A piebald whitetail deer was taken near Corsicana Texas. Piebaldism, — sometimes called skewbald — is rare in whitetail deer. If it was a horse we’d call it a “paint” horse. Piebald usually refers to black and white coloration and skewbald then is used for white and non-black colorations. So, I would say the proper term to use here is skewbald. However, the pictures came to me describing the deer as “piebald” so I decided to go with that term.
It’s a beautiful deer regardless of the name you give it.
Unique coloration of mature whitetail buck
Another angle showing the unique coloration
A good angle showing the piebald (skewbald) coloration
Tags: Buck, Piebald, Whitetail
19 responses to Piebald Whitetail Deer
this is not the first time i have seen a skewbald deer, my husband and i ride the country rds scouting for deer quite often, we were driving down a country rd not far from our house when i called out for him to “stop you arent gonna believe this” he stops and backs up and there stood amongst 4 other deer was a skewbald doe, we could not believe our eyes. we had never seen anything like it before. we ride that way every so often now to see if we can see her, but we havent seen her since and no one in the area has ever seen nor killed her, so i guess we were just fortunate enough to get to see her! it’s one of those things that will stick with you the rest of your life.
m.burns
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I just saw a piebald doe while sitting in my deer stand just the other day! I got to watch her and 5 other does for about 20 mins. I took some pics of her and look at them everyday. What a pretty deer and a great experience! That is a great buck!!!
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Oh, go piss up a rope, red man
Hot debate. What do you think?
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it is an sacred animal if u hunt it if it was sacred, there is no reason because it is sacred that u cant kill it, and actually if i understand, killing this animal as an indian would make u a warrior
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Well My people said that when you killed on of these, you wont be going hungry anytime soon. Wonder if it has light and dark meat like a chicken?
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Im just wondering what its been eating. He looks obese lol
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An interesting oddity to see in the wild sure, but nothing special. There are people who breed albino, and piebald deer… Looking at the size of this thing, I really wouldn’t be surprised if it was a captive animal, and this was during a staged hunt.
Although I respect Native American traditions, in this day it isn’t really relative to life, especially with deer being captive bred. There is nothing sacred about it, just an animal with a recessive trait… He was beautiful, and if it is wild was lucky to get as large as it did. Imagine how easy it is for a coyote, wolf, or bear to see a piebald or albino fawn in a thicket?
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Piebald deer are a sight to behold. Unfortunately with the recessive trait a lot of times comes curved spines, under bites, shorter legs and other less life threatening traits. They are unusual but you probably did this big boy a lot of suffering in his later life if he did carry any of those traits. Nice rack and beautiful coat that will hopefully be used well.
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great trophy i wish some day i can kill a buck like that!!!
i still got a long time to try cause im only 13,but my fmily dont hunt but i love to so i go with a man from church every day in deer season well good luck to u and try to kill another
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Keep hunting Travis Gray. Maybe you will learn that all animals are sacred,esp. the ones you take cleanly & fairly.
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i love that deer but animal activist my have another say in it.My cousin saw it and was like that shouldn’t be allowed.Well to freakin bad its legal to kill a piebald albino deer. The deer could be red green yellow blue purple i don’t care i would kill it.
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): dont like people shooting at animals to have fun
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I think it’s a pretty sick thing to show off with killing such a beautiful animal. Especially holding up it’s head with a big smill in front of the camera. No respect!
In name of all well thinking people from the Netherlands.
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“It’s a beautiful deer regardless of the name you give it.”
Yes it is a beautiful deer… so why kill it! I whole heartedly agree with the above person in saying it is disgusting showing off the killing of this beautiful creature.
If only people could treat animals with the respect they deserve.
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I hope somebody kills you and take a photo just like you did with that defenceless deer, and shame for all those who support this kind of “Sport” ..
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For Christ’s sake, animallover, that’s a bit drastic.
I have to agree on the fact that I would never shoot a deer like that. It’s too pretty. But if you think people just hunt deer for sport, you’re an idiot.
I live in the Hill Country. WAY too many deer. It’s a serious overpopulation problem. So, obviously, people are going to shoot them. A lot of deer can pose plenty of problems, along with the fact that they’re starving themselves.
Yes, they’re practically starving themselves I’d rather shoot some than have to watch them suffer like that. I love deer. But I’m not going to threaten to murder someone for shooting ANY creature.
On the topic of this, though, I’m not sure if you guys realize this, that’s how you take a picture of any trophy animal you shoot, holding its head up and maybe smiling a tiny bit so you don’t look stupid. I don’t like how enthusiastic that guy looks after shooting a piebald deer, though. It isn’t anything I’d be proud of. Every time I shoot something, I don’t cheer like some people I know do. It’s dead, sure, but I hate it when people don’t show a shred of somberness after shooting a creature.
Just my opinion on the matter.
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it looks albino
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