DARK, DARK brown deer????
11-03-2006, 09:28 AM
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Dominant Buck
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DARK, DARK brown deer????
I had one encounter with aspike this morning. His coat was a really dark auburn/chocolate brown color. He was average size, I guess.....but he acted a bit more savvy than your average spike. He came in from my right. The wind wasn't doing what the weather people said.....and it was blowing in my face....as I sat in a tree overlooking an active scrape. He circled around directly behind me (and downwind of his scrape).....and winded me. He bolted 2 or 3 jumps....then planted himself for the stare-down game. He didn't blow me out.....but he definitely caught my scent (even though I practice extensive scent-free measures). I gotta giv ehim credit.....if he's a youngster.....he may be around a while.
ANY chance he's an old guy.....with his lack of antler size being attributed to old age???
Either way.....NEAT encounter!
Jeff
ANY chance he's an old guy.....with his lack of antler size being attributed to old age???
Either way.....NEAT encounter!
Jeff
11-03-2006, 09:48 AM
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RE: DARK, DARK brown deer????
I saw a huge doe last year, the darkest (almost brown/black)deer I have ever seen. When I first saw her, I could have sworn she was a moose calf. She was obviously the matriarch of the herd, she was bigger and more savvy than any other doe in the group. Not sure if that was attributed to age or genetics...
11-03-2006, 09:54 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: DARK, DARK brown deer????
Definitely could have been a mellanistic deer (extra dark pigmentation in the coat.) Or, it could be an old bugger. AT out camp, we have seen the same fork horn for three years now. His coat is not dark like the one you saw, rather his coat is very red, almost as if he doesn't lose his summer coat. His rack has not changed though in three years. He is about 14" wide, but with only one tine on each beam. His name, of course, is "Red."
11-03-2006, 10:03 AM
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RE: DARK, DARK brown deer????
Yooper:
YES!! He's really dark RED like an Irish Setter!! That is exactly how he looks.
Think I ought to see if I can get him to follow me home.....lol?
Based on my year......you'd think we had a nuclear plant nearby!
Jefk (lol)
YES!! He's really dark RED like an Irish Setter!! That is exactly how he looks.
Think I ought to see if I can get him to follow me home.....lol?
Based on my year......you'd think we had a nuclear plant nearby!
Jefk (lol)
11-03-2006, 06:08 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: DARK, DARK brown deer????
Dang gobblers there must be something in the water them deer are drinking in your area.
first a piebald now a dark one. I wish i could see a piebald someday.
Dan
first a piebald now a dark one. I wish i could see a piebald someday.Dan
11-03-2006, 06:11 PM
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RE: DARK, DARK brown deer????
I've been seeing a 1/2 decent six point in the corn, his coat is uneven and really dark around the shoulders, looks almost black , the way a German shepard coat looks. I was surprised the 1st time I saw him, he's definately young, I've never heard of mellanistic deer but thats probably what he is, kinda the opposite of piebald.
11-03-2006, 07:20 PM
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RE: DARK, DARK brown deer????
i hunt swamps and the deer are really really dark i have one fawn and mom though that is really light almost gray colored but not a piebald or albie but my biguns over there are dark so all i can see when they stroll through late is horns