Third round of pictures
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:05 am
Went out yesterday to check the trail cams i got my first pictures of a piebald doe she went bye my camera four times in the past two weeks.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:09 am
Couple more.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:14 am
I got a total of 110 pictures. Notice on the moose a big horse fly and bugs on its nose i feel sorry for the animals this time of year with all the bugs.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:45 am
Great pics! 
Really like the Piebald pics!!
Really like the Piebald pics!!Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:12 am
Very interesting deer. What causes that?
Nothing like getting a nose shot up close1
Great Pictures
Nothing like getting a nose shot up close1
Great Pictures
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:44 am
looks like shes half albino. Nice pics.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:37 pm
Great pics Wapiti! I also really dig the Piebald doe. We used to have one that wandered around town here for years. She finally wandered in front of a truck and that was the end of her.
AntlersOutWest, it's just a pigmentation issue which causes spots or patterns on the animal and is passed on through recessive genes. It's really nothing that causes any real adverse health effects although some piebald deer have been reported to have curved spines and/or shorter legs than normal. Most piebalds are as healthy as thier normal-colored counterparts though.
(I've never read where a definitive link between the curved spine/shorter legs and being piebald has been established scientifically.)
The difference between this deer and a true albino is that albinos completely lack melanin pigmentation.
Just an interesting fact: Pie" means "mixed up;" "bald" means "having a white spot." Hence a Piebald deer. They are also sometimes refered to as "pinto deer".
AntlersOutWest, it's just a pigmentation issue which causes spots or patterns on the animal and is passed on through recessive genes. It's really nothing that causes any real adverse health effects although some piebald deer have been reported to have curved spines and/or shorter legs than normal. Most piebalds are as healthy as thier normal-colored counterparts though.
(I've never read where a definitive link between the curved spine/shorter legs and being piebald has been established scientifically.)
The difference between this deer and a true albino is that albinos completely lack melanin pigmentation.
Just an interesting fact: Pie" means "mixed up;" "bald" means "having a white spot." Hence a Piebald deer. They are also sometimes refered to as "pinto deer".
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:43 pm
Nice pics.
Actually if you read up on it piebaldism is a ressive trait that is most linked to inbreeding. Biologist consider them geneticly infeior to a normal deer. Although some animals show no visable effects other than there color. Most have some type of birth defect. The 2 i have seen personely both did. One of them had front hoves were turned in almost pointing at each other.
The lower jaw on the buck i killed last year was a good 1.5"-2" too short. He was with another 1.5 year old deer that easily outwieghed him by 30-40 pounds.
My taxidermist did a great job of making him look right though.[/img]
Actually if you read up on it piebaldism is a ressive trait that is most linked to inbreeding. Biologist consider them geneticly infeior to a normal deer. Although some animals show no visable effects other than there color. Most have some type of birth defect. The 2 i have seen personely both did. One of them had front hoves were turned in almost pointing at each other.
The lower jaw on the buck i killed last year was a good 1.5"-2" too short. He was with another 1.5 year old deer that easily outwieghed him by 30-40 pounds.
My taxidermist did a great job of making him look right though.[/img]
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:10 pm
Thunderhead, thanks for the info.
As I stated in my post, I knew it was passed through recessive genes..what I didn't know was that they are considered "genetically inferior" and a result of inbreeding. I don't remember reading or learning about that in my studies (Of course, old age does get the best of me). I guess I'll have to do some more reading tonight (Gives me something to do anyway)
Thanks again....Ya gotta learn at least ONE THING every day.
As I stated in my post, I knew it was passed through recessive genes..what I didn't know was that they are considered "genetically inferior" and a result of inbreeding. I don't remember reading or learning about that in my studies (Of course, old age does get the best of me). I guess I'll have to do some more reading tonight (Gives me something to do anyway)
Thanks again....Ya gotta learn at least ONE THING every day.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:23 pm
AGC, i do learn at least 1 thing everday, all i have to do is read your posts!!