Comments on: More Black Deer Spotted in Texas http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:29:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Buck Manager http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Buck Manager Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:58:53 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/#comment-2169 Heather, color variation in deer is common, even among those that we consider normally colored. I suspect that the buck you harvested is just of the dark end of the "normal" white-tailed deer color spectrum. Melanistic deer are usually very dark brown to black, but genes can do funny things when they recombine (from parents) within offspring. Heather, color variation in deer is common, even among those that we consider normally colored. I suspect that the buck you harvested is just of the dark end of the “normal” white-tailed deer color spectrum.

Melanistic deer are usually very dark brown to black, but genes can do funny things when they recombine (from parents) within offspring.

]]> By: Heather http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Heather Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:08:56 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/#comment-2159 I just recently got my 8 point buck back from the taxidermist and he noticed while mounting it that there was something different about it. After placing a different mount beside my deer, he noticed that my deer had very very dark hair and a solid black chin and nose. Is there any way that my deer could have some of the melanistic gene? I just recently got my 8 point buck back from the taxidermist and he noticed while mounting it that there was something different about it. After placing a different mount beside my deer, he noticed that my deer had very very dark hair and a solid black chin and nose. Is there any way that my deer could have some of the melanistic gene?

]]> By: Chop http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 Chop Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:03:44 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/#comment-1972 Wow, Paul you were right there are black deer, but, in Ramona? Wow, Paul you were right there are black deer, but, in Ramona?

]]> By: Scott http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 Scott Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:43:46 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/#comment-1926 10-14-09 - I spotted a deer you call melanistic today on the Barton Creek green belt (SW Austin, TX) walking with at least one other white-tailed deer on the west side of the creek behind Travis Country. It was beautiful and I looked it up only to find this website. Thanks for the info. 10-14-09 – I spotted a deer you call melanistic today on the Barton Creek green belt (SW Austin, TX) walking with at least one other white-tailed deer on the west side of the creek behind Travis Country. It was beautiful and I looked it up only to find this website. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Brad http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Brad Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:47:54 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/07/21/more-black-deer-spotted-in-texas/#comment-1922 A black white-tailed deer ran through my fence line with several other deer on 10/5/2009. I'm located in Southwest Missouri near Lebanon, MO. Of course, few people believed it possible until I directed them to your site. A black white-tailed deer ran through my fence line with several other deer on 10/5/2009. I’m located in Southwest Missouri near Lebanon, MO. Of course, few people believed it possible until I directed them to your site.

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