Piebald Deer – What are They?
BuckManager.com | July 17 | Deer Coloration
A piebald is an animal, usually a horse, that has a spotting pattern of large white and black patches. The colour of the horse’s skin underneath its coat may vary between black (under the black patches of hair) and pink (under the white patches). The colouring is generally asymmetrical. Many animals also exhibit coloration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin. This condition also occurs in white-tailed deer.
A genetic variation (defect) produces the piebald condition in white-tailed deer, not parasites or diseases. Piebald deer are colored white and brown similar to a pinto pony. Sometimes they appear almost entirely white. In addition to this coloration, many have some of the following observable conditions: bowing of the nose (Roman nose), short legs, arching spine (scoliosis), and short lower jaws. This genetic condition is rare with typically less than one percent of white-tailed deer being affected.
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Most of the information about piebald deer state that this is a genetic defect and the animals are inferior. In this article they also say that often the color pattern is associated with several other physical abnormalities. It is more interesting that every picture (this page included) shows piebald deer with no physical problems. Both piebald and white are often dominant traits. While this was a gene mutation at some point, it being a dominant trait does not indicate inbreeding.
Dr Ray Favero, PhD | Feb 26, 2008 | Reply
I have been hunting whitetail deer for eighteen seasons now and never have seen a piebald until this evening.
It was beautiful to watch and I only wish I had a camera with me.
Rick | Nov 1, 2008 | Reply
I took my first piebald deer on November 1, 2008 at 5:00 pm. It will be one of my trophy bucks. A beautiful deer.
chad herring | Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
This was a rainy wet afternoon and I finally out-smarted a piebald doe I that have been watching for over 2 years. I got her. She is beautiful. I took her to my taxidermist this evening. Can’t wait to get her full body mount back!
Leigh | Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
I was hunting on opening day and saw a piebald deer and took it. When I brought it to get it recorded the guy told me I had a rare deer. It was not until later that I found out how rare it was. The deer is not all white, but the legs are solid white and it looks beautiful. I can’t wait for the mount.
Ben St.Amand | Nov 14, 2008 | Reply
My husband and I saw a Piebald deer tonight in Florida. It was the most beautiful 8 point buck I have ever seen. There didn’t seem to be any defects and we were able to get very close to it. Beautiful! Only wish I had my camera with me.
Rachel Rivenbark | Nov 20, 2008 | Reply
I saw and killed my first piebald deer on opening day of (WV) buck-only season, Monday, November 24, 2008. I had to take a second-look at the spike that was coming through the mountain laurel! Truly special, even if I never see another.
Michael | Nov 29, 2008 | Reply
My husband saw a deer tonight that we came to find out was a piebald deer. We never knew they exsisted. Where did you see the 8 pt in FL? He saw it tonight in Hillsborough County. He was just sure that no one would believe him until I pulled it up. So rare!
Joanna Rheinlander | Nov 30, 2008 | Reply
I travel interstate 58 in VA almost every weekend. This weekend was memorable because I saw my first piebald deer just outside Suffolk, Virginia. It was a beautiful doe and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I just wished I had my camera as well.
BRENT JAKEWAY | Dec 1, 2008 | Reply
I saw my first piebald deer November 28, 2008. I was hunting in Noxubee Wildlife Refuge. I thought it was a goat at first, but once I looked through the scope I could tell it was a deer. The deer is an 8 point and will make a beautiful full body mount. I never thought I would see one, especially in Mississippi.
Toby Holland | Dec 3, 2008 | Reply
My daughter and I were hunting (buck) this evening just before sunset and saw a piebald doe enter the field we were watching. My daughter saw it first and thought it was a cow calf. It was truly a beautiful deer and we really enjoyed watching her.
Brian Campbell | Dec 3, 2008 | Reply
I found a piebald deer and its mother in my front yard on December 3, 2008. It is the first one I have ever seen and the first one I know about in the region of Washington state, where I live. I have about 10 pictures of it and the mother. Some of the pics are a little blurred, as I could not stop shaking at the site of this beautiful piebald deer!
