Hybrid's update!

[catclaw]

Geez, I clicked on this expecting to see a thread about the newest Berger bullets...

[bonecollector]

Thats great you have been able to watch them for a while now and photograph them.

[naturegirl]

You are the man! That is absolutely awesome and fascinating.

 

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[tjhunt2]

Pixman, you're becoming one of my favorite posts to open and read because I know I'm going to see some great photos and hear some good information that you've gathered. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your work afield.

 

TJ

[Pixman]

You are the man! That is absolutely awesome and fascinating.

 

PM sent.

 

Thanks, PM answered!

 

Pixman, you're becoming one of my favorite posts to open and read because I know I'm going to see some great photos and hear some good information that you've gathered. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your work afield.

 

TJ

 

Thanks TJ I enjoy being out there and sharing with you guys!

[CouesWhitetail]

That's really cool to see. Thanks for providing the pics and story

 

I do have a question though. It was my understanding that deer hybrids were sterile and could not reproduce similar to how mules cannot reproduce. You said that the oldest hybrid doe had a fawn this summer so that made me think of that. Amanda or anyone else know more about that?

 

 

No, the hybrids are not necessarily sterile. Here is an article about mule/coues hybrids from Jim Heffelfinger.

 

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/2012/05/tails-with-a-dark-side-the-truth-about-whitetail-mule-deer-hybrids/

[naturegirl]

There is what is believed to be a hybrid buck that we've watched for years in a mule deer only area. We have yet to see any WT offspring in this area over the 3 years we have been watching this particular buck. I'm leaning toward the idea of him being sterile because with his large size i would think he would be a dominant buck by now or at least gotten "lucky" a time or two.

[mattys281]

I was once lucky enough to see a white muley, up south of Prescott. Never had the chance to see a hybrid though. Great pics, thanks for sharing.

[galiuro mountain man]

One of my friends shot a 4x5 hybrid with his bow where I hunt mule deer. Would have been 5x5 but it had a tine knocked off. It was a bow kill that scores in the high 130s to low 140s. G&F wouldnt even come look at it to see if they would consider it a wt or md. I would have because of the area it was shot in.