The Cellar - The 'What the fuck!' thread

I can understand the curiosity from people of the highly melanistic black fawn images that we have on our website. They are a rare phenomenon to see. We're always happy to find someone who enjoys viewing our images as much as we enjoyed taking them.

I took the photos of the black fawn near Austin, TX. That area of central Texas seems to have a concentration of black "white-tailed" deer, although it is still extremely rare to find them. This is a wild deer, but resides in a greenbelt near a neighborhood. I took the images when the deer were roaming through the neighborhood. The two fawns in the photos are twins, but only the one is black. The images being circulated were taken in May [2010] and I again captured some images of them about seven weeks later which I added to our website. They are going to be published along with an article about "Melanism" in "Deer and Deer Hunting" magazine due out in September [2010].

TheMercenary

11-27-2010 12:25 PM

Are those water pistols?

Clodfobble

11-27-2010 01:54 PM

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This is a wild deer, but resides in a greenbelt near a neighborhood. I took the images when the deer were roaming through the neighborhood.

This is, like, all the neighborhoods in the city. We love our greenbelts, but the deer are a pain in the ass.

TheMercenary

11-27-2010 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 696542)

This is, like, all the neighborhoods in the city. We love our greenbelts, but the deer are a pain in the ass.

If you could just get the local gov to let some hunters come in and cull them out then give the meat to the local food shelters. Oh, and let them keep the racks. It would solve many of those problems.

Gravdigr

11-27-2010 03:16 PM

Several cities/communities let bowhunters come in and cull a few now and again, when they become problematic.

:yum:

Clodfobble

11-27-2010 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

There's practically nowhere to shoot where you wouldn't be directing bullets into someone's back yard. But we do a pretty good job killing them with our cars.

zippyt

11-28-2010 11:24 AM

wolf	11-28-2010 01:26 PM

Segway SWAT is for when the Black Friday crowds at the mall get really unruly.

Gravdigr

11-28-2010 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 696621)

There's practically nowhere to shoot where you wouldn't be directing bullets into someone's back yard. But we do a pretty good job killing them with our cars.

Bows don't shoot bullets. They shoot food.:p:

Gravdigr

11-28-2010 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt (Post 696770)

My eyes!!! Aaagghhh!!!!! My ears!!!!!

WTF man?!

TheMercenary

11-28-2010 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 696621)

There's practically nowhere to shoot where you wouldn't be directing bullets into someone's back yard. But we do a pretty good job killing them with our cars.

Culling is always done with bow or crossbow in areas congested with people. The public is forewarned and the whole process is quite controlled. There is a long history of a safe process to get this done.

xoxoxoBruce

11-28-2010 05:29 PM

Works better than having volunteers hide in the bushes, and run out to slip a condom on the bucks during the rut. :yesnod:

TheMercenary

11-28-2010 05:51 PM

HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..... :lol:

Gravdigr

11-29-2010 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 696849)

Works better than having volunteers hide in the bushes, and run out to slip a condom on the bucks during the rut. :yesnod:

You could use TSA agents...