The ghost doe.

[adeeden]

I haven't posted here in a long time but thought I would share this.

 

I first saw this albino fawn the weekend after last years  Cloverdale shoot while out picking raspberry's. the Momma was a normal looking but the fawn was white as can be. She was tiny then and I only got a few seconds look before she disappeared.
I saw her off an on over the summer in the same general area and was hoping she would make it through the fall. She's on the Indiana side of the river which has a long gun season but she made it!

I took this picture two days ago with my cell phone but she seems to be doing well.

[John Scifres]

Cool.  Even if she wandered up to Parke County, she'd be safe from me, gun or bow.

[adeeden]

John she's closer to your gated community then you would guess my freind!

[4dogs]

Good luck to see one of these...bad medicine to kill one. I wish her well.

[ron w]

Snow camo.....lol! Really neat !!!

[Jayrod]

That's great she made it ...I would take pics but would pass on a opportunity on her!!

[adeeden]

Another crappy cell phone picture.

[59Alaskan]

Very cool!  Thank you for posting.  It would be stunning to see one of these in the wild.  I have yet to even spot a piebald although they are in our area.

[chanumpa]

Excellant!Thanks for sharing.Im with 4dogs on this one,"Big Medecine"

[Bud B.]

I'd pass...but around here she'd have been killed when she was a fawn, most likely. Like the white buffalo I think they're a specialty in nature and only nature should take her/them (albinos)

Now white hares and ptarmigan? Dead right there!!

[Bruinbow]

That's awesome . My sister and brother in law had a piebald on there property several years back and she asked me to get it so she could tan the hide with the hair on . A few days later it walked by me about 15yds away , I lined up for the shot , drew , let down and watched it fade into the woods . Just couldn't do it . Saw it several times after that and never told my sister .

[adeeden]

I have no issue taking a piebald, in fact I have taken 2 in the last 2 years (one was maned as well). But an all white one is different to me and yes kinda like the white buffaloe I suppose.

Strangely about 15 years ago I had a pair of albino fawns about 12 miles from where this ones hanging out. I watched them all summer and fall had them under my stand many times. Word got out they were there and guys started hunting them. The doe fawn was killed that November in the gun season, the button made it through that first year.

The following year he had a 6 point rack once again I had him unde my stand several times. He made it through that fall as I saw him just after Christmas but I never saw him after that. Not sure what happened to him but I suspect he was poached or killed by a vehicle.

[jsweka]

Maybe I'm a jerk, but I'd shoot her if given the opportunity.

Piebalds - Those are ones you really should shoot.  That is a genetic defect which along with the unique coloration also carries other abmormalities like short lower jaws, short legs, and scoliosis.

Albinos don't have these problems - just the white color.

[Bud B.]

Originally posted by jsweka:
Maybe I'm a jerk, ...

Nope...just making different choices. Nut'n wrong with that.

[sheephunter]

Too cool!

[Hummer3T]

that is a cool sighting for sure.  thanks for sharing.

[CRS]

Cool, thanks for sharing

[Zbone]

Am always intrigued by these uniquely color phased deer, thanx for sharing...

[RunninWild77]

Ya I agree, big medicine, she or any other any other pie ball would get a free pass from me. Just my opinion. Natives believed it was bad medicine to kill one. There was a white doe mingling around on the highway I saw twice in a row on my way home from work. She was on the I-90 West by the rail yard here in buffalo if any one in my area is curious.

[JamesKerr]

I don't want to ruffle any feather but I would probably shoot her given the chance. I would only shoot one of them though just to have that gorgeous hide( the meat would not go to waste though      )
Like I said I would only shoot one though. I doubt they are bad luck though cause my Grandpa killed a piebald years back and he's one of the luckiest hunters I know.