many pie-bald deer with differrin amounts of white on them ranging from just a few small spots to almost entirely white. All of these sightings were within 5 miles of each other. This frequency of sightings leads me to believe that this gene could indeed be passed on quite readily. I saw an albino doe there with a pair of fawns – one normal and one albino. It was cool.
Tim
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