White Ghosts, the weird, strange animals that inhabit an Ohio countryside.
Action shots in a natural setting of wild, white (piebald) Virginia Whitetails. These rare, unusual animals were photographed in the wild.
At least 6 other white deer were seen at different times in the same area. One was pure white, about a foot taller than the other deer, and had a huge rack. Another deer had a large band or belt of white fur around its middle like a Poland China hog and long curly fur. Its twin was chiefly white. A white fawn was seen once. Around 30 years ago, many area people saw a white deer with a black spot. A sixth white deer was seen and photographed along our river valley (Alum Creek, in Ohio).
The piebald deer also had a sort of Roman nose -- one with an enlargement in the front of the face - that some of the deer in the area had. The wooly deer had a whiteish face with white eyebrows. It also seemed to also have an unusually long tail. I doubt that inbreeding caused this whiteness, because these were wild deer. There were many deer in the area at that time.
Other views of this white deer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJmzjgclqk
Another white deer on the farm -- the banded one & sibling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wilKE77tNCA
A white deer being stalked by coyotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJmzjgclqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-KgLz2QCg
White deer, white buffalo, and other white animals have a very striking appearance. They figure prominently in the legends of people throughout the world. Sometimes these animals are considered ghosts and at other times presage an omen. The Chickasaw, Seneca, Apache, Aztec, Cheyenne, Lenca, Cherokee, Pawnee, Sioux, Shasta, Algonquin, Pawnee, Sioux, Lakota and many other groups have legends about white deer. Such animals are so strange in appearance that they immediately capture interest and make people watch for them. (These were wild deer on our farm taped by Scott and extracted from longer films.)
Black deer are considered rarer than white deer. No black deer have been reported, but some of our white ones have black spots, rather than the normal brownish tone of deer fur.
Some of the worlds largest bucks live in Ohio. Some of its world champion bucks have Boone and Crockett scores of over 300 points. Ohios Beatty Buck may be the (or among the) largest ever taken by a hunter.
The male white-tailed deer (buck) can weigh more than 400 pounds and the female up to 175 pounds. Males of one year or older have antlers. Young bucks with very small antlers are called button bucks. When the antlers begin to grow in the late spring, they are covered with a very vascular tissue known as velvet or moss. This drops off later. The Boone & Crockett scoring system is used to rate antlers or racks. Bucks shed their antlers at the end of breeding season (rut). Some female deer also have antlers. Ohio has many world champion bucks.
Deer have an amazing assortment of communicative signs. Approximately 100 different vocalizations have been recorded, such as tending grunts, dominant grunts, bleats, and many others. They make extensive use of sign language.
Other views of wild deer on the farm include:
Big Bucks Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Steezj61Dsk
Monster Non-Typical Moose-Sized Buck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCaXqf-FPTI
A white deer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tArW4yW4WE
Other views of this white deer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJmzjgclqk
Another white deer on the farm -- the banded one & sibling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wilKE77tNCA
A white deer being stalked by coyotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJmzjgclqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-KgLz2QCg
Several strange deer on the farm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKMF7wZW_0
Three deer fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKethdqSHXg
Big bucks run and jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKY825zkWtI
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=v&user=IrenaScott...
Big bucks fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbvO0x_UCxU
Deer and coyote standoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hjsIW3UgeQ
Big Bucks & Antler sheds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvqVzMYyag
