Comments on: Melanistic Buck Spotted in Austin, Texas

By: Darryl Ansel

Darryl Ansel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:11:25 +0000

My son, 13, while on a bow hunt in Fairview, Michigan, arrowed the most beautiful 4 point melanistic buck you ever saw. I watched the shot unfold as the black deer walked the edge of the pines with 9 normal whitetail. Moments after I watched it disappeared in the pines it came charging out straight across the field at me. I thought I was going to get a shot only to have him succumb to my boys perfect lung shot.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:20:51 +0000

My husband and myself just spotted a black buck here in Fannin County just South of Windom, Texas. It had to be about an 8 point buck.

By: P Bruce Berra

P Bruce Berra — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:53:54 +0000

At about 7:30 am on September 11, 2009 a black doe crossed the road in front of me. Her color was darker than the normal winter color in the Adirondack Mountains and uniformly black. The location was the town of Keene, New York, which is located in the northeast corner of the Adirondock Park.
Bruce

By: CHRIS

CHRIS — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:21:01 +0000

On August 27, 2009, I spotted a black deer in Carter County Missouri at about 10:00 am. It was standing right off the county road.

By: Paul Hayes

Paul Hayes — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:39:07 +0000

On the 29th of November 2008, I saw 3 does, one all black, grazing in the pasture behind my house. Ignoring the wooded area 6 feet away from them, they bounded over the barb-wire fence and crossed 600 yards of open pasture into the hills west toward Council Bluffs. I couldn’t believe it until I found websites with pictures of melanistic deer. This was in Iowa!