Lynn Gahringer | Dec 4, 2008 | Reply
As my dad and I were starting to drag out my 10 point that I shot on the first day of buck season in Pennsylvania a few days ago, we saw a white spot across the river bank which we thought was a dog. A few minutes later a piebald doe and four other deer crossed the creek and were on a beach about 40 yards below us. I didn’t think much could upstage my buck, but this surely did. As with others, I wish I would have had a camera. It was all white with a basketball sized brown spot on its left side.
Nate Shaffer | Dec 5, 2008 | Reply
I saw my first piebald dear yesterday – in back yard in south central PA. What a beauty! I hope she and the herd of 10 she was with come back soon.
suzon stauffer | Jan 12, 2009 | Reply
I have taken 2 pictures of a piebald doe over the past 3 weeks near Williamsburg, VA. This doe does appear to have a genetic defect in that her front legs are several inches shorter then her hind legs.
Todd Price | Jan 26, 2009 | Reply
I live in Loveland, Ohio and I had a piebald deer in my back yard two days ago. It was absolutely beautiful. I called my wife and told her that she would never guess what we had in or back yard. When I told her she said that I should get the camera and take some pictures. I took 9 pictures of the animal before she walked off. That was the first one I have ever seen.
Earl Wafford | Jan 27, 2009 | Reply
I live in Monroe, North Carolina. While out on a walk, I spotted a herd of eight deer. One was a young deer, maybe 1 year old. It was almost all white or albino. The neck, chest, all four legs, and most of the sides were white. There were some grey on the top of its head and ears and down a strip of his back. I had never seen a deer marked like this before.
Penny | Feb 8, 2009 | Reply
I live in Short Hills, NJ. I observed a piebald deer on the Canoebrook Golf Course late this afternoon. It took a moment to realize that what I was looking at in the patchy snow was actually a deer. I was able to retrieve my camera from the house and sneak back outside without garnering too much attention. The photos I were able to take are not the best quality, but give me, a non-hunter, bragging rights in a family of avid hunters.
I believe the deer I observed was a piebald doe. She appeared to have all the abnormal characteristics that can accompany piebald, “bowing of the nose (Roman nose), short legs, arching spine (scoliosis), and short lower jaws.” Additionally, she has an abnormally long and thick winter coat in comparison to the “normal” deer in her small herd. To give you a mental picture, she looks like a cross between a llama and a white-tail deer. Hopefully, she will visit again soon.
Michelle | Feb 11, 2009 | Reply
This is the first time I have heard a name for these deer. I killed a piebald buck in West Virginia while home on leave from my assignment is Iceland back in 1991. I had no idea they were rare. I have some pictures and the memories of the hunt. I do remember thinking that this buck, which had one of the better racks in our hunting camp, had kind of short legs. He was a neat whitetail deer and the hunt will always be a great story.
Rocky | Feb 12, 2009 | Reply
My wife saw a piebald in our back yard and got a couple pictures of it. It has a humped back, presumably due to scoliosis. The description above of a cross between a llama and deer is accurate for our piebald. Sounds like a true rarity. Glad we got a couple pictures.
Michael | Mar 23, 2009 | Reply
I went turkey hunting with my uncle yesterday morning. I killed my first turkey and when I went home I saw two piebald deer within a mile of each other. They’re all over here in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Addison | Apr 26, 2009 | Reply
I have always called the piebald deer I saw my half albino. It’s been coming out for three years in my front field and tonight was the first time I’ve seen it this year. The whole back end is white and looks like a cow in the pics that I have. I have another whitetail deer that is not as white, but it has just started coming out this year. Must be a descendent of the first one!
Lori | May 18, 2009 | Reply
I saw my first, second, and third piebald deer last night. A buck , a doe, and last year’s fawn. All of the deer looked perfectly healthy. The fawn is almost all white. Beautiful animals!
Dave | May 22, 2009 | Reply
This explains the beautiful, but weird deer we keep seeing around our house. At first we thought it was a goat, but it is definitely a piebald deer and apparently lives in harmony with the others. We have seen it walking with normally colored deer and none of them seemed to think anything was strange about it. We live in northwest Florida.
Christie | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
Hi Leigh, Where do you live? We have been missing “Patches” since November 2008. We’d love to know if you found her. Here is a photo of the piebald deer.
