Piebald is Dead

[Buzzard Breath]

Congrats to the hunter. Definitely a unique trophy.

 

[rem270]

Beautiful deer. Hopefully a full body or a shoulder mount with hide tanned will come out of it. I seen a FB post where locals were begging someone not to shoot it lol.

 

[Spurhunter]

I hated reading this. Congratulations to the hunter, and I would've shot him given the chance, but knowing your side of the story I would've liked for him to hang around a few years.

 

[Headhunter]

Had a friend from church text me this picture today. The piebald that I passed on at 35 yds last week got shot last night I checked the pics I have of him, same deer.

Saw him yesterday morning in the back field as I left for work.

Congrats to this guy (I covered names out of respect for the individuals privacy) Hope he honors him appropriately. Sure is a beautiful animal.

How does one "honor" a deer?

 

[Spurhunter]

How does one "honor" a deer?

 

[Snake]

I only passed on him cause he's so dang pretty and....I didn't want any bad Native American GU-GU. Read somewhere the Indian's (feather type) thought these were some sort of "spirit world" reincarnation or something.

Besides, I would've missed anyway

Maybe that's why I have bad luck...

 

[Snake]

X2 !

 

[UCStandSitter]

How does one "honor" a deer?

Usually with a small ceremony and a medal if he is an extrovert. However, there is always the citation of merit slipped into his permanent record if he isn't into public spectacles

 

[Shag]

Nothing on this earth was put here to last forever…especially a deer. He could just as easily have been hit by a car tonight. I'm sure the lucky hunter is thrilled with him and it will provide food for his family.

I've ground checked several that I kicked my arse over when I got to them. Oh well. Put em to good use and get back in the woods tomorrow.

 

[timberjack86]

Its a 100" deer that is 3.5 tops. Very pretty coat, but definitely needed more time

Maybe in your opinion, but antlers ain't everything. 3.5 is mature enough for me. I would have been tickled to death to kill a deer like that!!

 

[ULTRAMAG25]

Cool looking buck

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

That's a cool deer! I killed a piebald doe years ago and her legs were white and hooves were clear kind of like your fingernails.

 

[Dirtcop]

I've seen one in my life. Thought it was a plastic Walmart sack that got caught on a cotton stalk. Got closer and the "sack walked into the woods. Beautiful doe.

 

[JohnG30]

Great looking buck

 

[Bell3wv]

Had a friend from church text me this picture today. The piebald that I passed on at 35 yds last week got shot last night I checked the pics I have of him, same deer.

Saw him yesterday morning in the back field as I left for work.

Congrats to this guy (I covered names out of respect for the individuals privacy) Hope he honors him appropriately. Sure is a beautiful animal.

I've got mixed feelings on these critters. They are pretty, but unlike albinism, they are genetic "muts". Most of the time they have some wonky traits that they pass on like shorter legs and jaws. There was an old farmer close to where I grew up and he had a mess of them and it looked like a goat farm full of mutants. I passed up one a few years ago that was a 6pt two yrs running and I wanted him to get a lil bigger. Haven't seen him since.

 

[shanel36]

He was a cool buck for sure. I've been watching him since he was a fawn in 2020. He was born about 2 miles down road and moved to our part of road last fall. I had one encounter with him towards end of rifle season and best I could tell he was no more than a 4pt. Congrats neighbor!

 

[ronnycl]

Gately Bottoms?

 

[Jaahspike]

I just don't know if I would be able to pass on him either. I also wonder how I would be able to convince my wife that I need a full body mount of a buck in our house. Just not sure how you don't do a full body on a deer that beautiful

 

[backyardtndeer]

At least you know what happened to him. Neighboring farm owners here don't like to share about what they kill, and some will outright lie.

 

[east_tn_gk]

Very beautiful buck, that will make a great trophy and by looking at his smile, he's happy with him. Sometimes you just don't want to wait a year or two to make sure other people are happy with the deer you shoot. Nothing wrong with letting deer walk either, I think it's a personal decision what you want to harvest.