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Would you shoot an albino, piebald, or melanistic animal if you saw one or would you admire its beauty and let it run?

Question by fields. Uploaded on July 08, 2009

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from MB915 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Shoot it, as long as it is legal in that state.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I agree with MB915,but I'd admire its beauty after I had it mounted too.

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from TonyK wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

It would be a game time decision and depend of if I have already stocked my freezer once this year.

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from klug3 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would shoot as long as their legal

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from buckeye wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Not sure, I would probably let it go. It is considered bad luck to some people to take an albino, but I don't realy believe that.

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from 007 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Assuming a deer here, I'd likely take the piebald if it were a nice buck with a firearm or a good sized doe with the bow. As to the albino, I'd probably pass. My deceased dad always said that if you took an albino, you wouldn't get another deer for the next seven years. While I don't subscribe to such superstitions, I'd probably hear his voice in my ear reminding me of it while looking thru the scope so again, probably not.

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from country road wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Unless it was a buck with a really nice rack, I'd have to let it go because I couldn't afford a full body mount.

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from peter wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

sshoot it, but not because its a trophy just cause its meet. but i do think the deer are neat, a alvbino doe lived in my yard last year

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from jeffo52284 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

if it was a buck and i had the means to have it mounted so others could see it and enjoy the beauty of mother nature. and if i needed the meat

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I shoot it and admire its beauty after I mount it.

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Shoot it deader than a can of corn beef.

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from Hunter Savage wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

it would die and come home with me so i could admire it when ever i walk in my living room

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from GiantWhitetails wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

i would shoot it before another predator gets it, especially pie bald bucks. they just look cool. albino squirrels are purty to. i would make sure i get them stuffed at the taxidermist so i could preserve its beauty.

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from BlackWater wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Definately have to put that one on the wall.

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from Skeeb wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would let it walk due to an old superstition in my club that says it's bad luck to shoot one.

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would shoot that animal if it was legal and the animal presented a shot that would be a sure kill. The coloration would not be a factor.

007- Don't believe in superstitions! I can feel you shaking from here.

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from maj1996 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would never let it walk.

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from huskerguy wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I'd take it if legal. Try and snap some pics before I took the shot. Then have it mounted so others could see it as well.

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from maj1996 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

i agree with peter.

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from Kentucky Hunter wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

if it was a great buck yes i would a doe i would let it walk

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from Big O wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

If "LEGAL" you can admire alot longer when it's on the wall or better "life-size" mounted. Shoot is my response tou your query.

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from hunter99 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

If it was legal and wasnt a risky shot i would shoot the albino one.

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from 007 wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

Not so much superstition today, more like respect for Dad.

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from fisher girl wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

I don't know. I think I'd let it walk unless it was a big buck.

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from trophyslayer wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

Why not? Better to shoot it and mount it and admire it til the day you die than let it pass and nobody shoots it and it just dies and nobody gets to admire it.

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

007-my idea of a joke. No offense intended.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

I'd shoot it in Wisconsin you're allowed to take a white deer as long as it even the smallest ammount of brown fur on it.

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from CPT BRAD wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

Go to Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, they're got all the pie bald Holstein looking deer you could ever shoot. Its very common there.

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from 007 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Assuming a deer here, I'd likely take the piebald if it were a nice buck with a firearm or a good sized doe with the bow. As to the albino, I'd probably pass. My deceased dad always said that if you took an albino, you wouldn't get another deer for the next seven years. While I don't subscribe to such superstitions, I'd probably hear his voice in my ear reminding me of it while looking thru the scope so again, probably not.

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from MB915 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Shoot it, as long as it is legal in that state.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I agree with MB915,but I'd admire its beauty after I had it mounted too.

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from klug3 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would shoot as long as their legal

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from buckeye wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Not sure, I would probably let it go. It is considered bad luck to some people to take an albino, but I don't realy believe that.

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from TonyK wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

It would be a game time decision and depend of if I have already stocked my freezer once this year.

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from country road wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Unless it was a buck with a really nice rack, I'd have to let it go because I couldn't afford a full body mount.

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from peter wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

sshoot it, but not because its a trophy just cause its meet. but i do think the deer are neat, a alvbino doe lived in my yard last year

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from jeffo52284 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

if it was a buck and i had the means to have it mounted so others could see it and enjoy the beauty of mother nature. and if i needed the meat

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I shoot it and admire its beauty after I mount it.

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Shoot it deader than a can of corn beef.

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from Hunter Savage wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

it would die and come home with me so i could admire it when ever i walk in my living room

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from GiantWhitetails wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

i would shoot it before another predator gets it, especially pie bald bucks. they just look cool. albino squirrels are purty to. i would make sure i get them stuffed at the taxidermist so i could preserve its beauty.

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from BlackWater wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Definately have to put that one on the wall.

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from Skeeb wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would let it walk due to an old superstition in my club that says it's bad luck to shoot one.

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would shoot that animal if it was legal and the animal presented a shot that would be a sure kill. The coloration would not be a factor.

007- Don't believe in superstitions! I can feel you shaking from here.

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from maj1996 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I would never let it walk.

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from huskerguy wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

I'd take it if legal. Try and snap some pics before I took the shot. Then have it mounted so others could see it as well.

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from maj1996 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

i agree with peter.

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from Kentucky Hunter wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

if it was a great buck yes i would a doe i would let it walk

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from Big O wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

If "LEGAL" you can admire alot longer when it's on the wall or better "life-size" mounted. Shoot is my response tou your query.

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from hunter99 wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

If it was legal and wasnt a risky shot i would shoot the albino one.

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from 007 wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

Not so much superstition today, more like respect for Dad.

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from fisher girl wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

I don't know. I think I'd let it walk unless it was a big buck.

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from trophyslayer wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

Why not? Better to shoot it and mount it and admire it til the day you die than let it pass and nobody shoots it and it just dies and nobody gets to admire it.

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

007-my idea of a joke. No offense intended.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

I'd shoot it in Wisconsin you're allowed to take a white deer as long as it even the smallest ammount of brown fur on it.

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from CPT BRAD wrote 2 years 30 weeks ago

Go to Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, they're got all the pie bald Holstein looking deer you could ever shoot. Its very common there.

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