Thanks, Shaun
Shaun | Jul 14, 2009 | Reply
Earl from Loveland…I would love to see the photos of the piebald in Loveland. Last year in Loveland I shot an 11 point piebald and he is huge. I would just like to know if it was the same deer you took pictures of! Thank you!
Jennifer Scarborough | Aug 15, 2009 | Reply
In November 1988, I killed 4 year old piebald with a 20 inch wide 8 point rack – the most beautiful deer I’ve ever seen. I shot the buck on the Yadkin River in Davie County, North Carolina. Not many piebalds make it pass 6 months old. I got a full body mount of the buck and have enjoyed looking at him everyday since. I seen a piebald doe several years later, but didn’t shoot her. My buck’s front legs were a little short, but everything else looked fine.
Vance Biesecker | Aug 28, 2009 | Reply
Five years ago I was invited to a deer lease in Santa Elena, just north of La Gloria, Texas. I saw my first
piebald doe there. It was so beautiful, I just let go.
Cesar | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
I got my first piebald deer yesterday in Brown County, Indiana. It was two years old and quite a sight to see. No abnormal characterisitcs that can been seen other than the color. There has been quite a lot of talk about the deer since not many have ever seen or have been taken in this part of Indiana. David Hayes
David Hayes | Oct 4, 2009 | Reply
On October 10, 2009 about 6;20 p.m. in Greenville, North Carolina: My family and I were riding along Evans Street and we saw something we had never seen in our lives. My husband said It wasn’t real, It was a decoy that wildlife officials sometimes put out to slow drivers down. My daughter and I continued to watch while my husband turned around. There stood the most beautiful deer ever. The buck had big white spots on his tobacco brown body. He looked as he had been rolling in paint. We could not believe our eyes. Great piebald buck!
Diane Whichard | Oct 12, 2009 | Reply
I am hunting a farm now for the second season. My brother saw a piebald doe last year, took a shot at it, and missed it. There are 20 members of our club and over 85 deer killed on the property each year. Opening night of muzzleloader season this year, I turned down an eight point buck while waiting for a monster to come out. Much to my surprise, a 5 point piebald buck appeared and I made a good shot on him. He is about 85% white, beautiful, and I am getting a full body mount on this unique buck.
Joe L | Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
I would like to know if piebald deer are considered a risk in terms of susceptablity to disease and the spreading of disease that is considered dangerous to humans or other animals?
Catherine Maffett | Oct 25, 2009 | Reply
I had a close encounter with a piebald tonight. He was a perfect framed 6 point large body deer. I would say 50% white. I was bow hunting he came up on my right within 10 yards of me. I couldn’t get a shot but if I never see a deer the rest of this year my season is still complete. THAT TOPS ALL OF MY EXPERIENCES SO FAR!
Lisa | Nov 7, 2009 | Reply
There is a piebald deer roaming Sterling, New Jersey. It had a partner, which I don’t see anymore. The piebald is beautiful, but is much a loner.
dan | Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
I shot a piebald deer during deer hunting last year. The deer had a big long white streak on its neck, but the fawn with it was normal deer colored. The doe was about 3 or 4 years old.
Rachel | Nov 17, 2009 | Reply
White coloration is not a dominant trait in any species of animal. Typically dark coloration is much more dominant. Just look at people. Blue eyed-blond haired people are much more rare than brown eyed-brown haired people. The same with animals. White or light coloration is a recessive gene… ask any wildlife biologist.
SmartGuy | Nov 19, 2009 | Reply
I recently took the buck of my life, not because of a huge rack but because of his remarkable markings. He was a 4 year old 8 point with about 120 inches of very symmetrical headgear, but he has white striping on his legs, body and face that is stunning. He was killed on family land outside of Natchezm Mississipim and to my knowledge he had never been seen by anyone before. Even though I don’t know where I can put him, I think I’m going to do a full body mount on him because he is so striking.
Darryl Bubrig | Dec 24, 2009 | Reply
We just saw a piebald deer (probably a large fawn) in Ellicott City, Maryland, just outside of Patapsco State Park. It was quite a strange sight!
