Torn
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From: archery12
22-Sep-17
I have had this doe on camera for three years now and have seen her in the woods multiple times but never got a shot. Deer like this seem relatively rare? I am torn between attempting a shot at this beauty or just letting one of nature's interesting creations go What would you guys do?
From: Dthfrmabove
22-Sep-17
Bad karma to shoot a piebald !!!
From: Jebediah
22-Sep-17
At one point there was a story that if you shot one of those you'd never shoot another deer. But none of us is superstitious, though, right?
From: Pi
22-Sep-17
If there are several piebalds around then make a rug out of her. Her bad luck.
If you don't want the skin for a mount or rug then enjoy the odd girl as she is .
I have a giant piebald buck around and will drop him on first encounter. No question .
Life is life and it is all the same . It's your choice.
From: Fran
22-Sep-17
I know it's bad karma to shoot a piebald but put I would temp fate if it was a giant buck! lol.
From: BruceP
22-Sep-17
I believe in grilled backstraps more than karma. Beautiful animal but I'd still shoot it.
Edit: In the scenario in the picture I wouldn't shoot her, I'd take one of the others. But if she were the only choice I'd let it fly.
From: Belchertown Bowman
22-Sep-17
Let her pass those genes on
From: Proline
22-Sep-17
Actually a mutation of bad genes.............that said.................I wouldn't shoot it. My buddy as a decent piebald buck with a nice rack on him on his cams now.
From: arch2112
22-Sep-17
I've saw two piebalds last year. Both bucks. One is a spike, the other a nice 8. Shoot them only if you want. I have no issue with it. I saw the 8 when he was a spike a few years ago and let him pass for the first two years. Now that he's an 8 I'll take a crack at him if he passes by my stand.
From: spike78
22-Sep-17
I'd make a full body mount out of a piebald.
From: bowandspear
22-Sep-17
I thought bad juju was only for true albinos? Piebald would be on the menu. Do you want your woods full of bad karma deer you are afraid to shoot? Take one for the team (wink)
From: Bowhunt3138
22-Sep-17
Shoot em up !!! Bad luck is crap . You make your own luck. When my son was a teenager the first two deer he shot were piebald doe. The next year he shot a buck. I wouldn't pass on such a unique animal.
From: arch2112
23-Sep-17
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I passed on him several times. Haven't seen him on a trail cam yet so who knows if he made it through last season. If he was bigger I would have taken the shot. But I doubt he would have gotten that close if he was older.
From: hunterma
23-Sep-17
They are an inferior strain of deer, shoot em and eat em and improve the gene pool.
From: GED
24-Sep-17
100% would shoot that first opportunity. In fact, I would rather shoot a piebald doe than a buck
From: Pi
24-Sep-17
But, she is still a little thing or so it looks in the photo. I think because of the size, I would wait a year . Then , make a nice rug .
