Blonde Doe

[tellico4x4]

A first for me.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Interesting...never seen that before?

 

[tntrkkllr]

Now that is cool

 

[swampbadger]

very cool, never seen that color before!

 

[J.A.F.O.]

Wow,that's amazing!

 

[rem270]

Cool looking deer.

 

[quackaholic]

Put a GPS on her; you know the bucks are gonna be on her tail during the rut. LOL

 

[cbhunter]

Put a GPS on her; you know the bucks are gonna be on her tail during the rut. LOL

Yep, blondes have more fun

 

[BSK]

Amazing! Rare color variation. Thanks for posting.

 

[Wrangler95]

First for me,she is pretty!!

 

[EastTNHunter]

I've heard of color phase bears, but that is a doe of a different color

 

[Bucket]

Is she noticeably dumber than the others?

 

[TNCharlie]

Oh yeah. She will be very popular with the bucks. The other does will hate her.

 

[tellico4x4]

Is she noticeably dumber than the others?

I don't know, looks mature but no one has ever seen her before.

 

[Gravey]

Never seen one. Very cool!

 

[tellico4x4]

Amazing! Rare color variation. Thanks for posting.

How rare? I can't find much info online.
@BSK

 

[Biggun4214]

I had one of my boys on a juvenile hunt on Henderson Island WMA several years ago. We had a doe like that working toward us but she never got within gun range for him. I described it to people as a palomino.

 

[Snake]

Wow she's pretty..thanks for sharing.

 

[DayDay]

Don't bother shooting at it; all your shots will go over her head. :)

 

[Popcorn]

Hard to tell for sure but seems almost devoid of white also.

 

[BSK]

How rare? I can't find much info online.
@BSK

I know of no data stating a rate, but it will definitely be way below albino or piebald. I see both albinos and piebalds fairly regularly, but I've never personally seen or trail-cam photographed a blonde deer, although I have seen pictures of a few from other researchers.

 

[BSK]

Here's an article on deer coloration, and I suspect what they are calling "silver" is what others call blonde:

https://deerassociation.com/deer-color-phases/

 

[tellico4x4]

I know of no data stating a rate, but it will definitely be way below albino or piebald. I see both albinos and piebalds fairly regularly, but I've never personally seen or trail-cam photographed a blonde deer, although I have seen pictures of a few from other researchers.

We've had 5-6 albino & piebald over the past 23 years, but never one this color

 

[recurve60#]

Looks like the faded deer heads on old westerns.

 

[Smo]

I noticed in NW Al there are several variations of deer color..
Some were almost red, some brown, some gray or silver as described above and some were gray/silver with a wide black streak down their back..
I noticed this during the 80's& 90's and always assumed it was caused bye the different deer from different States imported during earlier restocking efforts.

 

[tellico4x4]

Wayne Co Deer

 

[hbg1]

How rare? I can't find much info online.
@BSK

Not very rare, I have several on my property, matter of fact I'm close enough to you she may be one of them.

 

[swampbadger]

Not very rare, I have several on my property, matter of fact I'm close enough to you she may be one of them.

Maybe they are Common locally for y'all, but they are so rare here, I've never seen one dead or alive!

 

[tellico4x4]

Not very rare, I have several on my property, matter of fact I'm close enough to you she may be one of them.

Post some pics please. Would love to see them as this is the first one in 60+ years of hunting that I've ever seen.

 

[BSK]

Not very rare, I have several on my property, matter of fact I'm close enough to you she may be one of them.

As of this year, I now have right around 3.3 million trail-camera pictures, about 85% of those from TN. I do not have a single blonde deer in that collection of photographs. Tons of albinos, white deer, and piebalds, but no blonde deer.

It would not shock me at all to find there are local pockets of blonde deer, considering pelage (coloration) is usually genetic.