T. Shaw | Jan 2, 2010 | Reply
Actually, in the picture of the black spotted doe by herself, her front legs are shorter than they should be. Deer normally have a flat topline and hers slopes towards her shoulders.
Also, the buck has a pink nose, and a slightly shorter than normal lower jaw. (took comparison with other buck pictures from a similar angle to see that).
So I see half the pictures showing the physical defects the writer talks about.
Sam | Jan 8, 2010 | Reply
My husband took photos of a piebald doe munching on a holly right outside our window in a suburbanizing rural area in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle. Because of her small size, stocky legs, and brown and white patches, his frist thought was that someone’s goat had gotten loose. Does anyone know if this mutation confers any advantages such as disease resistance (similar to the way sickle cell trait confers resistance to malaria)?
Aileen | Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
I have been watching a piebald deer all season. I let her go the frist time and was hoping to see her again, but as time went on and three months past their was no sign of her. However, on January 12 I saw her and I harvested her. I was so excited! My frist piebald deer. Never seen one until this year.
Wendy | Jan 13, 2010 | Reply
I’ve seen about 4 piebald deer in about a 6 or 7 mile distance along the road. Three of them were within a half mile of each other. One was a nice 7 or 8 point buck that we saw 2 days in a row in the same spot. It did not appear to have any physical abnormalities. Another piebald we saw was in the same spot as the buck and was a large doe. This occured only a week after seeing the buck. I consider myself to be very lucky to see these rare deer.
StiteMan | Mar 7, 2010 | Reply
I have never heard of such a type of deer. I was out in my yard and saw this unusual white speckled animal and tried to get a closer look. I realized it was a deer and then came in to look it up online. I have one of these deer in my backyard!
Chris | Mar 27, 2010 | Reply
I wish I’d see a piebald deer in my area. I would get a full body mount.
Matthew Corey | Mar 30, 2010 | Reply
I just saw a buck piebald 2 days ago that I had previously seen in January. It was good to finally see it again and know it is still alive and kicking
Stiteman | Jul 12, 2010 | Reply
I have a number of deer that frequent my backyard here in the rural town of Willamette Valley in Oregon. A couple of days ago I saw a doe with two fawns, and one of them was a piebald. I’d never seen such a creature; although looking somewhat like a deer it was almost pure white.
It had the undershot jaw, and was much more frisky than the other fawn. I don’t know about scoliosis, but it had a different body type than its mother and sibling. I went online to see if deer and llama can interbreed, as there are a number of llama farms nearby. Then, when it bacame clear that was not possible, I entered “piebald deer”… and found this website. Thanks for the good info.
Klyntun | Aug 15, 2010 | Reply
I live in Suffolk just off of 58 and have just found a piebald fawn. Unfortunately, it has many deformities. It is quite small for its age (half the size that it should be) and its mother has abandoned it. I have watched it try to interact with other deer but they want nothing to do with it. I have never heard of this type of deer before, and although it is beautiful, I’m sorry to say I can not allow it to breed with the deer herd on my farm. It will be a sad day for me when I put it down.
Jennifer Elsesser | Sep 16, 2010 | Reply
I live in upstate New York. I have never heard of a piebald deer until today. I have many deer that run my property, and I saw a beautiful piebald doe this morning. She seems very healthy and content. The deer was about 70 yards from the house. First sighting of her and hopefully not the last. Really cool looking.
Roland Dubrey | Sep 21, 2010 | Reply
I live in Oregon and I have seen piebald deer in our black-tailed deer.
Mark Dedrick | Sep 29, 2010 | Reply
I’m in Northeast Ohio. I grew up in the Metropark system and now live in Parma, near the Big Creek Reservation. I am 43 yrs old have probably seen a thousand deer in my lifetime and never heard of a piebold until seeing one today (thought the poor thing had mange at first). What a beautiful animal.
After further reading I found out there are several known and photographed white deer in the Rocky River Reservation and in nearyby Avon County. Amazing there are so many around here! Why so many, I wonder, in the Cleveland area?
Leslie | Oct 6, 2010 | Reply
Leslie, the answer is simple. The piebald and/or albino traits are in their genes. The more animals that have these genes, whether they exhibit them or not, the more of these differently-colored animals you will have in the future.
