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Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 07:24 AM
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Halloween may have already passed, but one south Georgia deer hunter took a ghost of a deer yesterday. Deer hunter Sam Hogan took this albino buck while hunting in Tift County. The Casper-looking deer was a young 4-point buck that weighed 140 pounds. Wildlife Biologist Brent Howz of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Game Management told WALB.com what everybody already knows when he said that albino deer are exceptionally rare in that part of the country. One interesting side note: Albino deer are less rare other regions of whitetail country like the Boulder Junction area of Wisconsin (see the story of the Mysterious Albino Deer Heard).
Mr. Howz said he had never seen an albino deer prior to this one and he doesn't know of anyone that has. That's pretty telling considering Howz is a deer biologist in Georgia, where kill about 380,000 whitetails each season. Now plenty of people, or at least Hogan’s friends, will get the opportunity to see an albino deer as Hogan said he plans to have a full mount made of the buck.
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newshou...=SOC&dom=fb
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 11:02 AM
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That's amazing but I don't know if I could bring my self to shoot such a rare and beautiful creature.....even though ya know the next guy will if given the chance.
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 11:35 AM
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Aw id of prob not shot either was just a 4 point. Neat lookin tho
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 12:13 PM
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NOT albino, but simply a leucistic white deer, the same condition that causes piebald deer.
Albinos lack pigmentation and leucistic animals have restricted pigmentation.
So the big focus is bogus.
Last edited by Double Naught Spy; 11/09/13 12:26 PM.
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 03:07 PM
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Looks albino to me, it looks like his eyes are red, and his nose and lips are pretty light colored too.
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 04:42 PM
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Looks albino to me, it looks like his eyes are red, and his nose and lips are pretty light colored too. X2
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 05:25 PM
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NOT albino, but simply a leucistic white deer, the same condition that causes piebald deer.
Albinos lack pigmentation and leucistic animals have restricted pigmentation.
So the big focus is bogus. Pink nose, pink lips, and pink eyes. Where are you seeing pigmentation? The yellow/brown on his forehead is stained from shedding velvet and rubbing. Cool looking, wish he was a 5+ 10 point, that'd be really cool.
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/09/13 06:50 PM
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Re: Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer (PHOTO)
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11/10/13 03:29 AM
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