A first on my farm...about 6 weeks old.

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They're beautiful also genetic anomalies. They aren't really all that desirable of a trait. Before you jump on look it up!
Yep, just like albinos and need to die. I would kill first opportunity if I had say so. If I didn't own the land and the landowner did not want is shot, it would be left alone, but if I had the say so, that would be killed quickly.
 

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Beautiful deer!
I had a pretty 6 pt. Piebald come by my stand a couple years ago. Munched on acorns for 15 min less than ten yards at times. Thought he might be a shooter next year. Never saw him again!
 

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The twin has some piebald also.
 

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Easy decision....hands off forever. Everyone that hunts on me has been told. It's a doe so maybe there will be a bunch of them in due time.
The piebalds that I have seen all had some physical deformities along with the colorations. It isn't a trait you would want to pass on.
 

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Easy decision....hands off forever. Everyone that hunts on me has been told. It's a doe so maybe there will be a bunch of them in due time.
Country1, Piebalds are amazing to behold, but you do NOT want this genetic anomaly becoming commonplace in your hunting area. Piebaldism is a genetic anomaly that goes hand-in-hand with many very negative genetic traits. There is a reason piebalds and albinoes are fairly rare, and it's not because predators can see them easier. It is because their negative genetic anomalies vastly decreasing their long-term survivability.

I'm not saying go out and shoot this deer. I'm just saying, having more piebalds is NOT a good thing.
 

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Country1, Piebalds are amazing to behold, but you do NOT want this genetic anomaly becoming commonplace in your hunting area. Piebaldism is a genetic anomaly that goes hand-in-hand with many very negative genetic traits. There is a reason piebalds and albinoes are fairly rare, and it's not because predators can see them easier. It is because their negative genetic anomalies vastly decreasing their long-term survivability.

I'm not saying go out and shoot this deer. I'm just saying, having more piebalds is NOT a good thing.
You see this @Specializedjon ? Gotta remove him 😉😂
 

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