Buck Manager | Oct 7, 2010 | Reply
I’ve killed two piebald whitetail deer in the eight years I’ve been hunting. The first one was in ’05 with my rifle and then one this year with my bow. Neither had a defect. The first piebald was a seven point this second one was a button buck. People say I’m lucky to have seen two in my life, let alone kill two. I can’t disagree because it’s just luck.
Adam M | Oct 11, 2010 | Reply
My husband and I saw a young piebald at dusk last night in our wooded subdivision in Clemson, South Carolina. Like others, at first we thought it to be a white goat. From a distance it was all white except for the top of its head and ears. I managed to get a decent photo using the telephoto lens on my camera. It was with several other deer and appeared healthy.
Virginia | Oct 20, 2010 | Reply
I live and hunt in upstate Ne York and have been watching a group of piebald deer for the last few years. I don’t own the land where they live, so I don’t know as much as I’d like about them. I do know the white varies from a few patches to all white with a couple brown patches.
The local mindset is not to hunt them and let them breed, but if it’s not healthy for the herd, they should be hunted. I honestly would not have shot one before I did a little research, but now I probably would as long as it was a doe or mature buck.
Jeremy | Nov 3, 2010 | Reply
I saw an piebald deer with my Dad on tonight while hunting in Maine. It was amazing! It had spots and was white, but I could not shoot it because it was a doe and I don’t have a doe permit. I can’t wait to get back out tomorrow. There was a 200 pound doe with it.
Nick | Nov 5, 2010 | Reply
On November 9, 2010, I was enjoying the beautiful morning. Before my eyes I see a deer that I later learned to be a piebald. The doe was pure white from chin to between her front legs. The oddest part was her jet black ears that had hair hanging down as if she was an Alpaca. Wish I had a camera!
Michele Weaver | Nov 10, 2010 | Reply
We take evening walks down the country road where we live in Simpsonville, Kentucky, and frequently see deer. About a week ago we saw what I thought was an albino deer until I found out later that it was a piebald deer. A neighbor told me there are 3 in the immediate area. Sorry, I’m not a hunter, but I understand why they must be killed as my county has one of the highest populations in the state.
Debbie | Nov 11, 2010 | Reply
My son just got a piebald deer today. I had never seen one before in my 69 years, and the man who checked it in in the checking station said he had only seen one in his lifetime. The buck had a beautiful rack on it and my son is getting it mounted. We are in Indiana.
Sharon K. Jones | Nov 14, 2010 | Reply
My father took his first piebald deer. It was a crotch horn up in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. It was the first one I have ever seen. It is definitely rare!
Pat | Nov 23, 2010 | Reply
Looked out my window at 0730 this morning and saw a white animal walking in the woods. I thought maybe it was a goat got away from somewhere, but when I got my binoculars I saw that it was a young buck, maybe 6 points. I also saw that it had small gray spots near its hindquarters, which got more numerous toward the head.
My wife took some pictures through the window, and you can tell its a deer, but they are blurry. Called a buddy who hunts regularly and he told me of the piebald deer stories, though he had never seen one. We have been in Buford, Georgia, over 12 years and have seen many deer come and go in the woods behind the house, but this is our first piebald. Hope he comes back!
Bill Chasey | Nov 24, 2010 | Reply
Saw 8 young deer on a front lawn outside Doylestown, Pennsylvania. One was a piebald. At first we thought the deer was a statue, it was almost all white.
Dolly Sweeney | Nov 26, 2010 | Reply
I’ve lived here for 11 years in Roopville, Georgia, and have seen a lot of deer in my yard. Always looking out my window for that big buck. Saw a piebald 5 times in 7 days. I went and got license on the November 23rd and saw the piebald 3 days later. Came right up in my yard. Never killed a deer on my property before, but got a piebald on November 26. Got him about 100 yards out from my house. Beautiful deer.
James Fleischman | Nov 27, 2010 | Reply
My boyfriend and I are bowhunters from Northwestern Connecticut. Last week, he harvested the most beautiful piebald 8 point buck! I was so amazed when I saw it. Never even knew they existed!
