White Tail Deer Swamp Monster

I’ve had the privilege to watch, photograph and video a true swamp monster white tail buck this fall. I have seen this deer in years past and he’s extra wide and big this year. I visited this area a few times in the last week or so and his demeanor changes from day to day. When first found this big buck did not leave a doe he was particularly fond of. He followed her everywhere. Other bucks were also present and a few attempted to close in on the favored doe but each buck was easily dismissed by the swamp monster. A big 13 pointer was also among the group of bucks and he didn’t even make an approach staying well off in the distance. I’ve often heard a doe can bring in the bucks from quite a distance away but this scene was new to me. At least 6 bucks were in the vicinity of the swamp monsters doe. A couple of days later I returned  and found this buck to be feeding and meandering about the woods with no particular care to the does in the area. In fact no bucks were trailing does at all. I know quite a few deer hunters and they all say there’s a time frame for breeding and general buck fever. I hear it’s November 1-5  but it can go a bit longer in some instances depending on location. My recent experience was November 10th and 14th. I once again returned to the area on November 16 and on my hike of many miles bucks were chasing does. Chasing so much that I could not really photograph or video them. I plan to return to the area again. I’ll report back on this blog site soon.

Swamp Monster Video

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Rare:Piebald Whitetail Deer with Pink Nose

I like to fancy myself as a nature afficianado with solid observational skills. Coming home from a recent trip to scout for white tail deer I opened my whitetail deer catalog in Lightroom and made a brief scan thru the 216 images I had marked with stars to be looked at later as potentially good images. Nevermind the other 2644 images in that folder. Although I’m sure there are some good ones yet to be found. I stumbled on a few images of a piebald whitetail deer buck. This got me thinking about this animal. It also had a pink nose. What I found out with a little research; piebald bucks with a pink nose are indeed very rare. Too bad I snapped his picture a couple of times then went about finding that big bad boy buck that surely was lurking somewhere in the woods.

According to the website deerassociation.com piebald deer have a rare genetic disorder that produces deer with white patches on their body. Sometimes these patches are almost unnoticable and others are almost white. Some deer with this genetic disorder are not well and have a variety of other symtoms that may lead to an early demise. Upon further digging it appears that the piebald condition is seen in less than 1 percent of deer, Even less in piebald deer with pink noses. And further down are piebald bucks with pink noses! Damn! I’m now kicking myself for not taking the time to better photograph this rare best!

In my reading I found out that piebald deer are not as rare as albino deer. Albinos are 1 in 30,000 and piebald 1 in 1,000. For me this stat is odd because I’ve observed at least 8 albino deer in the last 20 years and 1 piebald. Below are a couple of  images I hope you’ll find interesting and somewhat rare.

Piebald vs Albino Whitetail Deer

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