I guess I'm a jerk.

[spqrzilla]

Well, a google search revealed a couple of states with regulations prohibiting taking albino deer.

Utterly stupid regulation.

[streetglideok]

So is not allowing me to go into neighborhoods with my 300Rum and blast the monster bucks in the subdivisions....lol

[Colorado Osprey]

Would I shoot...maybe. I have taken albino animals and passed on albino animals. I am a meat hunter. It depended on the abundance of other game animals and if the animal was the best choice. I wouldn't have donated the hide and not taken any pictures.... no pics... no problem.

White fur (albino-lack of pigmintation) genes are in most mammals. They don't occur very often because we are not in an ice age and it is counter productive to survival.
The reason for the genes is because the climate changes. When the climate swings colder and the next ice age arrives, the white fur genes will rule and the others will die out.

BTW this has nothing to do with the current religion of Global Warming or Climate Change. Climate swings are normal and have occurred since the beginning of recorded time.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I for one am part Indian. Not sure what tribe, was adopted. But growing up knowing that and being a hunter. I have drank the blood of my 1st kill and from a few others. Indian way is you drink the spirit of the animal you consume.

I'm still alive and kicking. And had a Sh*t load of tasty dinners to boot. And trophy's on the wall.

[KS63]

If shooting this animal offended their religious beliefs, then the Hindus must really be pissed at us for eating all that tasty beef.

[def90]

I'm not a hunter though I come from a long line of hunters in Minnesota and Wisconsin, I also believe that hunting is a right that we should all be able to enjoy. That said, even I know what importance animals like this have on certain cultures. I would have passed it up. The hunters claiming they had no idea reminds me of the guys in Minnesota every year that would eventually shoot a cow thinking it was a deer.

sent from a soup can and some string..

[streetglideok]

I'm not a hunter though I come from a long line of hunters in Minnesota and Wisconsin, I also believe that hunting is a right that we should all be able to enjoy. That said, even I know what importance animals like this have on certain cultures. I would have passed it up. The hunters claiming they had no idea reminds me of the guys in Minnesota every year that would eventually shoot a cow thinking it was a deer.

sent from a soup can and some string..

That's them Norwegian deer. Reminds me of the hmong that shot a llama in Wisconsin, thought it was a big deer, he had coke bottle glasses on.

[def90]

That's them Norwegian deer. Reminds me of the hmong that shot a llama in Wisconsin, thought it was a big deer, he had coke bottle glasses on.

Yes, the SKS was their choice of deer rifles..

I used to hunt birds, grouse, pheasants and so on, decided picking bird shot out of my meal wasn't for me and then school, work and other things got in the way of affording a deer rifle and so on so I never moved on to anything more.

[<MADDOG>]

To echo what some have stated: I would not have harvested that bull.

IMO, there are certain creatures that are "magestic" for lack of a better word, and mean more than a slab of meat in my freezer and/or a fur/rack on the wall; but thats my .02$.

[sniper7]

An animal mounted and preserved and displayed somewhere where all can see and enjoy is better than an animal in the wild that dies and is never seen or eaten by a bear.

Something like that I would imagine would be seen in a museum or cabelas or bass pro where many people can enjoy seeing it. Most people have no clue such an animal exists.