Tara | Nov 27, 2010 | Reply
I SAW MY FIRST PIEBALD DEER A COUPLE DAYS AGO. THERE WAS NO DEFORMITY EXCEPT FOR THE ANTLERS WHICH, HAD A NARROW SPREAD, TALL BROW TINES ( ABOUT 6″) AND THE MAIN BEAM WERE ABOUT 15 INCHES TALL AND FORKED ABOUT 4 INCHES FROM THE TIP MAKING IT A WIERD LOOKING 6 POINT.
WE HAVE A 13″ MINIMUM SPREAD IN THE COUNTY I HUNT AND I WAS NOT SURE HE WOULD MAKE IT SO I DID NOT SHOOT HIM. WAS SO ENGROSSED IN WATCHING HIM THAT I MISSED OUT ON SHOOTING ONE OF THE DOES THAT WAS WITH HIM.
HAROLD WOLF | Dec 7, 2010 | Reply
I saw my first piebald buck yesterday hunting just north of Pittsburgh. Too far away to take a shot with a bow but a beautiful animal. Did not appear to have short legs.
Jon Landis | Dec 8, 2010 | Reply
Me and my buddy went out hunting and I got my first piebald deer today. Good looking deer but is has a “buck” body, but no horns at all and no male parts under it. It is small with very short legs.
David Kramer | Dec 9, 2010 | Reply
My husband got a piebald doe several weeks ago in Keystone Heights, Florida. She has a white blaze on her face separating to her jaws and white rings on her neck. She had white on her hips and belly. My husband said she had dew claws on all four legs. We gave her to a friend who is a taxidermist who was going to do a full body mount, but did a shoulder mount for him as a Christmas gift. Even though I could never hunt, I have to admit she is beautiful hanging in our log home.
Valerie Huffman | Dec 21, 2010 | Reply
I have been hunting deer and turkey since 1993 and have seen some incredible sights, but today I saw my first piebald deer. While hunting our property in Hardeman County, Tennessee, I saw him. It was a little, short front-legged hunched-back 4 point. I watched him for about 45 minutes, until it was too dark to see.
Bleats and grunts appeared not to phase the little guy and even though he offered many opportunities to be harvested, I chose to pass. I can only hope for him to pass this cool color gene along for many generations to come, and maybe offer me the same opportunity again in the future.
Douglas | Jan 2, 2011 | Reply
I don’t hunt, but I do look out my window in the morning here in Maryland. Three deer in my back yard walking through on their usual path. The one in the middle was a small piebald. Beautiful!
Margaret Taylor | Jan 15, 2011 | Reply
My nephew got a nice 10 point piebald buck this year. We had seen it a time earlier while bow hunting and thought we would never see it again. Well, he ended up seeing it again on the first day of muzzle loader season, and now he is going to mount antlers and tan the hide. He is 13 years old and very excited!
Brian Harkleroad | Jan 15, 2011 | Reply
January 19, 2011 – While hunting in my far back stand I shot a piebald buck. It was the most beautiful animal to see; pure white with the exception of a light brown spot on his crown, white nose, and pink hooves which are very long and curled upward (foundered?). I would love to do a full body mount to justify the animal, however, that is to costly.
Joe Dolci | Jan 21, 2011 | Reply
Searched for an explanation of a strange deer we spotted last night in our wooded back yard. (St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland). Was amazed to learn of these rare piebalds! Have lived here for over 30 years, and observed generations of whitetails… even being able to name them by their markings and personalities. Only oddity in all of that time was a male “dwarf” that we named “Bitty.” Thank you for all the info and comments. Hope to see it again, in better light, so that we can get a photo.
Mary | Jan 28, 2011 | Reply
I grew up in Keystone Heights, I never knew any other kind of deer existed. That is all we have is Piebald. I have seen a lot of solid white deer too. I don’t know what causes it, but they are all like that out on Indian Trail in Keystone Heights, Florida.
Tim | Feb 8, 2011 | Reply
I recently saw 4 piebald deer standing alongside a rural road through orange groves near Lake Wales, Florida. They were standing on the shoulder of the road in the dark. The headlights of my truck illuminated them. I almost ran off the road looking at them.
