White Deer in Wisconsin (Video)

In Wisconsin ^ | March, 2009 | Patti Loew

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Nice video at link about a herd of white deer we have near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.

Enjoy! :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Midwest Ping-Worthy?

[Havok]

Why do PBS hosts always look like they just crawled out of the woods themselves?

[Ditter]

Inbreeding, not good.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yeah, I was wondering about inbreeding too, since the herd is protected. But Mother Nature finds a way to supply me with tasty, tasty venison each season no matter what, LOL! :)

[novemberslady]

Thanks for posting this.
Enjoyable way to start this morning. (:

[OB1kNOb]

(Couldn't resist. ;-)

[The Flying Dutchman]

White Deer in Wisconsin

[andy58-in-nh]

Caught this shot in my yard - last week:

[Ditter]

We saw a herd of white deer in Virginia on the Naval Air Station behind a deer proof fence. Inbreeding was the cause.

[OldSmaj]

Inbreeding, not good.

Mebbe.

Mebbe not.

When I was at Seneca Army Depot, there were lots of trophy-size deer there, all white.

That was the result of the government fencing in the entire reservation many, many years ago.

My memory of the historical facts of the Depot may be a little off, I seem to remember it was around the WWII era or before that they fenced it in...but anyway, it didn't seem to affect the deer.

I attended several check-station weigh-ins and found all the deer to be in good health, relatively free of disease and very few ticks, fleas, etc.

The herd was also managed - lots of food plots, winter feeding, etc, and hunting was pretty much restricted.

I was on a "I wannabe a wild game biologist kick", back then.

I got over that, but I still know how to check deer for age, body fat, disease, etc.

I've seen much, much worse in so-called "wild" deer herds in AL, GA, FL and MS.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Coming in for a nosh on the Hosta and the green beans? ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! I never tire of ‘Looter Guy’ or ‘Brainwashed Racist Kid.’ :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

See Post #13. :)

[Ditter]

See post #10. A deer's color is their camo, in nature an albino deer comes along occasionally but he gets taken out pretty quick. In a protected herd he doesn't.

[stuartcr]

Perhaps they look that way, because they were just in the woods?

[andy58-in-nh]

LOL. She was definitely in foraging mode that morning, and yet did not appear underfed, even after a fairly tough winter.

[passionfruit]

Stunning creatures!

[pgkdan]

Wow! They’re beautiful!

[trisham]

That was incredible! Thanks so much!