Comments on: Melanistic Buck Spotted in Austin, Texas

By: Greg Davey

Greg Davey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:03:12 +0000

I live in south Austin and I have multiple pictures of a melanistic black deer that lives in the greenbelt behind my apartment. I see him frequently because the deer feed on the plants in my back yard.

By: Mike Kaczor

Mike Kaczor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:36:04 +0000

Melanistic deer are now confirmed for southern Iowa. I got a beautiful 10 point on November 6th of this year. “Black Magic” is now in the process of becoming a full body mount. Mike Kaczor

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