Mike | Mar 16, 2011 | Reply
I had seen a piebald fawn deer around November of 2010 late one evening on the road to our house outside of Waverly, Tennessee. I am so excited because I have finally seen him again this week (five months later), and not once but twice. It is so awesome to see him growing. I love hunting and have done it all my life. Sure hope that he has a long life because I hope to see him again.
Sue | Apr 4, 2011 | Reply
I’m from the northern lower peninsula of Michigan and we have 4 piebald deer that stick together in my area. They are very laid back as I’m sure they are familiar with people looking at them and taking pictures. Are they legal to hunt in Michigan? I know that it is against the law to shoot an albino deer here if you see one.
Jim | Jul 12, 2011 | Reply
There’s a piebald doe in this area of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, that’s now 3 years old and just bore twins, both of which are brown. It’s nice to see it roaming free, passing through my front yard every few days. I’m surprised it’s made it this long the way it sticks out.
Mike | Aug 16, 2011 | Reply
We have been watching a beautiful piebald fawn with another spotted fawn and an adult female along with 6 or 8 other deer for about a month now. The piebald does not look physically any different from the other fawn. Could they be twins, even with different coloration? We are in Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
Bettie J. Reina | Aug 21, 2011 | Reply
Took some wonderful photos of a piebald deer yesterday here in SE Georgia. My first sight of one in over 50 years of hunting this area. On my birthday too! LOL!
Randy Godwin | Sep 5, 2011 | Reply
I’m in Mechanicsville, Virginia, and saw my first piebald this morning! Was on my way to fix a cup of coffee when something in the backyard caught my eye. Thought it was a goat at first because of both the coloring and the size. Sadly, this one has some of the deformities associated with the variation, but otherwise seemed healthy, not thin. Hoping I see him/her again.
TC | Oct 18, 2011 | Reply
My 11 year old son took a 6 point piebald buck on November 12, 2011. When he got the shot he had no idea what he had. It was not your average buck… it was a beautiful piebald. He bagged the buck in Ardmore, Alabama.
Stacey | Nov 13, 2011 | Reply
I live in a heavily forested area and was on my way home this afternoon. It is deer season now. I am not a hunter but the 7 years I have lived hear I have seen all kinds of animals, especially deer. They cross the road constantly or feed on our property. I saw a deer in front of me almost completely black with brown on the shoulder and hunches. It’s tail was solid black. It was less than 75 feet in front of me so no mistaken it for anything but a deer. Any comments please.
Al Hawkins | Nov 25, 2011 | Reply
We have been spotting Piebald Deer on our property (Northern Baltimore County – near the Pennsylvania Line) now for the three years. Since our property is small (and heavily wooded) we allow only one person to hunt it. Several days ago our hunter harvested his first piebald (a doe). The animal had normal eyes – the head seemed different from most deer. It was with a herd of normally colored whitetail.
Earle Burger | Dec 5, 2011 | Reply
I just saw a piebald deer the other day while driving near my home. We live in a wooded, rural section of Orchard Park, New York, and see deer all the time. When I first saw it at a distance, I didn’t know what it was, but as I got closer I saw it was a white deer with brown patches on it.
Joan Majchrzak | Dec 8, 2011 | Reply
Saw my first piebald today. At first I thought it was a cow, but it was a whitetail deer for sure. I let her walk!
Jim Robinson | Dec 12, 2011 | Reply
Got a piebald buck this season! I saw nothing but rack coming out of a bottom through the thick brush. He came out on a scrape that I have been working for a few weeks. He brushed his antlers in the tree and started working the scrape. I was shaking so bad it took me 15 minutes to get a shot. He was half white and had massive horns for what he was. He is a buck of a lifetime for me. He will be added to my mounts. Getting full body done on him. It’s going to be an awesome 9 point mount.
Chris Van Petten | Dec 20, 2011 | Reply
my niegbour seen a black and white deer behind our house but her husband almost called her nuts.so she thought it was a dog.while i walk my dogs in the woods and i seen the deer,it looked black and white and was with 4 or 5 more normal looking deer.it looked small and short.this is eufaula alabama.i have seen some in louisiana but not her.very interesting
roger ford | Dec 21, 2011 | Reply
I see a doe mule deer every year that looks like that. Have never seen any other deer in the area that have different colors.
