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 | | From: | Steve at OutdoorFrontiers | | Subject: | Re: Would you shoot it? | | Date: | Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:45:55 -0600 |
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 | "jadel" wrote in message
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> Why on earth would they protect albino deer? They aren't a species at
> all. Are there white fallow deer running around the state?
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> I have seen one piebald deer in the 30 years I've hunted. I thought
> it was an anorectic cow until I got the binoculars on it. It turned
> out to be a doe, but it was buck season. It's perfectly legal to shoot
> albino deer here in WV, though some people have weird superstitions
> about them.
To me, albino deer are a genetic freak and as such, deserve no special
protection, but evidently I'm in a minority here in the state.
An albino buck was hit and killed by a car near here last year. The "public
outcry" was ridiculous, with people demanding lowered speed limits in the
area, wanting the driver cited for killing a protected animal (like he did
it on purpose) and all kinds of assorted baloney.
An albino deer is just another deer to me, but I guess I'm alone in that
thought in this state.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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