Dark skinned deer?

[txhunter1]

Hays county

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[Billy Bad Bass]

Melanistic Deer. More info:
However, a 1999 study by Dr. John T. Baccus and John C. Posey at Texas Tech University reported an incidence rate of 8.5 percent in an area covering eight central Texas counties: Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis, and Williamson. This is the highest known localized incidence rate of melanism anywhere in the whitetail’s range. This 8-county region straddles the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau Ecological Region (pictured below) and adjacent areas of the Blackland Prairie Ecological Region, known as Balcones Escarpment. This area holds the only known population of whitetails in North America experiencing melanism at a significantly elevated rate.

[Mexico]

Our Latino deer are dark. Could be the Indian in them.

[3ChordTruth]

Melanistic Deer. More info:
However, a 1999 study by Dr. John T. Baccus and John C. Posey at Texas Tech University reported an incidence rate of 8.5 percent in an area covering eight central Texas counties: Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis, and Williamson. This is the highest known localized incidence rate of melanism anywhere in the whitetail’s range. This 8-county region straddles the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau Ecological Region (pictured below) and adjacent areas of the Blackland Prairie Ecological Region, known as Balcones Escarpment. This area holds the only known population of whitetails in North America experiencing melanism at a significantly elevated rate.

Interesting information about this color occurring in deer, thanks for posting BBB.

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Melanistic Deer. More info:
However, a 1999 study by Dr. John T. Baccus and John C. Posey at Texas Tech University reported an incidence rate of 8.5 percent in an area covering eight central Texas counties: Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis, and Williamson. This is the highest known localized incidence rate of melanism anywhere in the whitetail’s range. This 8-county region straddles the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau Ecological Region (pictured below) and adjacent areas of the Blackland Prairie Ecological Region, known as Balcones Escarpment. This area holds the only known population of whitetails in North America experiencing melanism at a significantly elevated rate.

Yep. They are around in Wimberley.

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[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Btw, to the OP, that is their hair not their skin. Lol.

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[etxranch]

Btw, to the OP, that is their hair not their skin. Lol.

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Lmao [emoji1787] True !

[Old Bald Guy]

Fairly common here.

[etxranch]

Hays county

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Great get! Hopefully I can get one too!

[airehead]

One I saw in Lago Vista

[masonred]

Seen a few in Caldwell county. One buck had lighter colored antlers, the contrast probably made him look darker and antlers lighter.

[myway]

Btw, to the OP, that is their hair not their skin. Lol.

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You sure BoB?

Melanism

Definition
noun
The condition wherein an unusually high amount of melanin is produced and deposited resulting in the dark coloration of the skin, hair, eyes, plumage, or pelage.

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Yep. I'm sure.

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[Tex_Cattleman]

We have decent number here in Dripping Springs. Did I read right the study says 8% in some areas? That is ridiculous.

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[gtsticker]

Some around Dripping Springs area also.


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