Ray | Jan 24, 2012 | Reply
I have a big piebald that’s been roaming around my area for two years. Can’t get close enough to see how many points he has, but very neat to observe.
Bob | Feb 7, 2012 | Reply
I have a young piebald that comes up with seven other deer in to my back lot to eat twice daily. It is mostly white up to the shoulders. My neighbor and I have taken several pictures of it I could share if anyone is interested. They come out of a pine thicket behind our homes.
Martha Hobbs | Mar 12, 2012 | Reply
We saw a whitetail deer, all white with one brown spot, on the grounds of the Perry Point VA Hospital in Perryville, Maryland. It was late evening and many deer were around, June 26, 2012.
Mike Lydon | Jun 27, 2012 | Reply
Just seen my first piebald doe and I didn’t take her. Would it be wrong to kill a rare breed of deer?
Shane | Oct 21, 2012 | Reply
Piebald are the same breed, they are whitetail deer. Free-ranging bucks that score over 200 inches are rare too, but most do not question taking a shot on them.
Dave | Oct 22, 2012 | Reply
WE HAVE PIEBALD DEER IN GAINESVILLE FLORIDA
PHILIP PURTEE | Nov 3, 2012 | Reply
Never knew these deer existed until this weekend, my friend got one this weekend in northern Minnesota. beautiful deer!
Dani | Nov 5, 2012 | Reply
This is my very first time hunting and on opening day I got a piebald doe. She’s absolutely beautiful. Didn’t realize how rare it was until I got back to camp and started researching it.
Cathy | Nov 19, 2012 | Reply
Wow… took my first piebald doe this morning on John’s Mountain WMA… November 23.2012. Getting a piebald is fairly rare, but its extra special to me because today is my birthday also. Go me! :)
David Cross | Nov 23, 2012 | Reply
I just spotted a Piebald deer in Stow, Ohio. Never seen anything like it. Mottled like a cow. Brown and white.
Chip | Nov 30, 2012 | Reply
A beautiful piebald fawn is visiting our gardens this winter (Swan Point, Maryland). It was curious about our dog; maybe thought it was a fellow deer because of its coloring and size — quickly realized — nope, better run!
Biggs | Dec 14, 2012 | Reply
I am a 70-yr-old former educator, grandfather and runner. I live in Stow, Ohio, next to a 17-acre arboretum near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I have been watching increasing numbers of deer (and other critters) run through our back yard for 30 years. Yesterday I saw about 8 deer run though the yard followed by what I thought was a 90% white goat with brown patches. Neighbor girl (sophomore at Kent State U) saw it too and thought it was a goat. We both decided after talking it was too big for a goat and must have been a Llama (there is a fenced-in Llama farm a couple of miles away). Today the high-school AP Science teacher suggested I look up “Piebald deer” which I had never heard of.
Bingo! The bottom picture of the doe on your site is a dead ringer for what we saw. So I live and learn! Any way I could get the address for “Chip from Stow, OH posting Nov 30, 2012 above?? Anybody seen any others near the CVN Park?
DB
Dick Bonnell | Jan 21, 2013 | Reply
My sister and I saw a piebald deer we were in Caswell County N.C. on our family property
Cathy Houston | Feb 20, 2013 | Reply
My husband and I live in Tallmadge, Ohio, and we have a piabald doe that we see in our backyard about once a week.
Lizzie | Mar 8, 2013 | Reply
I saw my first today Mar.17,2013 in the small town of Quincy, Ohio. I wasn’t sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me, so I looked it up. It is very rare to see and awesomely beautiful. Too bad no camera with me.
Susan | Mar 17, 2013 | Reply
Dick Bonnell-
I live in Stow, Ohio and and saw a piebald doe 2.5 weeks ago. It came back Wednesday night, and I got pictures of her with my telephoto lens. She is so pretty! I would be more than happy to send you pictures to see if we saw the same one.
-A
Amy | Apr 19, 2013 | Reply