Pure white fallow hind

[TungaDunga]

I came across my first all white fallow hind yesterday. It stuck out the proverbial but was exceptionally wary. Didn't get a clear shot opportunity at it as was through a hedge/tree and winded me but is it bad luck to shoot white ones? Many thanks

 

[VSS]

No. They taste just the same.
But it can be handy to have a few white ones in a herd of otherwise well-camouflaged animals though. Makes them easier for you to spot.
(Conversely, it also makes them easier for other people to spot, so if you're in an area of high poacher activity then cull the white ones).

 

[Donkey Basher]

Got asked to look at this photo in the local paper yesterday. Difficult to tell if it is actually Albino or just a white coat, I’m leaning towards an Albino due to the pink colouring on the ears & the eye also looks red not brown.

BTW - female fallow are does not hinds

 

[paul o']

There only bad luck to the rest, if you leave it as its a marker to show the location of the others

 

[stalkerboydy]

If a safe shot and in season i personally shoot them before any other colour. Having shot plenty I've as yet not found it to be bad luck

 

[Jon P]

I came across my first all white fallow hind yesterday. It stuck out the proverbial but was exceptionally wary. Didn't get a clear shot opportunity at it as was through a hedge/tree and winded me but is it bad luck to shoot white ones? Many thanks

We have a white doe on a patch I stalk on, land owners want it left which suites us as she is always with the biggest herd of fallow and stands out like a beacon.

 

[lochty]

Common up here. Usually shoot them on sight, in season. They look the same as the others, when skinned.

 

[plonker]

We have a white doe on a patch I stalk on, land owners want it left which suites us as she is always with the biggest herd of fallow and stands out like a beacon.

True but she has also seen many of her friends shot so is the sharpest deer who looks left and right before she runs across a ride!!

 

[Firefly]

‘Shoot a white deer, dead in a year’

 

[Firefly]

Got asked to look at this photo in the local paper yesterday. Difficult to tell if it is actually Albino or just a white coat, I’m leaning towards an Albino due to the pink colouring on the ears & the eye also looks red not brown.

BTW - female fallow are does not hinds

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Looks to be a true albino with the pink nose also.

 

[Jon P]

True but she has also seen many of her friends shot so is the sharpest deer who looks left and right before she runs across a ride!!

True but she has also seen many of her friends shot so is the sharpest deer who looks left and right before she runs across a ride!!

yeah, she doubled back a bit sharp this time

 

[paulbshooting]

There's an old white fallow doe on ground down here in Hampshire. It's agreed that she is left but that can be problematic as she's razor sharp and always has plenty of deer with her! A useful marker though

 

[.222roebuck]

What’s a fallow hind ?

 

[MGD]

It's a doe,when I was keeping white got shot on site ,and in season .



If I could see them so could poachers and they don't care.

 

[TungaDunga]

Got asked to look at this photo in the local paper yesterday. Difficult to tell if it is actually Albino or just a white coat, I’m leaning towards an Albino due to the pink colouring on the ears & the eye also looks red not brown.

BTW - female fallow are does not hinds

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Thanks @Donkey Basher ! I actually knew they were does but I think I got confused by the whiteness and the fact that in medieval times white stags were called white harts as in Ye Olde White Hart! The White Hart

I dont think mine was an albino but it was as white as that!

 

[TungaDunga]

No. They taste just the same.
But it can be handy to have a few white ones in a herd of otherwise well-camouflaged animals though. Makes them easier for you to spot.
(Conversely, it also makes them easier for other people to spot, so if you're in an area of high poacher activity then cull the white ones).

Thanks @VSS

 

[TungaDunga]

‘Shoot a white deer, dead in a year’

Eeeek!

 

[TungaDunga]

What’s a fallow hind ?

Well spotted! See my reply to @Donkey Basher

 

[VSS]

‘Shoot a white deer, dead in a year’

I reckon I'm living on borrowed time then! I've shot 11 white fallow so far!

 

[darrel]

not been lucky enough to see one and dont believe in superstitions so would not worry
about taking one