Piebald ?

[Pine]

Was looking at some of my trail cam pictures and this fawn looks to have a white face . But I can't tell for sure .
What do you think ?
Is it just the spot pattern ?
Or could it be piebald ?

Don't think so, but a better pic would definitely help solve the mystery.

Bisch

[KyStickbow]

I agree with Bisch. Looks like a normal fawn...but a better pic would let us know for sure.

[J. Cook]

Tough to say - there are so many color variations that can fall under the "piebald" category...  I think it does have some coloration - finitely looks to me like it's white around it's ear which is more than just spotting.  Hopefully you'll get a better pic.

[Pine]

Well that's where I will be hunting this October , might just get a better look at it then .
Would be kinda neet , I haven't seen a piebald in the wild for more than 20 years .

I have never seen a piebald deer in the wild. I have seen several melanistic deer though!

Bisch

[Stumpkiller]

"Piebald" would be black and white.  "Skewbald" is brown (or any color other than black) and white.

At least among horses locally.  ;-)

Originally posted by Stumpkiller:
"Piebald" would be black and white.  "Skewbald" is brown (or any color other than black) and white.

At least among horses locally.  ;-)

That ain't so with deer. Almost all piebald deer are brown and white.

http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/07/17/piebald-deer-what-are-they/

Bisch

[Pine]

This is a piebald white tail deer .
At least that's what the Michigan DNR calls them .

[Longtoke]

always wanted to find a calico out in the wild. Never seen anything but the plain janes.

[Sam McMichael]

Graps, are you guys in Michigan cross breeding deer with Hereford cattle? That fawn looks like a white faced calf with spots. Cool!

[Hermon]

Originally posted by Sam McMichael:
Graps, are you guys in Michigan cross breeding deer with Hereford cattle? That fawn looks like a white faced calf with spots. Cool!

That is exactly the same thing I thought when I saw that picture!  

[SELFBOW19953]

This guy is right in front of my stand-I'm not in it.

 

[Steve Jr]

Those are some neat looking deer!

[deerfly]

here's a clip I shot of a piebald fawn feeding with a normal fawn on my property a couple weeks ago. We've lived here about 14 years now and see several fawns each season, this is the first piebald I've ever seen on the hoof...

https://vimeo.com/179120008

[Captain*Kirk]

Honestly,I don't think it's a piebald...the top of the head looks brown.