they realized that it was a rare all-black whitetail. Not only was the melanistic 6-pointer one of the most elusive trophies in North America, it was also Brooke’s first deer. thought she had ...

In the world of white-tailed deer, she sometimes waves her magic wand, thus transforming “normal” deer to rare and extremely interesting individuals. Over four decades of photographing deer I ...

He then added: ‘‘It’s darker than your run-of-the-mill white-tailed deer. Melanism is on a scale from a little bit to all the way black. So this is on the little bit end of the scale.’’ ...

But a black white-tailed deer? That’s definitely out ... to a lack of melanin in their systems. But melanistic deer are much more rare than albino, and I pretty much verified that as I asked ...

The piebald condition is genetic. This rare white-tailed deer can have other abnormalities like short legs and curved spines. People often mistake them for albino deer. In some states, it is ...

Only one out of every 1,000 whitetail deer has this rare genetic condition, according to the National Deer Association. Due to the condition, patches of piebald deer’s skin lack pigment cells.